All I Want For Christmas is a Successful Blog

Posted on 21. Dec, 2007 by DeanHunt in Online Marketing

Do you own a blog that is not getting many visitors? Or perhaps you don’t own a blog but have always wanted to? In either case, today I am going to show you some tips on how you can start your very own successful blog this Christmas.

1) Choose a niche – Here is what I want you to do… look over all the gifts, experiences, meals, stories etc that you saw during Christmas. Now, ask yourself, which was I most passionate about? If it was your Xbox360, then start an xbox360 blog. Simple. Passion is key!

2) Get a domain & Web host – Don’t worry, this is not expensive. You can get a domain from somewhere like Godaddy.com for around $7 and a simple Google search for web hosting should uncover plenty of options. Initially you don’t want to pay more than $10 per month for hosting.

3) Get Statistical – Before you start posting you need to have a way of tracking stats. Simply subscribe to FeedBurner and Google Analytics.

4) Start Posting Daily – If you are passionate then daily posts shouldn’t be too hard. Here is a trick… if you have two posts for one day, simply set the second post to automatically post the next day, thus giving you a day off. But remember, regular posts are key.

5) Promoting Your Blog – This will take some experimenting, but try using your blog link as your forum signatures. Also, submit your best content to social media sites like Digg and Stumbleupon, and do link trades with related blogs.

6) Simple and Neat – You need to ensure that each blog post has a simple message, and that the content is broken up and formatted correctly. There is nothing worse than a huge chunk of text.

7) Images – Each blog post should have an image. It adds a little flavour to the post.

8 – Making some Cash – After a few months you should be getting regular traffic. Now is the time to start making some lovely dosh. Start out with Google Adsense and monitor that for a few weeks, feel free to also try some related affiliate programs for extra sales.

There we go, 8 simple keys to starting a successful blog this Christmas.

Happy New Year to all, and don’t forget to leave some turkey for me.