subject: Having The Best Blog In Your Niche [print this page] A blog is nothing without its readersA blog is nothing without its readers. Readers won't keep coming back to a blog that is not interesting to them, so if you want to have the best blog in your niche then you will need to make sure that the content you post is always top quality interesting information that makes your readers want to come back to see the latest update.
Now, it seems that everyone is into blogging these days - moms and dads, teenagers, writers, musicians, artists and pretty much anybody else you can think of which means that literally anyone who wants to share something with others can simply write a blog.
However, not everyone can have the "best blog" though. Only those who are willing to put some time and effort into researching what their readers are hungry for and then finding ways to give it to them will reach the top.
The good news is that finding out what topics the readers in your niche are interested in and the way they like that information served up is really rather easy, and the answers you need are at the tips of your fingers.
All you need to do is type your "main niche keyword" followed by the word "blogs" into one or more of the search engines and you will see some of the most popular blogs in your niche. Your job then is to spend some time checking out what is being posted and commented about and what questions people are asking that perhaps you could provide the answers to.
Other things to look at are the way the blogs are laid out are they 1, 2, or 3 columns, how much color is being used and what colors are they, what is their header like, how are the links laid out, do they have short posts or long, how often do they post, and how are they using pictures, banners, and ad's?
It is also a good idea to keep up to date with the latest developments, stories, events and products in your market as this will ensure that you always have interesting informative content to post to your blog which will entice your readers bag again and again on a regular basis.
If you put to use the insights you gained from researching your competition plus giving your readers a constant stream of fresh interesting posts to read they will come back time and again which will build a loyal following for you plus this will naturally grow as time goes on and people recommend your blog to friends family or colleagues.
It is good to remember that blog posts do not have to simply consist of text, you can use audios if appropriate and of course these days video is rapidly becoming more and more popular and by using these other forms of media in your posts these may help to give you an edge over your competitors blogs that are just using text, plus the videos and audios themselves may help to bring you more traffic.
At the end of the day if you put in the effort to find out what it is that your readers want and if you deliver it to them in the way they want it, they in turn will reward you by returning to your blog over and over and telling others about it which in turn will make sure that you have the best blog in your niche.
