Discover 7 Secrets To a Popular Blog

The biggest reason blog readers don't leave comments - or click away before they've even finished your blog post or article - is because you haven't given them any new ideas to chew on... or any reason.

Anyone you engage in conversation is investing an important currency - their time. It has to be worth it. If not and they can, they will withdraw their investment.

Sometimes you think you are saying the same things to the same people repeatedly. I do. You cannot find another exciting or intriguing topic. It is just work getting something interesting to say.

Here are 7 ways I jolt myself out of Writer's Blahh, when I'm feeling too dull to blog. And I discovered - quite by accident - it's also a great way to give your readers a genuine reason to leave their linkback!

1. Take the opposite position! If you preach on and on about the wonders of walking in the morning, find reasons for walking at nights or evenings and blog about that!!

2. Take a shortcut. One of my favorite shortcuts is to visit Scribd.com, and read something interesting - and timely - from their "Trending" section. The beauty of this lies in the fact that what's being trended is popularity and user driven - which means it's currently on people's minds. And if what you've read that's so interesting doesn't relate to your niche, I guarantee that if you write your own posts at all, it will still most likely spark an idea - a tangent, perhaps; but something related to your readership, and a new, fresh thought for you.

3. Use a fable. Aesop's fables have endured for centuries. Why, because he used stories to demonstrate a truth. You can find similar stories in your family. If you care enough to write about the idea or principle and can use a personal vignette to illustrate your point, then do so. Your readers respond more positively to entertainment than to a lecture.

4. Do not stress yourself. You are not perfect, so everything you write will not yield instant rave interest. Think of it as planting a seed which yields perhaps one fruit that can grow into many over time. The more important thing is to think about your reader's interests and make sure you are addressing those. So Relax.

5. Piggyback-post. The most effective way to do this is to take a hot topic currently under blog discussion, and summarize 4 or 5 top arguments on other blogs, crediting the authors. Not only can this provoke an immediate linkback from the (top-level) author in question, people will find it more authoritative (if you're relatively new to the game) than your personal opinion... and the hot topic has already been identified for you.

6. Look for the missing link. Check out other blogs and read the discussions carefully. Is some aspect not addressed? There you are, a new twist for you to exploit and explore.

7. Read Authority Blog Comments. Sometimes you can get great ideas for new blogging subjects in reader comments - particularly when it's a hot topic. And using the "keywords" their comments generate is a great way to invite traffic over to your "house".

So try one or more of these ideas to grab the interest of your readers. They worked for me and they will most likely work for you!

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