| A blog is super powerful - it's like a business card, | | | | have to say. |
| seminar, and resume wrapped in one. People get | | | | 6. Customize the Look - Pay for a designer to |
| everything they need to know about you out of a | | | | produce a custom graphic for your header. You may |
| handful of posts and then they ask you to keep | | | | even have a custom theme created for your blog to |
| sending info to them. I love my blog and it's been of the | | | | help it stand out. |
| single most fantastic tools in my IM toolbox. Here are | | | | 7. Spice Up the Content - Get more creative with you |
| 10 tips to help you master your own blog quicker and | | | | content. If your readers are drifting away from |
| more efficiently. | | | | how-top posts, consider tossing in some content with |
| 1. Link to Other Sites - Start using links within your | | | | polls, videos, or lots of links to keep them active. |
| posts to add value. The more you link to other highly | | | | 8. Use Series and Memes - A series of posts on a |
| ranked, related sites, the greater chance that you'll get | | | | given topic can not only help bring back readers to |
| pingbacks or links from those sites. | | | | continue, but will garner more links from outside |
| 2. Focus On Your Blog - If you have multiple small | | | | sources. Find topics in your niche that you can write |
| projects that are detracting from your blog and not | | | | about at length. |
| resulting in profit, put them on hold and focus on what | | | | 9. Guest Posting - I've mentioned guest posting a few |
| will work. | | | | times before. It's a powerful way to generate |
| 3. Go Interactive - Start using more interactive tools like | | | | readership from other sites and helps with your Page |
| video, podcasts, and images in every posts. The more | | | | Rank. However, you first need to create relationships |
| you can share of yourself with your readers, the more | | | | with those other blog owners. |
| attached they'll become. | | | | 10. Link to and from Other Bloggers - Have a full |
| 4. Interview People - Find high level people in your niche | | | | blogroll and take advantage of it. Contact people for |
| with a lot to offer and interview them. You can do this | | | | more details on how to get on their blogroll as well. |
| in text form or on video or podcast. You can also ask | | | | Hopefully this gives you a good jump start on your |
| them for guest posts to drum up readership. | | | | blog makeover. There are dozens of other tips that |
| 5. Respond to Comments in Posts - If you receive a | | | | can help instantly improve the quality of your blog. The |
| lot of comments on your blog posts, respond to them | | | | same idea holds true through them all though - content |
| as quickly as possible. You don't have to respond to | | | | is number one. Never sacrifice that truth for efficiency |
| every comment, but at least one or two a day will | | | | or quantity. |
| show readers you're on there, checking what they | | | | |