B2B Marketing Blog - TopRank®

B2B Marketing views, news and interviews.

Contact Us

MENUMENU
  • Services
    • Influencer
      • Start Your B2B Influencer Pilot
    • Content
    • Search
  • Insights
    • Blog
    • News
    • Resources
  • Our Work
    • B2B Technology
    • IT Service Management
    • Project Management Software
    • Social Networks
    • Supply Chain
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Careers
  • Connect

Ten Tips for Blogging

TopRank Marketing Editor
TopRank Marketing Editor
Blog Marketing

Congratulations, you have a blog! Or are thinking of starting one. Here are ten tips to keep in mind while blogging.

1) Post Titles
When writing a post title, it needs to be specific and interesting as this is what will be used in your title tag and what will be used to draw in readers.

Bad: Old Barns and Houses
Good: Minnesota Historic Barns and Farm Houses

Thinks to keep in mind are ‘What would people search for?’ ‘Is it specific to a certain person, place or thing?’

2) Paragraphs
Yes, use paragraphs. Keep them short and split up different thoughts. It’s much easier to read four small paragraphs rather than one large block of text. Even if they do contain the same information, this will make it easier for the visitor to read.

3) Categories
Categories are a must for blogs. If someone visits your site and is looking for information related to barns and you don’t have categories, or you lump everything under “general”, it will be hard to find what the visitor is looking for.

Think of it like the library. There are different sections for different kinds of information. Categorize it and make it easy on the visitor.

4) Character
Does your blog have character? Sure it’s harder to do when there are no voices to go with the words, but it’s all in how you write.

Not as good: Google announced GCows this week. They are a new breed and look interesting.

Better: GCows from Google?! Yep, that’s right. The company that does it all has announced a new breed of cows. I wonder if they’ll come in Google colors too. Myself, I’d like a green one.

5) Timely
If this new GCow announcement came on the 14th of June and you decided to post about it on July 1, you better have a good story. A simple announcement of what everyone already covered won’t be interesting to readers. If it’s old news, spice it up a little with reviews or some sort of commentary that the visitor can view as valuable.

6) Comments
Yes, your blog is all about you (or your company) but blogs are supposed to be interactive. You have the control, but visitors love to leave comments if they agree or disagree. Giving a little room for others to voice their opinions can keep them coming back and make it more informational or entertaining to other visitors as well.

7) Moderate your Comments
Yes, comments are great, but someone will post about unwanted topics, curse or, better yet, tell the world how great you aren’t. So take the time to install some anti-spam and moderation tools (or just learn how the ones you have work) and keep your comments under control. People will judge you by your comments. If you don’t take the time to keep them in order, or respond to comments, they may feel that you just post and don’t pay attention to feedback.

8) Post Frequently
A blog isn’t a magazine. It doesn’t come out once a month with a bunch of great articles. You should post once every other day to keep it fresh and alive. Preferably once a day for best results. Only going to post once a week?! It better be a good, original and well thought out post as it has to last for seven days.

9) Invite Others to Post
Some blogs are better done as a community effort. The more people, the more opinions and the more frequent the posts. Some blogs I read have many authors and it works because they work together.

10) Chicklets
If you are getting people to your blog, you want to keep them coming back. One of the easiest ways to do that is to add Chicklets to your blog. Chicklets are those icons that add your blog feed to MyYahoo, MyMSN, Feedster or many other feed reading services. The easier you make it for people to subscribe to your feed, the more readers you’ll have.

Those are just a few tips to help you get getting going on blogging. There is no golden rule on how to get readers, but the more interesting your blog is, the more people will find interest in it.

Comments

  1. blink4blog says

    December 30, 2005 at 4:54 am

    I am running my blog on blogspot.com (blogger.com), how can I make categories?

  2. Thomas says

    December 30, 2005 at 8:12 am

    Sorry blink4blog, Blogger does not support categories. Maybe in the future.

  3. SEM Times says

    January 4, 2006 at 12:23 pm

    Hi,

    Very useful information. I am going to be regular visitor to your site.

    Thanks
    SEM Times

  4. Jeremiah Owyang says

    January 10, 2006 at 10:18 am

    Great list, to the point and spot on

    “chicklets” never heard that before..

    I started a list, but it’s no where refined as yours (note to self: refine list)
    link

  5. Steve Harold says

    January 16, 2006 at 11:55 am

    Thanks for those great blogging tips. It is nice to know that blogging is continually evolving.

  6. happysam says

    January 17, 2006 at 1:04 pm

    nice stuff, like the chicklet creator, there were a few there I didn’t have,
    I have seen posts out there, saddley I can’t remember where, of ways to add catagorys, to blogger templates, but they are very html intensive, so probably don’t suit most casual bloggers, but they are out there if you search hard enough,
    I have found swaping links a good, way of generating traffic, (so if you want to swap links with me anyone let me know), sorry for the shameless plug, even if links bring in only 5 hits a day, you have a hundred of those and you get 500 hits a day, If you gain some popularity through this, future traffic will become self perpetuating. anyway thanks for the post and good luck,

  7. Easton Ellsworth says

    February 20, 2006 at 2:36 pm

    Lee, thanks for the great tips. This will help me as I think about how to train new bloggers for the Know More Media network.

    What, no bonus 11th tip!? 🙂

Trackbacks

  1. » Mr. Ploppy’s Monday Tool List - Volume XXXIII - Weblog Promotion Tools - Stuntdubl - SEO Consultant says:
    January 23, 2006 at 12:21 pm

    […] 10 tips for blogging […]

  2. » Ways to Improve a Blog and Website :: Recommended Web Tools says:
    January 30, 2006 at 6:12 pm

    […] Top Ten Blogging Tips […]

  3. Platinax Internet » How to promote your blog for traffic says:
    September 30, 2006 at 4:19 am

    […] 10 tips for blogging […]

  4. Gardener.se » Hur skapar man en populär blogg? says:
    April 8, 2007 at 4:26 am

    […] Det är förstås också ganska viktigt att skriva bra texter. Rubrikerna ska vara väldefinierade, texten strukturerad i paragrafer och inläggen kategoribestämda. Dessa saker kanske kan tyckas uppenbara, men det skadar nog inte att påpeka det. Att ha en speciell och väldefinierad nisch att skriva om är också en fördel, och har man en egen röst så är det också bra. […]

  5.   Top 10 Roundup of the Top Blogging Tips by Charlotte Web Design says:
    May 21, 2007 at 2:14 pm

    […] 3. From TopRankBlog.com – A quick overview on how to write, manage, and promote your blog. […]

  6. Want more readers for your blog? | EZ Marketing Tool says:
    July 5, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    […] July 5, 2007Want more readers for your blog? In his Ten Tips for Blogging Thomas McMahon's eighth tip for building your blog (and your blog's audience) is: […]

LET’S GET SOCIAL

RSS Feed Twitter Facebook LinkedIn 2022 B2B Influencer Marketing Research Report Elevate B2B Marketing Podcast

Learn about:

SEE TOPRANK MARKETING SPEAK

How to Accelerate B2B Marketing Results by Working With Influencers

SUBSCRIBE        

TOPRANK BLOGGING TEAM

TopRank Marketing Blogging Team

 

Optimize

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

SEO Blogs

MARKETING BLOG RECOGNITION

CMI

Copyright © 2023 · TopRank Marketing

Return to top of page

We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. This includes personalizing content and advertising. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies and revised Privacy Policy.