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#58 Creating Great Content For Your Blog

Guest post by: Isabella Fiorentino

Article Overview: The key to creating great content for your blog is to know your audience. It is not good enough just to say you want all eyes on the Internet reading your blog. You want to be targeted and focused on a particular niche so your blog is not confusing to your readers. It may not be interesting to a cat lover, for instance, that your blog is all about dogs.

#58 Creating Great Content For Your Blog

The key to creating great content for your blog is to know your audience. It is not good enough just to say you want all eyes on the Internet reading your blog. You want to be targeted and focused on a particular niche so your blog is not confusing to your readers. It may not be interesting to a cat lover, for instance, that your blog is all about dogs.

If you want your blog to be a success and look good too, then focus on putting videos, audios and pictures in your content writing. The way you find what your readers’ want is to Google the topic of your blog. If your blog is about dogs in general then Google “dogs”. If it is about a specific breed then Google that specific breed. You want to find the top ten web sites about your topic. Visit each one and see what they have as far as content. Do they have a blog? Do they have a forum? Join each and see what they are talking about. What questions are they asking? What problems are they having? Can you answer their questions or solve their problems? Be polite and give advice and then post those topics on your own blog.

After you have been helping people a few times then and only then may you be invited and welcomed to put your link to your blog. You need to spend some time and get to know the people and trends. You don’t want to start “pitching” your stuff on other peoples’ blogs and forums right away. That would be rude. You have to build up rapport. In other words be friendly and helpful so people start seeing you as an expert. They may start to ask your opinion about your topic. Then you will know you are a welcomed guest and will be allowed to post “or share” a link or two.

Tip: If they are asking for something you don’t have then you can sign up with Clickbank and become an affiliate for that product and grab your personal link. You can then answer the question on the blog or forum with that link because you would be helping them by reasearching the answer and getting the product link for them.

After you have worked your list of the top ten web sites, then go to the second page for the next top ten web sites to browse through and get blog ideas. Maybe something you haven’t thought of yet and can add to your own blog. It is usually on the second page that I find my prize nuggets of information, on my topic of interest to blog about. These are the web sites with the “real jewels” of core problems people are having and need help solving. Like that pee stain on the heirloom carpet your grandmother gave you. And you must get it out before she visits next week or you will have to get rid of the dog. These are also the web sites with the “good stories” and you may find them helpful in solving a few issues you may be having.

Always remember though to be helpful and curteous. And always, always remember to thank your readers and fellow bloggers for the tips! May God Bless and keep you always.

Isabella Fiorentino

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