How to Attract More Blog Visitors, Retain more Regular Readers, and Earn More Money with Your Blog
I am so excited about our content this week; I can hardly contain myself!
At the end of last week, I sent out an article about kinds of posts, and then on our Assist Social Media Facebook page, I posted a friendly challenge. I asked if people might be interested in a blogging challenge where we'd pick a type of post at random, and even pair them up with a killer headline, and let them go at it, writing the blog post to match.
Each day this week, we'll give you another easy, concrete step you can take to help improve your content and make it the kind of content people can't help but want to share, with a goal of everyone posting these masterpieces on Thursday, and posting the link that day on our Facebook page. We'll invite anyone who wants to use this as an opportunity for enhanced SEO to like, comment and share your content to give it a good boost. And we'll write a blog post wrap up with lessons learned and links out to your content to give an SEO bump to y'all as well.
These baby steps are part of the very same system we've used to continually grow our readership – both from newcomers via organic search, as well as return readers. And content seems to be the one area everyone wants to improve, so let's get started helping you attract more visitors, retain more blog readers, and ultimately – with killer content – make more money with that blog.
Spring Training for Bloggers Day 1: Stretch Your Creativity with a Plan!
The first thing all good athletes do before getting to the meat of their training is to stretch. It's a little bit of a warming up activity that gives the muscles a little bit of advanced knowledge that they're going to be needed, and it gets the blood flow going in advance to help keep you from getting hurt.
Planning your content is a little bit like that. Have you ever noticed how having an idea and a direction makes the process of writing a whole lot easier and even more fun? Especially when you get inspiration for a really kicking title, in my opinion.
When you have an idea of the specific direction your content is going to go – especially if you know it a day or two in advance, it gives your brain that little warm up signal. Your brain starts to stretch a bit, thinking of the things you might want to say on that topic. You might even notice something around you that gives you a great example to use in the course of writing your post.
So without any further ado, here's the 2013 lineup of players for the Spring Training Blog Challenge from Assist Social Media
1.Katrina Moody – (What I've Learned Article) The 5 Most Important Lessons Autism has Taught Me About Myself
2.Christer Edman – (Checklist Article) Setting Up Your LinkedIn Profile: A Step by Step Approach
3.Julie McAdoo – (What I Love Article) What I Love About the First Time Cleaning a New Client's Home
4.Jennifer Herndon – (10 Tips Article) 10 Unusual but Achievable Tips to Start Profiting Now with your Online Business
5.Rob Russo – (Pros/Cons Article): The Real Truth About ________ (design program, tool, hardware in your field)
6.Elise Adams – (What I've Learned Article): The 5 Most Popular Myths About Getting Kids to Eat Healthier
7.Backroads Business Solutions – (How-To Article): How to Know When It's Time To Outsource Your Social Media Management
8.DeAnna DuPree – (Avoiding Problems Article): Social Media Security: How to Avoid Having Your Passwords Hacked and Your Online Reputation Ruined!
9.Content by Dawn – (Questions and Answers): 7 Creative Ways to Come Up with Ideas for your Next Post
10.Darin McCall – (not sure if you meant your specialty is writing copy or if you want us to go with network marketing given your blog content- message us and we'll get you a headline and article type right away!)
11.21st Century SMM – (Questions and Answers): Are Virtual Assistants Worth the Money?
12.One to One Computer Training – (What I Love Article): What I Love About One-on-One Training on Facebook's News Feed Changes
13.Emily West Sadler – (Questions and Answers Article): Virtual Assistants: The Secret of Successful Businesswomen
14.Young At Heart - (Avoiding Problems): The Top 3 Mistakes that Could Get Your Facility's Facebook Page Yanked!
15.Chris Roxburgh – (How To Article): How to Get Twice the Leads in Half the Time Using Social Media
16.Dani Collins – (How-To Article): Secrets of Finding The Perfect Romance Novel For Your Personality Type
17.Cija Black – (What I've Learned Article): 7 Signs He's Not the One
18.Marilyn Fisher – (Avoiding Dangers Article): The Hidden Dangers of Traditional Air Fresheners
