20 tips and tricks to design a successful blog

 20 tips and tricks to design a successful blog  :

    

Blogging is a  hot topic among emerging bloggers.Everyone wants to get lead and success in this  blogging career.

Blogging  worked for most bloggers in 2020 and they get strong results .

There are millions of blogs out there in the blogosphere  following some strategy for the success of their blog.But why   they want the success of blogs……?

They want success because they understand the importance of blogging as 

• growth source of  organic traffic,

• generator of  social shares, and

• Source of getting leads and sales for your business

So to get leads among other bloggers in the market ,do follow some of  my most researched blogging tips and tricks.These tips and tricks make  your blog successful and generate more benefits to you .

Tips and tricks :

1.  Write an enticing and compelling headline

2.  Focus on quality content 

3. Use a blog topic generator tool.

4. Use Google Analytics 

5. Increase Readability 

6. Use Stunning images 

7. Add supplementary videos 

8. Post maximum length

9. Make editorial calendar

10. Post two blog articles a week 

11. Keyword Research

12. Social Sharing Bars

13. Submit your blog post to popular bookmarking sites

14. Make internal linking a habit 

15. Make Back linking Strategy

16. Promote with social media.

17. update previous post 

18. Reposting  articles 

19. Never neglect blog. SEO  

20. Don’t give up on blogging

1.Write an enticing and compelling headline

When users research the content ,the first thing they see an eye catching article headline.To make blog successful,try to entice readers with compelling and awesome headline.   A successful blog post title stands out and gets more clicks.

Good headline formula :

If you follow this formula to headline ,it makes your post title unique and compelling.

Trigger word + Adjective + keyword +   Promise 

Consider an example Of selling car (keyword)

Before applying formula headline looks like :

How to sell your car ? 

After applying formula headline looks more appealing to reader :

How you can  effortlessly  sell your car  

in less than 24 hours. ?

Hence , in order to get headline attractive , apply this tip on  blog post.

Use Headline Analyzer Tool :

 In order to analyze heading perfection use CoSchedule’s Headline Analyzer tool that  discover headlines that work for your audience and search engines alike .

2. Focus on quality content 

"Quality content can increase blog traffic by 2,000%"

(Source: Omnicoreagency.com)

In order to make a successful post ,try to focus on a  good quality content that makes your post unique.

I think you are thinking  about what is good quality content ……?and how to write that content…..?

If yes , then I will tell you the basic tip of good content

For a blog, a quality content is a comprehensive article on a specific topic of reader interest that covers all the details that readers is thinking about. 

But wait ,good content is also not just copy

Paste content.Avoid plagiarism while writing content.

Now comes to writing quality content that makes your post distinguished then others.So, try to write  content  from below mentioned types to boost your post.

Content should be any of these types : 

•  A how-to article  (how to write successful post )

• Detailed step by step guide 

• Comparison article 

• Review article 

• A list article 

3.Use a blog topic generator tool.

 One of the head ache  that every blogger faces is finding topics on   regular basis.

If you use a tool, this problem may be solved to some extent.

Hub Spot offers a  blog topic generator tool. It’s an interesting way to get ideas based on a few keywords that you type in.

This tool extracts  topics about selected niches and gives you a list of generated topics that you can use to write content.

Buzz sumo is an in-depth blogging tool designed to help writers discover relevant topics.

Google trends is a great tool to see what topics and keywords are trending.It  help you assess whether targeting specific topics and keywords is worth your time.

4.Use Google Analytics :

You want to know who is visiting the site, how, when, from where…right?

Then every blogger must have a Google Analytics account. This versatile tool offers 

• Detail overview of your website’s performance

• Traffic source

•  Audience.  

5. Increase Readability :

Readers love to read articles that are easily scannable and skim.So to increase readability, break ups blog into short chunks.

Large blocks of text are difficult to get  readable.Hence increases readability by

• limiting  paragraphs to 2-3 sentences each.

• Use sentences that are concise, and less than 20 words long.

• Use bullet and numbers

• Try to improve typography by using more readable fonts, large font-size, and plenty of white  line spacing.

• Use a grammar checker tool like Grammerly 

• End your blog post with a conclusion and a question as 25 -50% read the bottom .

6. Use Stunning images :

" 39% of bloggers who add 10 or more images in their posts report strong results"

(Source: Orbitmedia.com)

Images are directly related to the success of blog posts. 26% of bloggers that add 2–3 images report solid success, while 39% of bloggers who add 10 or more images say that they achieved strong results.

Articles with images get 94% more total views. They are a great visual supplement to keep a reader's attention.

While using images ,keep in mind that not to use  any copyright images of google.

Use images and graphics that are royalty-free or copy right free or you have created your own.

If I cannot use google images then what should I use in my post…….  Are you thinking  about this question.?

If yes, then we have answer to this problem

Use tools and free imagess websites:

Canva is a  graphic free tool that allows bloggers to easily create stunning visuals for blog posts, social media, and other content.

Canva now gives you unlimited access to their entire library of images–that’s 60 million of them.

You could also use free stock photo websites such as:

• Getty images

• Stock Snap

• Pixabeys

• Pexels

• Unsplash

• Free images

7. Add supplementary videos  :

Supplement the written content on your blog with short videos that are informative and entertaining.Adding videos can drive more traffic to your site.YouTube is the best source for getting  relevant videos about written posts.

8. Post maximum length :

"55% of bloggers report great results for blog posts that are at least 2000 words long"

(Source: Orbitmedia.com)

Generally, across all niches, blog posts of 3,000 words or longer were more successful, getting 3.5x more backlinks, double the shares, and triple the amount of traffic.

1,000-2,000-word blog posts perform better in terms of social media sharing.

9.Make editorial calendar:

Create an editorial calendar  for all your post ideas that are generated. It will help you to stick to the plan.

There are plenty of useful tools that you can use like Asana and Trello to .

Some information that you may want to include on your editorial calendar:

• Publish Date

• Keyword 

• Topic 

• Headline / Title

• Link to published post

10.Post two blog articles a week :

Writing a post is not a difficult task ,but remaining persistent on writing schedule time do matters.

Start by writing two articles a week and  make it easy for you to remain persistent.

preferably post your blog on weekend

11.Keyword Research :

"83% of bloggers do keyword research, while 26% of them do it for every post"

(Source: Orbitmedia.com)

Creating  the whole blog posting story  revolves around the  selected keyword of your niche.It is the most crucial part of blogging.

If you want to rank on Google,you need to know what your audience is searching for. Hence , take the help of some reputable tools .

Keyword research tools :

• Google Keyword Planner provides expansive information about keywords, search trends,

•  Keywordtool.io  assists bloggers in identifying potential keywords for their blog content. 

• Ubersuggest also help in identifying keyword list.

• Moz Open Site Explorer shows bloggers what links are pointing to their website along with other crucial link information. 

12.Social Sharing Bars:

Majority of blogs use a social sharing bar or buttons alongside of  post. These widgets entice readers to share the content with their friends and followers online. To add these buttons to your blog, use following tool

• Add to Any

• Social Warfare

• Sumo Share

• Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress

13.Submit your blog post to popular bookmarking sites.

In order to get  the wider audience, and drive traffic to your website.! try submitting to some of these sites if they are relevant to the subject matter of your content

• Mix

• Delicio.us

• Reddit

• Growth hackers

• Hacker News

• Biz Sugar

14.Make internal linking a habit :

In order to design a successful blog ,make a habit of linking your older articles to your new articles.

Internal linking  plays a huge role in SEO.

• Internal links help Google to rank the article .

• It can help you increase page views and reduce bounce rate.

15. Make Back linking Strategy :

"A back link is an incoming link to your content from an external website." 

Google and other major search engines consider backlinks “votes” for a specific page ranking. Pages with a high number of backlinks tend to have high organic search engine rankings.

Here are some tips to get quality backlinks to your website:

• Get  links   to influencers and reputable blogs  and then tell them about specific content on your website that they might want to link.

• The easiest way to get a back link is to add a link to your website on all your social media profiles.

• Write guest posts on other blogs and websites.

• Follow some interviews strategy to get links

16.Promote with social media :

"97% of bloggers report that social media helps them increase traffic"

(Source: Socialmediaexaminer.com)

Share each new blog post across your social media networks, including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest in order to drive more traffic.

17.Update previous post :

"38% of bloggers say that they update their old blog posts"

(Source: Optinmonster.com)

Even if a blog post has been published for a while, it can still drive organic traffic and get shares. This is why it’s important to update these posts with fresh information.

18.Reposting  articles :

"Over 60% of marketers repost the same content on social media"

(Source: Neilpatel.com)

when you share a new blog post link, the majority of your viewers won’t see it the first time. Repost your previous post after the short span of time and don’t be afraid to share past content again. Readers don’t care about publishing dates.

 

19.Never neglect blog SEO :

Never Never let go to   publish your blog post before doing its basic seo.Doing basic SEO setting is a helpful way to generate organic  traffic. 

Bloggers should make sure their posts have: 

1) a descriptive, long tail keyword title.

2) use   short and  keyword-rich URL.

 3) section headers that are descriptive 

4) “anchor” text (the text that is hyperlinked) that contains keywords relevant to what’s being linked to.

 5)use Alt images in post

20.Don’t give up on blogging :

Have you not seen immediate results. ?

may you get frustrated when your comments are at zero. ?

You are thinking about giving up………

It 's wrong, every task demands some persistency and more hard work.

Giving up on your blog will demolish every post you’ve ever written… and success will not come.

Conclusion

Blogging will help you in reaching your desired destination. You can definitely get success if you follow all or  some of any most trustworthy and helpful tips and tricks mentioned above.

I have jot down all important tips and tricks  that help me in my blogging career.If you have some more important tips that you follow and that helped you ,do mention me.