I'm Kharim Tomlinson of WebMaster-Success.com and the other day I was going through some blogs (I won't say which ones exactly) and upon reading a few of the blog post I came to the conclusion that the blog posts that I read taught me nothing. I gained nothing extra, nor learned anything new after reading those blog posts.
I don't know about the other people that visit those particular blogs, but for me when I visit a blog to read I want to gain more knowledge after I finish reading. I shouldn't be saying “I already knew that” or “isn't this the same information on Joe's blog”. I'm not saying that most of the things blogged about today aren't things that other people have blogged about already. But putting a little more rhythm in your blog post can make it stand out from the other bloggers.
Question From One Of My Blog Post Reader
Some time ago this blogger asked me how comes I have been blogging for less than a year and he has been blogging for about 2 years and, I have been successful in driving traffic to my blog, getting people to subscribe to my blog, get my readers to comment and also to make money from my blog, and he finds it challenging to do so. After examining his blog the first thing that I noticed with his blog is that he is using a theme with 3 columns. Not that anything is wrong with using a 3 column layout on your blog, but his blog was so cluttered. This makes it hard for visitors to navigate through the blog with ease. Another thing is his content, some were great and others were poorly written.
Content is king and if you have great quality content mixed with poor content then your blog will struggle to do what you thought it could do. It won't function like a blog with pure quality content.
Another thing is that I haven't seen him on the blogosphere, nowhere to be found. I haven't seen him on my blog or any other popular blogs making comments or submitting guest posts. I have not seen any of his articles on BlogEngage, BloKube, being tweeted on Twitter or nothing like that. If you fail to network then you will fail to build up traffic to your blog.
In addition, here are some more questions that some new bloggers ask and the answers that I have provided for them in this blog post.
Why I Failed To Learn From Your Post
Here are reasons why your blog post taught me nothing extra after I finished reading:
After reading a blog post that you have known the information already, I am sure that you would agree with me that you learned nothing extra. No new information, no knowledge gained. If this is a topic that has been blogged about by almost every blogger, don't make your post similar to their's. Make your's stand out and you will be better able to teach your blog readers something.
Blog posts that aren't developed to be called a suitable blog post will teach absolutly nothing. Not spending time to proof read your blog post or taking time to make your post look neat with sub-headings will make your post look undeveloped. Using sub-headings will make your main points stand out, plus using H1, H2 or the H3 tags as sub-heading will help you to get an extra boost from search engines.
I am pretty sure that if your maths teacher is boring then you will know nothing in algebra. Unless the teacher makes the class exciting then you will fail to learn.
Your blog post is like that teacher. You have to make it exciting and interesting in order to make your blog readers benefit fully from it.
First let me start this point by saying that there is nothing wrong with affiliate promotion. This is the way that most of us as bloggers make money online. But always writing a blog post promoting affiliate links and wanting to make a sale is not a blog post that educates.
When writing a blog with affiliate links make sure that you provide information that will help to build up the readers. This way you can make a few extra bucks.
How To Make Your Blog Post Teach
Before starting your new blog post it's always best to do a bit of research to make sure the information you bring to your readers is correct. You want to put out the best content ever for your blog readers.
Blogging works best if we are passionate about it. Being passionate shows that there is nothing greater that blogging. When you write with true passion your blog readers can know it. Writing with passion involves writing and putting out your best effort because you are happy about what you are doing. You do it for the fun and enjoyment of it.
In order to make your blog post the best, it's best to avoid topics that have been blogged about over and over again. Contents that are new and fresh gets more views and this will help you to keep visitors on your blog a little longer.
Results You Get From Blog Post That Teaches
When you write blog posts that teaches your readers something, they appreciate your blog more. They appreciate the time that you have spent to put together such great content. One way they show their appreciation is by subscribing to your blog. The more upbuilding and informative blog post you write then the more subscribers you will gain.
Blog posts that teaches the reader something gets more ratings. You may not have a rate or vote button for each article, but you can tell the ratings by the amount of comments left on the article. The more comments means that the blog post was great and the readers enjoyed reading it.
When a well composed blog post is read and the reader has enjoyed it, this reader's reaction is to hit the tweet it button or some other button to share it with other people who he/she think would be interested in the article as well.
If you know that you are writing great content then make sure you place some buttons on your blog so that your content gets shared with the rest of the web.
Affiliate sales are easier made when a blog post has great content. Simply said…
I know visitors of Lisa Irby's blog search for her affiliate link to purchase from them so that Lisa can make a sale. This is because Lisa writes great blog posts and her blog visitors want to thank her by purchasing from her affiliate links.
This goes to show that when you wrtie great blog post then affiliate sales can be made with little or no added effort.