10 Tips For Blogs Part 2

Yesterday I gave you the first 5 tips for great blogging. Today I have the last 5 tips, when combined you should become a blog posting machine.

• Don't just post and forget.
  

        Links are great-but then what? Do not just post links to the same tired sites, offer your reader something new. Contribute to the conversation. Your goal is to be the site to which everyone else is linking-so you had better have something worth writing about.

• Post consistently.
  

        Keep a schedule and stick to it. Post frequently-at least several times per week if you want to increase your potential of attracting new readers. Let your blog languish for weeks without updates and your audience will move on to fresher ground.

• Stay focused on your theme.
  

        Once you have defined the theme of your blog, stick to it. A blog about piggy banks has no business posting about the latest innovation in alternative energy. Such a deviance will only confuse your reader and chip away at your virtual authority.

• Break up your text.
  

        Use numbered lists, bullet points, and subheadings to make your posts easy to scan. Lots of white space on the page is a good thing-it allows your reader to take mental breaks and let the knowledge soak in. In addition, with the inevitable clutter of banner ads and side text, this technique puts some distance between your writing and all those distractions.

• Don't oversaturate your key words.
  

        Keywords are, well, key. Harness your blog's search engine potential by dousing your title and post with effective keywords that will help interested parties find your page in the vast, muddled internet. This is one of the most important elements of getting your blog read-go at it with gusto.

  Maintaining an informative blog that people want to read takes hard work and good writing skills. Find what makes your writing unique-and flaunt it for all it is worth. To help get the more people try to get a niche market so that there is not as much competition.