10 Things I would do IF I was starting out my blog.
Comment (1)By in Blogging on 17th March 2008The basics of starting a blog is really crucial because your money is limited (that’s why you’re starting a blog in the first place) and you wanna invest the least money into the blog to make the most back.In reply to problogger’s post i wanna talk about 10 things i would do to start out my blog.
1. Product Creation
Before I do anything, i would make an ebook or a web script that is in current demand, this is what will get me the most traffic, and i might be either selling this for revenue right away or just giving it away for free in return for email rss subscribers, that way i could sell sponsored reviews on the blog, since advertisers like a high subscriber count in order to buy a sponsored post on a blog.
Other then that offering a product or a guide for a niche automatically makes you an authority in the niche because you are not only preaching the niche but you have paid content for it that proves your theories. In order to get the best out of my e-book i would take around 1-2 weeks to research a niche that people want to know better or a new approach to make money online and do the whole mmo blog thing all over again.
2. Content Creation
Okay, usually people take 1-2 days to make up posts (i know i do…for specific posts), this time i would take up multiple topics on the niche my blog would be on and have different aspects of it written on my blog in a certain order, here is the break down
- Niche Information - Guides and Definitions
- Resources and Tools
- Top sites in the niche
- Success stories of the niche
- Products and Services of the niche
- Tips to prosper further more within the niche
These would not just be breif articles, there would etiher be series or 1000-1500 worded articles that would be insanely viral and filled with tons of information that people would love to share, this would get me alot of exposure and social attention.
3. Theme Development
Before i start the blog and use all the tools/content at hand, I would need a good theme, for this part I will do some research on the current top 100 make money online blogs that they have at 45n5 , then i would use all the info from those blogs to figure out a better UI that would get me the most exposure for the content while keeping my theme strictly eyecandy, this theme would use less usual html tricks and more css effects so that later on i could submit it to several css design galleries to get additional traffic.
A good unique theme for the blog would be good but 10 free themes would be even better, if its exposure you want, just release a free wordpress theme, you would get your fair share of exposure and then some. Free themes can get you alog of deep links from toher authority blogs if the theme is good and people are warming up to it, either i can make 10 normal eyecandy themes or maybe 1 theme that can be used for multiple purposes.
4. Blogrollers
Now for the link love i would contact a few mid-large size bloggers in the niche to exchange blogroll links, which would be easier but there are always those really really big bloggers from whom you can’t get a link that easily for these you can just link to them without having them to reciprocate, this sets the tone of your blog and establishes a relation between your blog, the authority blogs and the niche in general. Alot of seo value here.
