How To Build A Blog Step By Step

Want to have a blog that draws people to read it regularly? Or put your business in the forefront of the online community? Out of a gazillion blogs out there, how would you make yours stand out from the crowd? Blogging alone and interesting contents are not enough to catapult your blog.

Dress up your comments. Even if you don’t have any readers, you can be assured that comment spammers will find you. Comment spammers are the guys dropping off-topic advertisements for Viagra and weight loss pills in the comments of your blog. Nothing kills the ability of a Education to attract new links like a spammy site. And nothing says ‘spammy site’ like a comments page full of irrelevant comments and links. So monitor and delete spammy comments on a regular basis. In addition to deleting the garbage comments, you need to foster a positive community.

Some internet marketers have mailing lists. To entice you into joining these mailing list they’ll give away a free e-book or video join a few really good lists and read or watch the free online blogs material you get.

Pictures and videos, not too much or your page will become clustered. Adding appropriate videos and pictures can really liven up a website/blog and make it more interesting for the readers, however do not use videos and pictures in place of well written content and try to limit your self to a few pictures and at most two videos, most blog websites allow you to add links and add videos can be embedded into the blog itself.

Be sure to employ tags in your blog posts inside a cautious manner. A misplaced tag on your internet site might be as damaging for the readership as a good tag is valuable. You have to do your investigation and place tags in an intelligent and thoughtful approach to boost your blogging endeavors.

Just putting your blog online is not enough. After all, there are many millions of blogs on the web right now, so unless your blog is on a high-traffic site, you may not get readers unless you advertise. You can easily advertise your blog without spending a cent by mentioning your blog in your emails and web pages or newsletters. You can also enter in online competitions – if your blog wins a prize you are more likely to get a constant flow of traffic to your blog. You can also ask ezines and other content providers to review your blog, which will also draw readers.

One of the best places I have found to share my blog and posts on is Facebook and their blog roll called Networked blogs. Many of my followers are from Facebook and when I post my reviews and giveaways they are prompted to visit my blog and enter giveaway. This all ties in to adding visitors to my site and the above mentioned Google ranking. I also have a special area on my blog for followers to follow my site via Networked Blogs to make it easier for them. The easier you make it, the happier your visitors are and more likely to follow you permanently.

It takes a village to raise kids and blogs for moms can become your village. By tapping into the online community of other mothers, you can raise your beloved babies, school kids, and teens successfully.