The Most Important Things to Keep in Mind Before Starting a Blog – Part 2
6. SPECIFIC NICHE
You are going to want to choose a specific niche subject category to base you blog article content over. For example, instead of choosing “Sports” as your blog’s main focus, instead choose something more focus driven and easily searched under from keywords in popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Baidu. Something like “Denver Bronco’s” or “Football Scoring System” may rank higher in Page Rank scores and have more proper SEO implementation opportunities. Usually blogs that are to general and have no real niche will have a slower time in attracting and keeping visitors in the form of guests and members alike. Choose a specific niche and a niche that you are we familiar with so you can quickly post up above adequate content articles.
7. FAVICON and LOGO
Favicon’s and Logo’s help to give a blog its own personality. Similarly to a forum avatar in a member’s profile, Favicon’s and Logo’s are able to be branded into the particular blog’s niche category subject. Our What are Forum Avatars? blog post will help to define and describe what exactly forum avatars are. Favicon’s are able to be implemented into a blog by uploading either a 16×16 or 32×32 GIF, ICO, or PNG image file into the root of your website, forum, or blog installation. Usually a hard refresh, pressing F5, or CTRL + F5, will clear your web browser’s cache, and show the favicon in the top left hand corner of your web browser. Both Favicon’s and Logo’s are able to be created and uploaded from most graphics software such as microsoft’s Paint, Gimp, Adobe’s Photoshop, or Paint.net graphics utility programs.
8. BENEFITING VISITORS
You need to show your organic visitors and guests that their are perks to visiting and possibly joining your blog as registered members. Perks such as guest commenting, member commenting, tutorial help assistance, access to more content, free mailing list subscription, or even discounts on products that you sell. If you have benefits for your reoccurring visitors, then promoting those benefits will only help to foster the fact that you want your visitors to stay and/or register as a member. Guest/member commenting enabled on your blog, is one of the best features for your visitors.
9. MONETIZE EARNINGS STRATEGY
If you wish to make money on your blog, one of the best methods for earning money is to go with a popular and trust worthy company such as Google AdSense or BuySellAds. You will need to have a privacy policy page and/or meet certain minimum page views or impressions in order to qualify as an adpublisher and publish advertisements on your blog. If you need help in determining what type of ad sizes to use with your adsense account, check out; Best Performing Google AdSense AD Unit Sizes to use Effectively on the MOST Successful Niche Blogs right here at EclypticStudios.com where we specialize in a variety of well written content article’s and blog posts.
10. STRONG MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Usually when I think of the word “Marketing Campaign” I think of “SEO – Search Enginge Optimization” concurrently. Whether you are advertising on Facebook, Google AdWords, or promotion forums, a strong marketing campaign is a must if you wish to methodically spread the word about your blog. Having the proper marketing strategy as part of your promotional campaign is a definate must. Be sure to check out our What are the Most Popular Internet Marketing Strategies and Web Analytic Services for Blogs? to help you decide the best appropriate marketing strategy for your advertising campaign. You may also want to utilize our blog post that contains various Informational Tips and Tricks on Proper SEO Strategies For Blogs, Forums, and Websites. Sometimes marketing campaigns change and are hit and misses. The only way for you to succeed and find out which marketing campaign best works for your blog’s niche content is to get your feet wet into the online world of marketing, advertising, and promoting a brand…your brand!
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