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Make Money From Blogging: How To Get Return Visitors To Your Blog
When you are a new blogger or have just put up a new site, every visitor is precious to you. You want them to have a great experience and come back to visit again. You want them to bookmark your site or grab your RSS feed. How do you make this happen? You simply take great care of them and treat them better than your competition. Here are some great ways to do this:
1. Share Really Good Info They Can't Find Elsewhere -- This is where unique content with your own perspective really comes into play. You want to connect with your readers. You want to let them know of your experiences in your niche. You want to let them know you have solutions to their problems, and that you are there to help them. This will make your blog unique and will make it very attractive to your readers.
2. Use Multi Part Posts -- If you have a big story to tell, by all means break it up into a number of pieces. Let your readers know when they can expect the next installment and make sure you keep up with what you promised. This is a great way to get your readers coming back for more. It also allows you to get several posts out of one story or concept. It is a winning plan all the way around.
3. Have A Predictable Rhythm To Posts -- If you post every Wednesday, try your best to post every single Wednesday. Put it on your calendar to post. You can put up your posts and schedule into the future, so with a little work and planning you can develop a good rhythm to your posts. Your readers are creatures of habit, and you want to get them to visit your blog as part of their weekly routine.
4. Encourage Interaction Via Comments -- If you request comments from your readers you will get some. If you do not request comments you will get very few. Your comments are a great tool for getting feedback from your readers. They are also a very good sign that your blog is popular with your readers. Comments are a very strong part of effective blogging, so make it a habit of answering them as soon as you can.
5. Tell People To Bookmark Your Site -- You want your readers to come back to your blog many times in the future. If you recommend that they bookmark your site or add a feed to their reader, you are helping them remember how to get back to your site. There is nothing wrong with telling your readers what to do. Most of them like to be told how to most effectively use the information you are sharing with them. Just take a moment now and then and add this suggestion to one of your posts, and you will see an increase in your return rate to your blog.
I hope you are starting to see the value in getting your visitors to return to your site often. These return visitors will soon become your "raving fans", and will allow you to start making money from your blogging.
