Even if you don't want to make money off your blog (in which case you'd be a rare breed), there's still some satisfaction to be had from seeing thousands of people read your stuff.
If you do want to make money off your blog, you'd know that those visitor statistics can easily be converted into cash.
Either way, here are some blogging secrets that should get readers flocking to you in no time.
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(Blog) Roll All Around Don't underestimate the power of the blogroll, that list on the right or left side of a blog page that enumerates related or associated blogs.
If you get yourself on another blog's blogroll, that's instant promotion for you because your blog's link will be posted on the other's page.
It's a great way to multiply traffic for the two of you, especially if you write about similar or related topics.
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Get There First Just like with the field of journalism, you get an instant edge over the competition when you get a scrap of information first.
If you happen to get information related to your blog's niche, go right on over to your blog and post it.
Remember, blogs aren't just for one-time visitors.
They work best if you try to target the kind of crowd that reads a post once, bookmarks your blog and then keeps coming back for more.
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Get All the Pretty Pictures Aside from keeping your blog interesting enough for people to return, images and photos in your entry will make your blog even easier to search.
Even if people search for just images and not text content, your blog will still show up on the search results pages.
What's more, the ALT text is extra space for keywords.
This is one of the lesser known blogging secrets that is well-loved and oft-used by the people who know about it.