Hey kids, the theme this week is "Blogger Tips," if you didn't figure that out from the title. And thus, here are Ryan D Cordell's secret tips for blogging. Because they are proven secrets to my successful blogging career, I would ask that you tell no one of these. Also please destroy all evidence of this list after you read them, this might include your temporary internet files, your cache, and your computer. Come on, I can't have everyone tapping into this multi-billion dollar a year industry. So here you go....
1. Have a Blog - Sure it sounds too easy, but some people need to hear the basics. Might I suggest blogger.com or xanga.com?
2. Update It Regularly - If you have only one entry, like this guy, how can you expect people to keep coming back?
3. Get Connected - Join some webrings, blog portals (Blogs4God, blogarama, 2rss.com) , or other blogging events (Blogger Idol, The Truth Laid Bear Ecosystem) . The more you are a part of, the more chances people will actually visit your site. If your parents are the only ones who know about your blog, don't expect a lot of traffic.
4. Link To Others Blogs - If there are blogs you like, link to them. Hopefully they will link back. I like to use blogrolling to keep my list neat and orderly.
5. Make Comments - Some might tell you that this is cheap, but hey, I didn't make five million dollars blogging last year by not making comments.* While it is wise to leave positive comments when you like a post, putting weird, cryptic, or mysterious comments sometime work just as well. Consider it a easy way to get a link to your site.
6. Be Cool - Let's get real, most people with blogs are teenagers and geeks. And since we have all gone through adolescence, we all learned one common thing, "COOL PEOPLE ARE POPULAR." Deep down we all want to be popular, otherwise we woudn't have a blog, right? So when you are posting, try to be cooler than you are. If you are listening to The Very Best of Yanni, might I suggest you tell us you are spinning Damien Rice's O. I think you get the point.
7. Promote Your Blog Creatively - Sometimes online links alone will not work in getting traffic. Think up some other ways to drive people to your blog. Here are some of mine (feel free to use them, but only credit me on the legal ones): sell stuff with your web address on it,get a tattoo (or have your kid tattooed) with your link, pay somebody famous to promote your site, legally change your name to your web address or at least introduce yourself as "ryancordell.com" for example, if you know a serial killer, have him leave your web address at all the crime scenes - you get the idea.
8. Have an Occasional Contest - People like to win stuff. Give away stuff. Earlier this week I asked a question and gave away the chance to be mentioned in an upcoming blog entry. Well, Jeff answered the question correctly, and might actually get mentioned soon. In fact, if you are still reading this, the first person to answer the following question will have their blog or website mentioned in the future on my blog. The question - Ryan was part of the crowd on which one of these DVDs? (one guess per person - leave it in the comment section)
9. Have a Life - This is to remind you that you need to have more than a blog. Get out and enjoy the world, not to be able to report on some stupid blog, but because that is what it is out there for. Don't live to blog, live to live, blog to occupy a little bit of time in your life.
That will be all my tips for today. By the way, as for blog tips, I also accept them. Leave any tips here.
Be sure to check out all the other entries for this week by clicking the little button.
Currently listening to: Granada - Let That Weight Slide Off Your Shoulders (or am I? see number 6 above)
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*I actually didn't make five million dollars by comment either, but it sounded good.
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