I am Nile Flores, a sassy web designer and developer - a webmistress. I live in Centralia, Illinois, which is about an hour from St. Louis. Blondish.net is where I can freely share my love of all things involving web design, graphic design, web developing, and even my experience as a blogger. Join me on my journey. I hope I do not disappoint.
Ways to Becoming a Better Blogger
Written by Nile | Posted in Social Media | Posted on 
23-11-2009 | 
2 Comments
Tags: blogging, Social Media
Running a site takes time and effort. However, it is not hard to do. By simply applying some of the following to your site, you might become a better website host/ hostess as well as a blogger. These suggestions could prevent you from losing valuable traffic.
Keep your blog updated regularly. No, this does not mean you have to blog daily, but if that is your norm, you might want to stay consistent, even harnessing the power of scheduling future blog posts if necessary.
Visit and comment at other blogs. Visit people you blog roll and people who have commented on your site. You might even want to go out of your way every so often by commenting on sites you have not visited before. You never know – you might learn something.
Be a regular participant on the social networks. Like blogging regularly, it is not necessary to be on Twitter or Facebook all the time, but make sure to continually connect with your friends/ followers to keep updated.
Keep your comment open and remember to participate in your own comment streams to keep the conversation going. Sometimes your readers comment because they would love to carry on the conversation that you started with your blog. If you do not participate, then why bother to have written the article?
Offer something even if it is advice, graphics, layouts, or a giveaway of some sort. People love free stuff. Contests are great, but they are only a quick way at attracting temporary traffic. There are no guarantees that your visitors will stay after the contest or giveaway has ended.
Be open-minded and willing to not always be the center of attention. There are always people who are or will be better, and you must be open-minded as you could be stifling your own learning as well as others who are interested in the topic at hand.
Do you have any other suggestions on how to be a better blogger?
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Hi Nile, First I love your name. but this is really good info…thanks. I like your site because it was one of the first ones that didn't do "free giveaways" or coupons…or whatever. There was real content. Clearly, like Gary Vaynerchuck says in his book, the cream does rise to the top…or the content rich sites do come ahead. Anyway, I am looking for a cool "logo" design for my blog. Let me know if you can help me. Cheers! Makenzie Kelly
My recent post Why I Think School is Just a Big Waste of Time
HI Makenzie! Making logos is no problem. You can contact me at nile@blondish.net . I am not sure if you are looking to pay or for free. I really do not do free logos anymore, just graphics I randomly give for free.
However, if you email me I might be able to juggle around some ideas even if you want to DIY.