Get More Readers for Your WordPress Blog

How to get morereaders for yourWordPress blog

Build it and they will come NOT!

No one is reading my blog Why?

It takes time

You need to talk aboutthings people care about

You are not niched enough

You don’t have a link-buildingstrategy to attract more readers.

You are writing about juicy topics, but not in a fresh way.

You are not solving a problempeople are searching for answers to.

You are astingy blogger

Your posts are boring

SEO good designawesome content

we call this partgetting them there

get other people to link to your posts social media news sites guest posts social networking sites writing articles ask for a link

should you write for people or the search engines? useful, interesting, relevant content the words your visitors use in their searches readability

consider a commenting strategycomment on other blogsstart a comment buddies program

3plugins for SEO

google analytics

google xml sitemap

all in one SEO

or built in SEO

so about your post title

and two last things... register it with Googleadvertise your blog everywhere

we call this part keeping them fromclosing that browser window

branding

navigation

connecting & sharingRSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary) is afamily of Web feed formats used to publish frequentlyupdated works—such as blog entries, news headlines,audio, and video—in a standardized format. Make it easy to sign up for your RSS feed Create an email signup

connecting & sharing

and....use a clean design and make your posts super-easy to read with bullets and whitespace make it easy for someone to contact you

use eye-catching photos

we call this partkeeping them there and coming back

two kick-ass posts aweek are better than seven crappy ones

create compelling, interactive contenteducate, engage and entertaindon’t copy ... be originalput your best content ABOVE THE FOLDask a provocative questionengage with your commenters

write an irresistible about page

write an irresistible about page a way to contact you what you do and for whom your mission/blog’s purpose for being an interesting, relevant bio your photo a sense of your personality

how important is a headline?

promiseto solvea problem

ask aquestion

use aheadlinewith numbers

use fearthe negativeheadline

connectyourself toa big name

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