Are you a blogger? If so, you are in good company.
There are millions of bloggers in the world and millions of blogs appearing every day.
Are you a successful blogger? That question is easier to answer as most of us blog for fun rather than profit.
Success, for us, is measured by satisfaction rather than income.
But, does anything make you different? Many bloggers believe that simply by writing they can get visitors to their sites to view their content.
Whilst that may be true in some instances, usually you have to work hard to get that all-important traffic.
And it is the people that visit you that determine who you are (in the world) and what your income might develop into.
The best way to get visitors is to write exceptional content.
Not regular content, not long content, not grammatically correct content - exceptional content.
That is not always easy - most of us are average writers with less mental agility than some.
But there are bloggers that can captivate with their words.
When that happens, the message spreads as more and more people recommend the individual posts to their friends.
I am wrong, of course, as I should have also mentioned that exceptional content may be through images and other visual derivatives, not just the written word.
Exceptional content is then spread via social media to others who do exactly the same.
Social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, can spread a message far and wide within a few hours.
But, even greater, social media can be used by the bloggers, themselves, to spread their content as automatic postings to them whenever a blog post is made.
Once exceptional content is found, it doesn't take too long for a critical mass of followers to be generated.
Each blog should, ideally, feature an optin form or RSS subscription link to enable visitors to then receive automatic notification of blog updates.
Once a certain level is reached, the blogger has to decide on strategy.
Exceptional content cannot be generated easily or in enough quantity to satisfy some of the most voracious readers.
The clamor for images, video, graphical representations and other interactivity means that the blogging platform needs to be updated, for that individual, via a team of committed warriors with a similar vision.
The rewards are huge.
Notoriety and profit become manifest as more and more readers (and advertisers) climb on board.
The most successful bloggers have mastered two basic things: excellence of content and taking the opportunity to grab an important gap in the market.
There are millions of bloggers in the world and millions of blogs appearing every day.
Are you a successful blogger? That question is easier to answer as most of us blog for fun rather than profit.
Success, for us, is measured by satisfaction rather than income.
But, does anything make you different? Many bloggers believe that simply by writing they can get visitors to their sites to view their content.
Whilst that may be true in some instances, usually you have to work hard to get that all-important traffic.
And it is the people that visit you that determine who you are (in the world) and what your income might develop into.
The best way to get visitors is to write exceptional content.
Not regular content, not long content, not grammatically correct content - exceptional content.
That is not always easy - most of us are average writers with less mental agility than some.
But there are bloggers that can captivate with their words.
When that happens, the message spreads as more and more people recommend the individual posts to their friends.
I am wrong, of course, as I should have also mentioned that exceptional content may be through images and other visual derivatives, not just the written word.
Exceptional content is then spread via social media to others who do exactly the same.
Social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, can spread a message far and wide within a few hours.
But, even greater, social media can be used by the bloggers, themselves, to spread their content as automatic postings to them whenever a blog post is made.
Once exceptional content is found, it doesn't take too long for a critical mass of followers to be generated.
Each blog should, ideally, feature an optin form or RSS subscription link to enable visitors to then receive automatic notification of blog updates.
Once a certain level is reached, the blogger has to decide on strategy.
Exceptional content cannot be generated easily or in enough quantity to satisfy some of the most voracious readers.
The clamor for images, video, graphical representations and other interactivity means that the blogging platform needs to be updated, for that individual, via a team of committed warriors with a similar vision.
The rewards are huge.
Notoriety and profit become manifest as more and more readers (and advertisers) climb on board.
The most successful bloggers have mastered two basic things: excellence of content and taking the opportunity to grab an important gap in the market.
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