50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level | chrisbrogan.com.
In this excellent post, Chris Brogan illustrates steps to take to make a huge leap in improving your blog from at least five different perspectives:
Make Your Goal and Target Audience Crystal Clear
If you want to get serious about your blog (in whatever direction that takes your efforts), give strong consideration to the points Brogan makes here.
Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep
Consider the design elements of your blog. They do change the way people perceive your work. And, they can help you improve your potential business opportunities. (ed. he includes some very attractive themes, already search engine optimized, which you might want to take a look at here.)
Make Your Content Top Notch
Growing quality blog posts isn’t magic. We don’t sprinkle cookies all over the house and hope that the Blogging Fairy comes along and writes us posts in exchange for the cookies. It takes lots of work, and a strong commitment. And if it doesn’t come naturally, you CAN learn how to improve.( Ed. Some really excellent advice here.)
Promoting Your Blog
No one loves someone who talks about themselves all the time, but if you’re going to work on bringing your blog up a few notches, make sure your efforts aren’t for nothing. ( For more, go here.)
Building Business From Your Blog
You might be trying to make money from your blog directly, perhaps through advertising or affiliate marketing. Or you might be seeking to establish thought leadership and promote consulting opportunities. You might be simply looking to drive even better awareness of a social cause or have a nonprofit or educational motive in mind. In any case, think of “business” to mean “value beyond the blogging itself.” ( This facet suggests different ways to use your blog to create business and revenue producing opportunities. More here.)
AdvancingWomen highly recommends Chris’s post for all us us bloggers who want to raise the level of our game.
50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level | chrisbrogan.com.
