Blog Audience – Your Strongest Link Is Only As Strong As Your Weakest Link
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While “me” marketing is an important aspect of building a business online. Even more important than that is giving your blog audience stuff they can ponder and gain value from.
Blogging isn’t just a way to sell stuff, it is a way for you to express who you are. Pay close attention to the comments you get you can learn a lot by what people are saying about the content you are giving them. Another gold mine of data is google analytics and even alexa you can learn about the demographics of your readers, their age and interest.
You can be well armed with data that will increase your blog audience as well as connect with them better.
Is this you? You’ve heard all the craze about content being king online and it will help you to increase sales and stay ahead of the competition, so you did what any savvy small business owner would do and decided to start a blog.
You’ve been blogging pretty regularly and consistently providing excellent content but no one seems to care. You aren’t getting comments or other feedback from the internet universe and you feel like your blog is standing all alone.
You automatically thought if you built it they would come because content rules, but now you are left scratching your head thinking it was all a bunch of hype and you’ve been wasting valuable time blogging instead of building your business in other more effective ways.
If this is you, I have news for you —continue to blog at all costs, as often as possible. Small business owners MUST have a blog in order to remain competitive in today’s marketplace. Blogging is not an overnight marketing solution, it is more a long-term task that will pay off over time as long as the content is great and you blog consistently.
But I am doing that! Good keep it up. What your quality content is missing is muscles. In order to get your target audience to notice your blog it is important to get rid that flabby quality content and do exercises that will turn that flab into fab quality content muscles that you can flex {and they WILL notice}! Try these exercises to bulk up your content muscles, in order to increase sales and awareness about your brand:…More at Is Your Blog Content Flabby? 8 Surefire Ways to Give Your Content Muscles – Business 2 Community (blog)
Creating A Lasting Impression On Your Blog Audience minds
It’s important to understand that your blog audience will be uniquely yours. What I mean by this is that over time you will see a pattern in your readership. Once that happens you need to pay close attention so that you can keep bringing more value to the table.
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This is an excellent article you have shared. so true that once you own any kind of blog,all we should bear in mind how we can connect with other blogger or audience. having a blog without any audience you will end up nothing.
Thanks Kate, thanks for commenting
Blog audience is your target and it is the corner stone of a website to gain traffic. You have to give your best to build and connect with others so that you\’ll earn your online visibility and page ranking.
Your right! I so many new bloggers who start blogging and they don’t think about their blog audience, they just think about how they are going to sell stuff.
While selling stuff is the end game, you need to blog because you love blogging first, if people see that you love what you do they will be more inclined to listen to what you have to say.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Connecting with the blog audience is the first and foremost priority after building a blog.And it means alot to your readers when you are giving them what they want.Maintaining the consistency in providing new ideas through the blog will make the reader glued.
Hi Aditya, for the longest time I never got any comments on my blogs. I got a lot of spam comments, but it did take me awhile to realize that I needed to keep my readers engaged and I needed to keep giving them a fresh supply of good content.
I tried in the past all types of different ways to connect with my readers. Finally I said to heck with it and just started writing about my everyday experiences in the internet network marketing industry.
Something new to make a mark takes some time Larry,and i guess now you are getting a remarkable amount of readers to comment on.You are providing useful information every time you publish a new post.Just keep on doing the same, rest will come to you or already at your door steps with the empower network 🙂
Thanks Aditya, I appreciate the support…
Hi Larry, you really made me stare. Apparently there are still many things that I should learn from the champions like you. Listening to the audience did not seem like an easy thing for me, but I try to learn more. thank you for your suggestions
Hi Erwin there is nothing more important to blogger than making sure their readers are happy and engaged with the content.
A blog without an audience is like a graveyard.
Yeah, we all know that the blog is to express ourselves. But in the competitive society, i agree with you that it is important to have a blog with good content for your small business.
Hi Winty, I think it depends on what your objective is. For some bloggers just the act of blogging is liberating.
It’s kinda like having someone to talk to without having someone to talk to. It’s a way for people to come out of their shells and express who they are.
Since blogs naturally get good rankings they are the #1 choice for businesses who want to take full advantage of the internet.
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Thanks for this great post. The tips you have shared are pretty useful in connecting with blog audience. Posting quality content regularly can keep readers coming back to a blog.
That is the ultimate goal. You want your visitors coming back and wanting to comment.
I am on a crusade of sorts to try and help new bloggers understand the value and importance of providing good stuff for their blog audience to read..
Hey Larry,
Connecting with the audience is the key and sadly many of the blogs lack it! The tips shared are very helpful and quite lucid in approach. Thanks for sharing this valuable post.
Hi Aayna, I think that is because people are told blogging is good for business and instantly people start seeing dollar signs in their head.
I know folks who said “I know I need to get my blog up” They get their blog up put 4 post up and then they wonder why it’s not getting them any results.
To truly engage with your audience you have to give them more good content that is for them than for you.
Hi Becca thanks for reading 🙂
It is mind boggling how fast things change. It’s my pleasure to be able to provide valuable and useful content to you.
This is such a well-written article that holds so much truth. I never thought my blog would have any potential at all to gather a substantial number of followers. I will give your tips a shot and let you know how things turn out! Thanks very much and more power to you!
Thank you joy I am glad you enjoyed it.
This read has just given me a lot of light and hope! I sure want to press on with my blogging. It’s getting to the formula that would bring success that is pulling me back. With this, I think I would like to push my blog site further and hopefully I can build a better loyal following! Thanks! 🙂
Hi Kristine thank you for taking the time to commenting.. Keep staying consistent.
Blogging is one of the ways to build and connect with your blog audience, but nowadays creating videos is another way to go if we want to promote our blogs and websites. It can be as simple and as creative as you wish but it will definitely help spread the word around if done correctly.
Vlogging Rules! 🙂
Thank for commenting Gwen
It is really important to build and connect with your audience because they are reason why your website or online business is still running and earning cash at its best. Thus, getting in touch with your customers will help you grow your web presence, online reputation and so get more sales.
Agreed….
Engagement is a goal that I primarily aim for as a blogger and I completely understand that in order for me to generate more leads, I must be consistent in sharing relevant and solution-oriented content that my readers can actually benefit from.Thanks for sharing your valuable insights.
Hi Emilia, your absolutely correct. Many times we get tunnel vision and only focus on sales.. But the reality is the more a person likes us the better chance we stand of getting them involved with us.
Thanks for commenting…
Blog audience is your traffic and it is the lifeblood of any website or online businesses. One of the best ways to draw their attention is to write information that they really like and want to read. With these, you are able to seize their interests and have them coming back for more.
One of the best articles ever read on SEO, especially to those who are new to this and those who don’t understand the concept. Trending is important so I’m glad you mentioned Google Keywords because without them we’d be lost in a sea of article.