Creating blogs is an art form in itself and it takes hard work and dedication to get a blogging website up and running. However, the hardest part of all is getting readership and then keeping them! Increasing your status in the world of blogging is hard work and it takes blood, sweat and tears but there are a few things that you can do to help you to increase your blog traffic.

One of the most common things I hear from people is that they are having problems increasing their blog readership and that they are putting hard work in but seeing very little results. This confidence bashing will sort out the men from the boys at an early stage and anyone lacking the patience and determination will bail out at this point but those in it for the long haul will be determined to work out where they are going wrong and fix the problem.

Firstly you should set aside a minimum of around two to three hours per day to concentrate on your blog posts. Once you have worked out where you can fit in your allotted time into your schedule you should begin by creating a brainstorm of blog ideas to work from. From your brainstorm, write at least one killer article a week that is really interesting and captivating to your audience and not just a space filler. It should be extremely valuable to your website and be long and structured rather than waffled opinions. Your ‘killer’ article should make people go ‘Wow, that was amazing and I am going to bookmark that address. Even better I am going to link to it from my Facebook account!’.This should take up around one hour a day.

Secondly you need to spend around 30 minutes a day on social networking with people in order to spread the word about your blogs. You should comment on other blogs that are similar to yours and provide links to the same bloggers from your blogs. Interact with the people who are creating these blogs and build up a relationship with them via Twitter, Facebook, IM or email. You want to aim to build relationships with these people so only do it with people whose work you admire and don’t puch too hard. If they are not interested in building a relationship with you then they will be of no use to you.

Thirdly you need to promote your blogs for around 30 minutes per day. This should include letting people in your networks know about it as well as other bloggers and webmasters who are in a similar niche, asking friends to Tweet it around Twitter, post and talk about the article on forums and newsgroups to literally spread the word. Lastly you need to remember to also post normal blogs and not rely only on a killer blog. These will build up your average base of site visitors and it is important to constantly dish out blogs that include the following:

1) Blogs that ask questions to your readers to gain interest

2) Blogs that highlight a new or secret trick you have recently discovered

3) Inform readers about the latest news or gossip in the niche you work within

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