How to build a website that people love
I've always thought it was better to keep my existing visitors/readers/customers rather than chasing new people all the time. So many webmasters spend all their time attracting readers but completely forget that they want people to come back once they see the site, here are a few tips that will make your blog "sticky".
There's nothing worse than when you go to a blog and the latest post on the homepage is from a year ago. To me it pretty much invalidates everything this blogger has to say, just because they clearly don't care about the blog anymore. You really need to have a new post at least once a week.
If you want people to come back to your blog then they need to have something to come back for. There's new and exciting things happening in every industry and you readers will expect you to be talking about it. Everybody wants to be the first to know and if you're seen as the go to blog for what's new success can't be far away.
Too much information is nearly as bad as too little in my opinion. If you want people to use your site in an effective way then you need to order your content so it makes sense. Don't have 100 posts on your homepage, spit everything into categories and also have a "best posts" section so people can find you most popular work.
Blogging is all about interaction, it's the only way people can feel they have a real connection with the guy writing the posts. So answer any questions people have in the comments fast, also you can bet if one person has asked the question then there are a hundred more who are thinking it.
So those are my tips for creating a successful blog, I hope they bring you readers and success.
There's nothing worse than when you go to a blog and the latest post on the homepage is from a year ago. To me it pretty much invalidates everything this blogger has to say, just because they clearly don't care about the blog anymore. You really need to have a new post at least once a week.
If you want people to come back to your blog then they need to have something to come back for. There's new and exciting things happening in every industry and you readers will expect you to be talking about it. Everybody wants to be the first to know and if you're seen as the go to blog for what's new success can't be far away.
Too much information is nearly as bad as too little in my opinion. If you want people to use your site in an effective way then you need to order your content so it makes sense. Don't have 100 posts on your homepage, spit everything into categories and also have a "best posts" section so people can find you most popular work.
Blogging is all about interaction, it's the only way people can feel they have a real connection with the guy writing the posts. So answer any questions people have in the comments fast, also you can bet if one person has asked the question then there are a hundred more who are thinking it.
So those are my tips for creating a successful blog, I hope they bring you readers and success.
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