Resolutions for Bloggers

By Scott Shimberg

The beginning of a new year is the excellent time to provide your blog a boost. But, the resolutions listed in this article can actually be considered anytime. When you feel like it's time to bring your blog to the next level by improving traffic, creating a better reader experience, or any other improvement you would like to make, take a look at this list for simple, implementable actions. These are adjustments in behavior, not just quick repairs and they will help your blog in the long term.

1. Increase How Often You Post

When you only post once per week, boost that to 3 times. When you already post everyday, attempt to post twice a day at least three times per week. Every additional blog post provides new articles for current readers to view and new access points for search engines to help new visitors find your blog. Refer to our article on How To Blog in Twenty Minutes or Less, to help you to write more frequent blogging easier.

2. Respond to More Comments

Comments make blogs interactive. This differentiates them from static websites. Try to respond to at least half of the comments you get. If you already respond to most of the comments left on your blog, try to respond to every comment left on your blog. Your blog is your community and you should engage your community.

3. Clean Up Your Sidebar

If your sidebar is messy with useless links, and images and information that aren't useful to your readers, you have to remove the unhelpful excess. Take some time throughout the year to check the contents of your sidebar ensuring it's completely optimized to give worth to your readers along with the results you want. Do this every three months - mark it on you calendar as a task.

4. Learn Something New

If you wish to develop your blog's audience, a great way to do that is to bring in something new to your blog. For example, if you haven't tried to create a podcast or vlog before, learn how and include it in your blog. This also let's your followers know that you are learning new talents and sharing it with them. Reading on a daily basis, helps to keep you motivated, we certainly have several suggestions for you.

5. Use a New Promotion Method

If you want to grow your blog, then you have to take time to promote it. If you haven't been submitting your blog to social bookmarking sites, participating in social networking, using Twitter or another microblogging tool, commenting on other blogs, or participating in forums related to your blog, then you should start!

6. Network More

Networking is among the recommendations for blog success. While you meet more bloggers, communicate with other people in the blogosphere, and become also known online, your blog will increase. Spend some time to utilize the social networking and microblogging tools accessible to you to develop your blog organically.

7. Enhance Your Blog's Appearance

The visual appearance of your blog will surely have a big influence on whether or not visitors stay once they find it or return later. Spend some time to consider your blog's appearance, and contribute enhancements or changes to render your blog to look better than ever.

Hopefully you found these Blog resolutions helpful, please feel free to share with others.

Until next time

Scott and Heidi

About the Author:

Scott & Heidi Shimberg are Serial Entrepreneurs who are keenly studying business opportunities in the online/offline marketplace. Share with Scott and Heidi their lessons in "nuggets". Know Numis, and tell your friends, family and begin to have Hope too.