10 Tips for Building a successful Blog

By Othmane Rahmouni@OthmaneR

www.lovop.com

BEFORE WE START….

….LET’S HAVE A LITTLE QUIZ

How Many people blog in the US?

B. 9 Million

A. 3 Million

C. 18 Million

D. 31 Million

Source: Blogger.org

What % of Blogs get less than 5000 visitors per month?

B. 71%

A. 90%

C. 50%

D. 32%

Source: Tech18.com

What % of bloggers have blogged at least once in the last year?

B. 50%

A. 70%

C. 35%

D. 20%

Source: Technorati

The hard reality of blogging:

“Most bloggers don’t get much traffic & most of them give up after a while!”

Define Clear Objectives for your Blog

1

Address an Unmet Need

2

Be Interesting

3

Keep it Simple

4

Write for Robots

5

Optimize your Blog for Sharing

6

Find & Hang out with your Target Audience

7

Enable Regular Readers

8

Measure Everything

9

Build your Digital Reputation

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1. Define Clear Objectives for your Blog2. Address an Unmet Need3. Be Interesting4. Keep it Simple5. Write for Robots6. Optimize your Blog for Sharing7. Find & Hang out with your target Audience8. Enable Regular readers9. Measure Everything10. Build your digital Reputation

Let’s recap!

Othmane Rahmouni@OthmaneR

www.lovop.com