If I blog less often, will you read? If I blog more often, will you read? If I narrow my blog to just one topic, will you read? If I blog about whatever takes my fancy, will you read? What exactly is the trick to creating a loyal base of readers?
The November/December issue of Writer's Digest tries to help me out with these questions. Of course the title of the article, "<How to> Lose Blog Traffic <and> Alienate Readers", should have been a clue that maybe ALL the right answers would not be there, but I thought it couldn't hurt to read it, so I did.
What did I learn? Well, I learned that if I post to infrequently, I lose readers. I then learned that if I post too often, I'll likewise lose readers. I also learned that I can't be overly "snarky" ("who, me? Snarky?" I don't even know what it means!!) cause I'll run the risk of losing readers.
The article did, however, have some interesting information. For instance, you all don't want to read long, drawn out, boring post. I think I knew that. Keep it as simple as possible. I also learned that I need to be pointing you, the reader, to other great content, which I've done to a certain extent, but could probably stand to do a lot more of that. Finally, I've learned that I need to read others blogs. Isn't that the old "you reap what you sow" argument? Well, it holds true in blogs as well.
Moral of the story? It's all trial and error, and I'll keep pluggin along, hoping to do something right at some point that I can then replicate. Let me know if I do something right!!
The November/December issue of Writer's Digest tries to help me out with these questions. Of course the title of the article, "<How to> Lose Blog Traffic <and> Alienate Readers", should have been a clue that maybe ALL the right answers would not be there, but I thought it couldn't hurt to read it, so I did.
What did I learn? Well, I learned that if I post to infrequently, I lose readers. I then learned that if I post too often, I'll likewise lose readers. I also learned that I can't be overly "snarky" ("who, me? Snarky?" I don't even know what it means!!) cause I'll run the risk of losing readers.
The article did, however, have some interesting information. For instance, you all don't want to read long, drawn out, boring post. I think I knew that. Keep it as simple as possible. I also learned that I need to be pointing you, the reader, to other great content, which I've done to a certain extent, but could probably stand to do a lot more of that. Finally, I've learned that I need to read others blogs. Isn't that the old "you reap what you sow" argument? Well, it holds true in blogs as well.
Moral of the story? It's all trial and error, and I'll keep pluggin along, hoping to do something right at some point that I can then replicate. Let me know if I do something right!!
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