It is said that ' The first impression is the best impression ' . You may not trust this in your own life but when it comes to the internet, the first impression is always the best. And you have only one chance to make the first impression.
I am telling you this from my personal experince. When I started blogging, I told my friends right from the start. But at that time I did not have many articles in here. So they were not really interested. Then I had to work really hard to persuade them to look into my blog again. If I had waited till today, then I would be having lots of readers. So this is what I learnt...
If you are a new blogger or the owner of a new website do not tell your friends that you have a blog or a website. Wait till you are sure that your blog is ready. And be sure that you are targetting your readers. Make sure that the best articles are on the homepage. Thats where you have to give an idea of what your blog is about. Else they will back out.
And For the newest bloggers here is another tip... Be focussed. That was one more of my mistake . I was not really focussed. Target your readers rather than your self. And if you are writing about lot of topics be sure to label it and display the labels on the home page.
And if you are planning to advertise, wait till you have enough loyal readers. Else every one will think that you are blogging for money alone. Thanks to Nigel for this grand tip. Once your blog gets into the stream, then you can monetise it.
One more thing. The first thing that you should add to your blog should be the subscription option. Then even the first reader will have a chance to keep track of your posts. Remember the golden rule " First Impressions can be made only once "
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Do Not Share Your Half-Baked Blog / Website
Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
by Arun Basil Lal
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UPDATE:
Some ways to impress ur visitors.
1.A good template. The blogger collection of templates are not the best. You can find good templates on the internet like at finalsense.com. A good template should be cool as well as reader friendly.
2. Hide the blogger nav bar. Hiding the nav bar does not violate the TOS. Search Google to find out how to do it. Most of the latest templates come with a hidden nav har.
3. Use cool widgets. Check out Google gadgets to find tons of widgets.. I think I should think of adding some here too. Lol
Sure ..I would like to change my template..But i don't know how to change it..
I tried other third other 3rd party templates for my blog..but it shows me an error message...
That was some useful info for new bloggers like me...gud work....cheers..
Well I am going to try my best to blog more :) just things are crazy busy but going to try my best I run two blogs so if nothing is on the first one it probally didnt suit the subject and is under the other both links can now be found under my links section on each blog :)
That was good to hear from you all.
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