Blog Writing And Other Blogging Resources

Always choose something you know about and can think and write alot about it, this helps you get over the content block that happens to bloggers.

Much like a typical website you write what you know rather than what you hardly know anything about, a deep interest is needed to carry on a blog that is packed full of great informative posts that resonate with your blog readers.

Of course to start off with, blogging usually starts off quite cautiously until you find that perfect match of content and enthusiasm that helps you build your blogging momentum, planning ahead helps you plan what's to come, and of course your readers help you with valuable feedback on your topics through the comments.

My main areas of interest are blogging, fantasy art, and affiliate marketing, I have narrowed these areas down from a whole list of other topics I began with in the beginning, sometimes you may have to do this if you are unsure of the right niche or interest you could blog about.

Here are the best tips I have researched for building traffic to your blog, these are the top ones that matter in most blogging circles.

And they really are simple to do....So read on!

1. Commenting on others blogs

This is one of the top ones that I always hear online in many blogs that provide blogging tips.

Commenting on other blogs that have similar content to yours, perhaps some of the same keywords too, all you have to do is just read and connect with other blogs and bloggers really, add your genuine opinions about the posts that they provide, interact and add to the discussions that may go on in the comments section.

Why does this attract traffic?

Because you are reaching out to other bloggers who are in your niche, you prove that you know and understand what they are talking about by commenting your opinion, they will follow your blog link to find out what you are about and more than likely comment on a few of your discussions, this is a blogging form of tennis that can have a long term relationship if you keep it up.

2. Optimizing your blog posts

This is a search engine optimization technique that applies to all websites and blogs, this is the process of adding searched on and targeted keywords within your blogs content, so that your articles and information could be found through any of the search engines.

Now this not only means the actual content that you have to optimize, but the titles of your posts and images on your blog could also be fine tuned to bring in traffic, a good bit of keyword research maybe needed to find good keywords that will help your cause.

Always try to keep an eye on your optimization of your content, because later on you may be able to revisit old posts and tweak them further to bring in more traffic, also bolding certain keywords may help too.

3. Submitting your blog to blog directories

Just like website directories they provide a backlink in relevant categories to your blogs content, this could take a bit of work, but could be well worth it in the long run, some may require you to link back to them.

I recommend adding your blog links to the popular blog directories that hold lots of blog links, because the more lnks the more visitors that directory may get, but then also any blog directory to add a link is just as good.

4. Linking to others blog sites in your niche

This provides value, but also brings in traffic to you to, because the search engines will recognise that you are linking to a quality blog site that is relevant, all the more better if the blog you link to recieves lots of traffic anyway.

Also the blogging medium usually has a useful tool called a trackback and in some cases the relevant blogger you link to might actually know that you have linked to them through their blogs trackback plug in, so you neer know they may visit your blog and add a link in a post on their blog, which will bring in more traffic.

5. Social Bookmarks For Social Linking

Most blogs at the end of each post have links that can add your blog posts to social bookmarking sites such as Digg, Stumbleupon and Delicious to name a few, this is especially useful if you have a great blog post that almost anyone will find useful.

When your blog readers do this, they can add a small review of you blog post, detailing the reasons to others to visit and read for themselves.

The more varied reviews and link backs from these social bookmarking sites the better for your blogs post traffic, I wouldn't really add your own reviews as it is more for others to add their unique bookmarks.