name: Blog Master
How to attract readers to your blog
24 September, 2006
No Blogger is an island. The way to get people to read your blog is by making yourself active and visible on the blogosphere. By leaving meaningful comments on the blogs that interest you, people will start noticing you, and if they're interested enough by what you're saying in those comments, they'll follow the link to your blog. DO NOT SAY: "Nice blog! Visit mine, here's the link…" That's about the most lame thing you could possibly say. Never sound like you're desperate for readers, just be patient, and be smart. Look for bloggers who seem to share similar interests, because it is these readers that you want to draw. If you're blogging about technology, don't put all your effort commenting on political blogs! You should also look for communities and blog aggregators that you can join. Almost every Arab blogosphere has at least one aggregator, and these are usually great ways to bring traffic. The most important thing however is to actually have a good blog before submitting it. Don't say "I will write once I start getting traffic." Write for your two readers as if you were writing for two hundred. Put your best effort in your blog, and be patient. It's like the saying in Kevin Costner's "Field of Dreams"… If you build it, they will come.
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