Content That Sells
Posted on May 6th, 2008 in Blogging Tips |
Today, we’re going to discuss the type of content that is suitable for your blog in order to make it profitable. First off, I want you to understand that there is no fixed scope that your blog should have, which means you can write about whatever you’re interested in.
However, the difference between a profitable blog and a non-profitable blog is the way the blog is written. Just imagine, would you prefer to read your university professor’s lecture notes or the latest novel by your favourite author?
You may prefer to read the novel because it appeals more to your interest, or because it is not as mind-numbing as the lecture notes by your professor. However, the most important point is people like to read “light” stuff most of the time. You see, when people log on to your blog, they are not only looking for information – they are also looking for information they can obtain easily, and better still in a relaxed manner.
So, to attract more visitors as well as to keep your current visitors coming back for more, it is very important to add a human touch to your blog posts. This can be done by simply imagining you’re talking about a certain topic with your personal friend. An extra bonus for your readers would be a great sense of humour, so try to add funny comments in your articles where they are suitable.
Another important key point is to avoid addressing your reader as a plural unit. What I really mean is you should not write as if you’re preparing a speech. Instead, you should write as if you’re having a conversation to a single person because this will make your visitor think of you more as a personal friend rather than a person of higher authority.
Besides that, it is also very useful to establish your own personality through your words. Human beings are very curious creatures, so naturally your visitors would want to know as much about you as the information you’re offering them.
Having a distinctive personality in your blog would make a world’s difference between your blog about gadgets and all the other blogs about gadgets out there. This is a lot like creating your own brand name, where people immediately remember your blog’s name when they need to find out information about gadgets, just like how people immediately think of McDonald’s for fastfood or Nike for sportswear.
So, the lesson for today is to simply write as an equal friend to your visitors, write to them as if you’re talking to a single person and establish your own personality on your blog.
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Carl,
Your own post serves an example of the approach to blogging you are seeking to teach.
I’m very new to blogging, yet already I can tell who I like to learn from and who just doesn’t cut it. There are too many robotic bloggers out there, too many people just posting because they need to get a word in on the same thing everyone else is talking about. And they add nothing new.
Think about it — there are a zillion blogs out there about gadgets, or about Internet Marketing, or politics, or whatever. Within each of those respective niches, writers are all forced to cover more or less the same topics. This means you get a lot of redundancy if you’re reading more than one blog on a particular subject. And life is short, so you’re going to gravitate toward… what?
Toward the interesting writer, obviously. There are a lot of elements in blogging that are easy to imitate. Personality isn’t one of them.
thatblogsite is not the biggest blog in its niche, but as a new blogger it’s one that I’m glad I’ve found, in large part because of the person I sense is behind it. Thanks for all of your contributions.
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I like to call that “voice” - and I agree, it’s very important to write on a level that connects with the readers.
Good post!
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I always thought that it’s a good idea to add your personal touch to all the posts. Since humans are reading your posts and not robots, then you should know it feels to read something long and boring. Just ask yourself if you would enjoy reading it
Your own unique blogging voice is so critical to your blogs’ success…I so agree! People read to be entertained and educated and informed…they don’t read to be bored to tears.
The human element will always win out over the make-money element every day.
Data points,
Barbara
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