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Creating a blog is an important step.

If you are going to take it seriously, then this could be a unique experience.

And if you are very good and steady, this experience might even change your life.

In fact, even if there are very few bloggers who earn enough to live with a blog out there, you could be the next.

As in the real world, also in the internet money does not grow on trees.

Do not believe to anyone who tells you that they have a surefire recipe on how to make money online.

Earning a passive income with internet is difficult and most of the bloggers or webmasters do not make more than few dollars per month.

But what is the reason?

Because in order to become a professional, you need to learn the technical aspect of blogging, with in-depth knowledge of the particular means of communication, make experience in online marketing and having the real motivation to reach success.

Creating a blog is only the first step in a process that is long and, in theory, never ends!

But don’t worry. There are some things you can do already with your next blog post and that will help you improve yourself.

You want more traffic to your content and increase your authority with your audience.

So be sure to read and follow the tips as explained below.

 

1. Respect Your Editorial Deadline

The success of a blog depends by the quality of its content, but also by a constant update.

It is essential that you respect the editorial deadline that you’ve decided when you put online your web project.

Have you intended to post once a week , creating a content of at least 1,000 words each time?

Or have you decided to create three posts a week, each of which had to be at least 500 words long?

Well, whatever your frequency of publication, respect it .

The blogosphere is in fact packed with bloggers who are parties with the best of intentions, but then left to itself the management of their blogs.

As a result, visitors have abandoned them, in order to go and follow the blogs of more professional authors.

 If you disappoint your audience, your blog will fail inexorably.

Tenacity, perseverance and consistency are three prerequisites for achieving success in the field of blogging.

Do not ever forget it!

Personal note :

since few weeks, I feel guilty on this matter. I am very busy offline with the launch of my company, and I also started several new online projects in the past months, as for instance Klinkk. But I feel satisfied when I am able to write a blog post on NPI site once every week.

 

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2. Use SEO

Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird, what other animal in the future?

The most important method of not worrying about SEO anymore is writing interesting and useful content so that your visitors will link to you site from their blogs.

Each inbound link that your blog receives is considered by Google as a sign of esteem on the part of those who link to you. This process is called link baiting.

It is quite clear therefore that more and more inbound links you receive, the more your authority in the eyes of the search engines will increase.

The principle is that this process must be natural.

A good way you can use SEO is to dedicate yourself to the so-called on-page optimization.

In principle, your attention needs to be focused on optimizing the title tag, the H1, H2, H3 tag, the description tag, and the URL of your post, together with the images alt attribute inserted in your pages.

Moreover, while creating the content of your blog, remember that there are techniques of SEO copywriting.

 

3. Write in Proper Language

It may seem trivial. And perhaps it is too, but the quality of your content also goes by the quality of your language.

A direct question : would you trust a blog content with many grammatical mistakes? Clearly not.

So pay attention while creating your articles, and before publishing your posts, be sure to proofread and check it again and again.

No misspellings or grammatical errors. Your writing must be clear, simple, rigorous.

This is directly related to your authority in your niche and, therefore, your online reputation!

Quick tip :

I use Paperrater.com, a free online grammar and spelling check.

 

4. Choose a Functional Theme

A good blogger should choose a net graphic and a functional design for his blog – ie you should take the role of your visitor and ask yourself : how can I improve as much as possible the navigation and the usability?

Here, at this point, the design choices should be directed towards those templates that, while adding a touch of personality to the blog by following the tastes of the author, respects however the simple navigation between the pages in a very fast way.

In addition to what said above, it is strongly suggested a mobile responsive design. 

 

5. Promote Your Content on Social Networks

It is now obvious: the search engines are no longer the only source of web traffic.

A good part of the visitors come to your blog through social networks.

This is why you should start as soon as possible a Facebook page or a Twitter account in the name of your blog.

Also, you should create a profile on these social networks that are used by the audience of your niche.

Which means that you must evaluate other social platforms, such as Google Plus, LinkedIn,  Pinterest or Instagram.

But why is it so useful to open an account on a social network? The reasons are several.

First, you can post the content of your blog, by promoting it.

If this is a really good quality content, it is likely that other online users share them in turn, starting a buzz on the web, which, in the most favorable case, could result in viral marketing.

In addition, you can also use social networks to make friends with other bloggers in your niche.

This might lead you to tighten real partnerships in which each of the parts can learn something new and receive many benefits.

 

6. Join Blogging Communities

This seems to be pretty viral at the moment.

You should join sites like BlogEngage, Blokube, DoSplash, Kingged and BizSugar.

Not also you can share your favorite content there (included your blog posts), but you can also meet new people, engage with other bloggers of your niche and read the most popular articles of the week.

 

What do you think?

These 6 tips may seem obvious, but sometimes easier is better.

Please share your thought in the comments below, thanks! 🙂

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Comments

  1. Hi Erik,
    Very informative post!
    I feel guilty after reading your first point; I sometimes skip my editorial schedule and post irregularly… this is something I had to take care of…
    Also agree, quality content shouldn’t involve grammar and spelling mistakes; I use jetpack plugin which has a proofreading feature…..
    thanks for sharing!

  2. Thanks Erik for the information. I would like to stress that today despite whatever you do, SEO along with promoting through social networks is utmost important. I need to learn more and keep reading here at nopassiveincome. Thanks

  3. Hi Erik sir,
    This is very informative post on improving my blog. Hope the above tips surely work for me. I am very much pleased with your 6 steps to improve my blog.

    And I personally use blogging communities. All the above mentioned and including getblogtraffic.net This is also helping to get some good traffic.

    And thanks for pointing out paperrater we would check it.

    Have a great day.

  4. Erik,

    Having a mobile responsive theme is huge these days. Many readers reminded me to go mobile for a minute. I ignored them, then I woke up after realizing how much traffic I left on the table.

    After going mobile with my theme my readership improved quickly. Awesome insight.

  5. Hi Erik,

    Wonderful post indeed, and you shared the right tips we can all use to improve our blogs as well 🙂

    Writing content that readers like, and which helps them makes them come for more. Yes, proper proof reading and taking care of grammar, and other edits is required. I hadn’t heard of PaperRater, would surely check it out, though I think the more you write the better you become, so with time you don’t need much of these tools. I still need to make my rounds on ALL the communities you mentioned – I do a little bit whenever I get time, which is something I need to take out from my busy schedule too.

    Thanks for sharing. Have a nice week ahead 🙂

  6. Hi Erik,
    Nice to be here, I am here via the notification of Harleena Singh at G+
    good tips though I am following some of these tips I think I need to do
    a re-check or a vigorous doing 🙂
    Anyways I am book marking this for my further reference
    Keep up the good work
    Keep informed
    Best
    Phil

  7. I am also guilty about your first step since I am so busy at work during weekdays and most of the time I go home late. Because of this, I often forgot or too tired to update my blog. Right now, I am starting to make it a habit to make frequent posts, at least 3 times a week with at least 500 words. I know it’s going to be a long road for me but I am willing to work hard for my blog.

  8. This what blogging is all about providing useful information that can really help other not just to make a quick buck. Great article bro 🙂

  9. Hi Erik,

    Question: Does blog engage really work?

    How much has it helped you..

    Have you noticed sizable increases in traffic

  10. Very nice article
    i thinks this can help a lot of bloggers to improve their sites especially beginners. I really impress by functional theme, this is really a big problem to me to choose a theme that my audiences can interact themselves and i absolutely agree with you about promote site on social network , very effective strategy to increase your traffic and followers also.
    thanks for your sharing.

    stephan

  11. great post, As a company whose main business is to provide relevant search results, I support what Google is doing. I think if we type good relevant content, the traffic will come.

  12. Hi Erik, Nice Article posted here. First thing is about blogging is to create good content then SEO. Without good content, you cannot good traffic or revenue. First, write good high quality content. After that work on SEO with the help Social Media Marketing. Your above 8 points are correct and should need to use it into blogs.
    Thank you for sharing this informative guide to us. 🙂

  13. Hi thanks for sharing and i agree that consistency and writing regularly and also making your post very informative ,

    Thanks !!!

  14. Hiii Erik,

    Again you shared a much valuable post Bro about how to Improve Blog effectively. These 6 steps will not only improve our Blog but it will also help us to create reputation in blogosphere.

    Promoting Content on Social Networks and Joining Blogging Communities are working well for me from the listed Steps. Well said Bro – mobile responsive design is also one of the most important thing.

    Keep informing us by your precious articles.

  15. Respect Your Editorial Deadline – many of bloggers nowadays

    aren’t so strict with this. The impression they’ll leave

    with an un-updated blog is very bad, visitors will think it

    is outdated, not active or something like that.

    Number 5, use social media platforms to promote your blog

    and consider using social media platforms such as:

    Facebook
    Twitter
    Pinterest
    Instagram
    Reddit
    LinkedIn
    Google+
    Tumblr

    Additionally, involve yourself in other blog communities.

    I found this post shared on Kingged.com, the Internet marketing content aggregator site, and I “kingged” it and left this comment.

  17. Hello,

    Content is the first thing which needs improvement, secondly I’d say theme of a blog plays a major role in getting readers attention.

    Thanks for tips.

  18. Hi Erik,
    Nice points listed by you. I do agree with Ryan that responsive theme is very important these days. Mobile internet users are increasing and we can’t neglect them.
    Thanks for sharing this post.