58 Blogging Tips Collected from the Web

Posted by mdrisser on 2009/01/07 under Uncategorized | 4 Comments to Read

Over the last several months I’ve been collecting tips to help this blog. Now I didn’t want to be stingy, so I’ve decided to share these tips with you. Below is a list of 58 very good tips, from 3 different sources, most of the tips I can see the sense of while one or two I just cringe at (For my own personal reasons).

So without further ado, here is the list.

From ProBlogger

1. Create amazingly useful content
2. Create a great brand
3. Network with other bloggers
4. Write guest posts
5. Experiment and have fun
6. Get out there, often
7. Seek out your potential

From Just Creative Designs

1. Format your text
2. Tell your reader the whole article in the first two sentences
3. Always use quality images in your posts
4. Put more time into your post
5. Give back to your readers
6. Do to others as you would have done to you
7. Give more than expected

From Easy Viral Traffic

1. Be active in Forums and use a Forum Signature including a link to your Blog
2. Submit your blog to Blog Directories
3. Submit your RSS Feed to Feed Directories
4. Claim your Blog at Technorati
5. Cross Link with other Blog Owners
6. Bookmark your Blog posts
7. Distribute articles including the “About the Author” part with a link to your Blog
8. Create an account at MyBlogLog and use their Widget on your blog
9. Post useful Comments on other Blogs
10. Use Ping Services
11. TrackBack other Blogs
12. Notify your opt-in list subscribers about your latest blog posts
13. Have a Signature with a link to your Blog in every email you send out with any email program
14. Create and distribute viral ebooks that include a link to your Blog
15. Build a Squidoo Lense and put a link to your Blog on that
16. Build a Hub Page and put a link to your Blog on that
17. Create and distribute a video, include a link to your Blog in this video
18. Create an account at social pages like MySpace or Facebook – put a link to your Blog into your Profile
19. Signup for EntreCard and add their widget to your Blog
20. Register your Blog at BlogCatalog and put their widget on your Blog
21. Signup for BlogRush and put their widget on your Blog
22. Submit a XML sitemap of your Blog to Google Webmasters
23. Provide good content on your Blog
24. Be the first one who publishes a newsworthy story
25. Publish content on a regular basis
26. Install the most important WordPress Plugins
27. Invite known experts in your niche to be Guest Writers for your Blog
28. Be a Guest Writer on other Blogs
29. Include links to useful ressources in your blog posts
30. Don’t have your Blog full of advertising
31. Start a Running Post, for example an experiment that lasts a week or a month
32. Publish your contact information on your Blog and your Picture
33. Create an interactive BlogWrite about stuff that is currently a Hot Topic in your niche
34. Research keywords and use long-tail keywords in the title and the first sentence of your posts
35. Customize your Blog with a unique Header and Footer Image
36. Don’t use the Standard Layouts
37. Categorize your Blog correctly, make it easy for your readers to find the content they are looking for
38. Use Credit Based Safelists
39. Answer all questions that your readers send by email or leave as a comment
40. Have your Blog URL on your Business Cards (off-line traffic)
41. Answer questions at Yahoo Answers
42. Be Controversial
43. Install a Bookmarking Widget below each post so that your readers can easily bookmark your post
44. Create a Link Bait

Some of these tips I’ve implemented or am trying to implement, others I haven’t gotten to yet. But all of them are very good tips.

So, if you have a design or development blog, I’d be happy to trade links with you, and/or if you’d like me to write a guest post….