Happy Wednesday! I think all of us bloggers are constantly looking for ways to improves ourselves no matter what level in the blogosphere we’ve reached. So today I came up with my list of top 10 tips in becoming a better blogger! Hope you guys learn something and don’t forget to share your own tips!
1. Get to know your followers: Without knowing who your followers are it’s impossible to build a loyal readership with them and reach a good interaction and synergy. It’s very good to ask questions in your posts from time to time and do a Q&A every now and then!
2. Schedule: To be on time with everything and stay up to date with your socials it’s very smart to take one or two weekly moments and start to schedule all your posts in WordPress and everything else on socials. I do this on my Facebook page and recently started using Tweetdeck for Twitter. I’ve also heard really good stories about Buffer where you can control and schedule all your socials.
3. Boost your traffic with a top 10 list post: One of the secrets most people won’t tell you about is that you can really boost your traffic with a good top 1o list post. If you go through my top 10 posts of all time you will see that they’re all posts with lists. I still get a good amount of visitors everyday on my older top 10 lists posts so if I won’t post a day my traffic still remains quite good.
4. Consistency: it’s very important for both the blogger and reader to have a rhythm so your readers (and you) know what to expect and when to expect something new!
5. Work on a nice, clean blog design: First impressions are very important so be sure that you make your first time visitors become frequent visitors! A clean and clear blog design helps with this a lot. If I feel like a blog looks messy I’d be more tempted to leave than when I’m on a gorgeous clean website.
6. Google Analytics: Use Google Analytics to track if your blog is growing, why it’s growing and to see which posts are doing great and which are not doing really well. A lot of people also write down their following numbers in an excel spread in the beginning of each month to track which medium is growing and how fast it’s growing.
7. Use the same editing/writing style: This is also very important in your relationship with your readers, this way your readers will probably feel like they get to know you better which makes them more willing to come back to your blog. You always want to stay up to date with someone you know and like, right?
8. Join Facebook groups: it’s nice to share your updates from your blog in a specific community where people come to look for blogs like yours. Facebook has a LOT of groups so take a look around and you will surely find some groups that fit you and your blog!
9. Set out a road-map with goals and follow them: Think of where you wanna go with your blog and which steps you want to take in getting there. Don’t make the steps to time consuming or big, but make them realistic so you can follow up and actually reach your goals.
10. Don’t forget to use good photos: I mentioned this last week but it’s so important to use attracting pictures in every post (especially as a header for your RSS feed). How often do you click on a post without seeing an image?
Diana
Great tips!!
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YVESPINK
Love tip number two in regards to post schedules, thanks for sharing
-EVA
http://yvespink.com/2015/02/15/burgundy-chic/
Natali
All of these are very good and true tips!
http://lartoffashion.blogspot.com
BrinisFashionBook
Great tips – thanks a lot. I have to do a top 10 list!
xx, Brini
BrinisFashionBook
Linda Libra Loca
The Top 10 list is something I never thought of. Hearing you mention it, it feels very reasonable.
Thanks for sharing.
http://www.lindalibraloca.com
Megan
very good tips,
http://meganlike.blogspot.com
daisycandle
Great tips, thanks for sharing π I also use hootsuite for scheduling Facebook and twitter messages
Cheryl
http://daisycandle.com
Stefanie Carrijn
Thx for the tips!
Maryshoppings.wordpress.com
Anja
I love your tips!
http://toujoursanja.blogspot.com/
Paulina Villalpando
Great tips! http://www.thepaarblog.com/
Tessa
Excellent tips! Your point about top 10 lists is really interesting, I never realised that they generate so much traffic!
Tessa at Bramble & Thorn
Julia
Awesome tips, thank you! Yes, list posts are 100% my favorite, thanks for the heads up!
xox Julia
http://exploresmore.com
http://bloglovin.com/exploresmore
Savannah Giersthove
Great tips thank so much! x http://www.justsavxnnah.com
Duchess of Fashion
You seriously always have the best tips/advice Noor!
http://www.duchessoffashion.co.uk
elza
such a great post, very handy tips ! thank you x
CLUB AVENUE / http://club-avenue.blogspot.com / instagram
Tia
Thanks for sharing these tips! Top 10 post is indeed a fun post to write but I never knew about it boosting traffic to blogs!
xx
GARNETIA
Dominique
great tips!
xxxx
http://www.dominiquecandido.com
Anna
I love to know how other think about blogging!! <3
https://aspoonfulofnature.wordpress.com/
Susanne - Bag at You
Thanks for your weekly tips! Xx Susanne – http://bagatyou.com/
Prudence Yeo
Great list of tips! I particularly like the advice on creating Top 10 list posts, thanks for sharing!
Prudence
http://www.prudencepetitestyle.wordpress.com
powerfulsmile
GREAT TIPS π
Macy
Wonderful article! You’re so helpful to all of us, I love reading your Wednesday posts!
Fii Cridland
Brilliant tips! I agree that brilliant photo’s are such a draw, since most of us are visual people!
Love all your posts in this series, they’re so helpful x
little miss fii || Fii x
FabHL
Thanks for sharing these tips! Will definitely try out the ‘Top 10’ tip!
http://www.fabulicioushomelife.com
Leoni
This is so useful! really great tips…i may need to review what i am doing!
http://lobloggs.blogspot.co.uk/
Lifeplus1
I often hear that joining FB groups is a good idea, however, every time I try to join a FB group, I can’t because apparently, you can’t join a group using a FB Page, it has to be a personal FB page, not business. My FB page is a blog page, not personal.
Any ideas how to get around this?
Thanks!
Queen of Jet Lags
Yes, I know, it’s really annoying! I’ve also tried joining groups with my FB page but it didn’t work, I think it only works with your personal page… π x
Claire
These are such great tips! I haven’t done a ‘top 10’ list so I might have to try that out!
http://technicolourdreamer.blogspot.ie/
Nora
Super fijn al die tips! Thanks so much for sharing <3
X Nora / 1310bynora.com
Erin
Thanks for this – I always love to hear what can make me a better blogger. I especially enjoyed the tip about finding Rhythm. beautjunkkie.com
Blvck Bee
Very great tips, thank you! π
Agnes x
http://blvckbee.com
Saskia | Former Parades
Fijne tips!! Wat tof dat die top 10 posts zo goed werken!!
β₯ Saskia
http://formerparades.blogspot.com
Ieva
Nice tips! Will definitely keep this in mind. I have just re-started my blog so I am currently struggling with getting the blog design as clean and sophisticated as possible, but getting there π xx
Ieva ..
http://lasmaneieva.blogspot.com
Jacquelyn | Lark & Linen
You are so good at this. Awesome tips! Thanks lady!
Bo
Wat een leuk artikel, hele handige tips! Liefs Bo
stuffbybo.blogspot.nl
Jessica Mennie
Fantastic advice! Especially regarding Google analytics. I’ve been meaning to set this up once I get my new blog off the ground. Thanks for sharing.
Jess X
http://chasinglifeandme.blogspot.co.uk/
Tanya Golubeva
Lovely
post!!!! Great photos. Would you like to follow each other on GFC?! Let me know
and follow me on my blog, I will follow you right back on both GFC and
Bloglovin!
xx
Tanya
What makes you beautiful
& bloglovin
catherine β‘
Really helpful tips! I’m really trying to do all of these at the moment π x
http://cocoamay.blogspot.co.uk
ChloΓ©
Thanks for such a helpful post! The first one is indispensable for me! I’m doing a few of the list but I’ll try to do them all!
Margery Ho
Lovely tips! x
Blog | A Girl with a Camera
Hannie Blaise
Very helpful tips. Thanks for sharing!
Hannie | CHAPTERS LIKE THIS
Fabi
Great tips!!! They are very helpful, thanks for sharing x
Fabi | http://www.agirlandherstripes.com
A Little Lilly
Thank you π really useful! Lilly xx http://alittlelilly.blogspot.com/
Liv Isabelle
Great tips! π
xoxo
Liv Studios
Wear2Feel
Thank you for your tips. Really useful.
http://www.wear2feel.com/
Joy
Fijne tips weer!
Ik ben ook meer lijstjes post aan het maken. Vooral voor mijn food posts op woensdag vind ik dit handig omdat elke week een recept posten een beetje veel is (vooral in de winter ivm daglicht). Nu ga ik toch weer elke week posten maar wissel ik het af met tips (in de vorm van lijstjes) bijv in mijn laatste post geef ik 5 snelle tips om gezonder te eten. Ben benieuwd of dit aanslaat maar ik moet mijn GA nog checken!
-X-
dottoz
This i a great post.
I didnt get the top 10 list point. I would love to try it too but kindly can you elaborate?
http://www.fraternalsworld.blogspot.com
Esmeralda Attema
Thanks, Noor.. these tips are absolutely working.
Since a few weeks i’m trying to do more “top list” posts and my traffic is growing.
Have a good weekend.
http://www.esmeraldaattema.com
Marjorie Peyric
Great post! Thanks for the tips!
http://atouchofpink1.blogspot.ca/
G Nice
I think No. 2 is key. Thanks for the great suggestions.
Kellina's Thoughts
Great tips π will definitely be working on a Top 10 list!
thanks π
http://kellinasthoughts.blogspot.com/
NGOC LAN
WOw!!! Thank you so much for the tips. They are very useful.
nuriel shechtman
great tips! thank you!
http://nurielfashion.blogspot.co.il/
Peyton Simms
This is great advice!!
Xo
Peyton
perfectlytayloredblog.com
Anouk
Thanks for sharing, really useful!
Naomi
Wonderful advice, I love this. I should start writing down stats to see how everything is going.
xx naomi Naomi in Wonderland
Diva In me
Thank you so much for these tips. It’s really helpful to bloggers like me. At times it gets mundane and after reading your post, my fire is back again to improve myself as a blogger! =)
Zsuzsa Magyari
Thank you for sharing these tips.You boost my inspirit:)
Miri X
I agree , pictures are soooo important in a blog, I’m always unhappy with mine and trying to make them better.
Kisses x
miriwhispers.blogspot.com
Alice Gorman
Perfect low-down! Thanks for sharing your tips here! Buffer is really good for scheduling tweets but is only free up to 10 posts, has their own version of bit.ly and has limited reporting. I would recommend Sprout Social if you were looking for a solid platform to schedule messages the reporting is fab and they have just introduced hash tracking x
oneandthesame.co.uk