The power of suggestion may be the strongest way to make someone do something. It's like your friend asking you to visit a website or watch a video : you will do it 90 % of the time, right? Using that technique, we can encourage visitors on our blog to read even more posts! How? Using a simple recommendation widget of course! Putting it strategically below each post (where readers usually end up after reading the current post) can tell readers what to do next. In this case, putting numerous links with pictures of your other posts can influence readers to go and read your other posts! However, most people don't know how to code such widgets, so there are websites that can help you make these widgets for FREE! Here they are :
Outbrain is a simple widget that allows you to customize certain features of your widget before putting it on your blog. It is compatible with many platforms such as blogger, Drupal, Wordpress, Typepad and Squarespace. You can also get the Javascript code manually and install it to your blog/website. They allow you to insert certain features such as star ratings or like buttons. The design is also very modern and suitable for any blog layout.
2) LinkWithin
LinkWithin is one of the most popular choices for this kind of widget for bloggers. However, I don't see why. It is easy to setup and all, but Outbrain has a much better design and no bugs as compared to LinkWithin, which shows even posts that you've deleted (yes, I had that before). Thus, I'm just going to put this here if you want to try it out.
Did you find any other sources and want to add them here? Comments below! Full credits will be given and your blog link will also be put here.
You can go Google any blog tip on how to get high traffic count, how to get many subscribers, how to get a money-generating blog or any other way to improve your blog's popularity, and there is always the part that says : write good content.
Yeah, thanks a lot bloggers who wrote that without further explanation. We all know that, but what is good content? It's kind of abstract to explain it, but there are certain standards and guidelines that should be followed by every blogger. Here are some of the guidelines and standards set and should be followed to be considered as good quality content :
1) No plagiarism
This point should be pretty obvious. Copying some other bloggers' content is totally unacceptable, stupid and should never be done. This is just going to ruin your reputation and you will not be able to successfully apply for many affiliate or advertisement programs. Your blog will also never get quality traffic. (Mind you, google-ing images and putting them on your blog is counted plagiarism too!)
2) Add pictures
Blog posts and photos are tied together just like mashed potatoes and gravy. One without the other will taste really weird and not as perfect. Together, they're awesome! Always try to insert photos into blog posts (that are relevant, of course) to spice it up and make it more interesting. If it's going to be all words, not many people can actually bear to read the whole thing without any illustrations. Keep readers spirits up with great pictures!
3) Write with accurate grammar
Writing with grammar or spelling mistakes once every few sentences is not going to make your blog look professional is it? Please write with understandable and accurate English with few or even no errors at all to make your blog easily understood by the readers. Another tip : Never put short forms of words on your blog, it can be very hard for readers to read your blog smoothly.
4) Have structured posts
Structure is very important to let readers see the points in your blog posts easily. Elaboration can be added to help readers further understand the meaning of your posts. Some examples of structured posts are posts that are in point form or posts that are categorized.
5) Write from the heart and soul
Writing what you really love can help you touch your readers and connect with them. This is what writing is all about. If you write something you are forced to write, and not something from the bottom of your heart, what are the chances that your product will be awesome? Writing is about the passion, not about the money.
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Many people may complain that their blog designs are not satisfying enough to them. The option given to them is that they can go buy a domain, have full control over their blog design and do it themselves. However, most people won't want to fork out the money to buy and host a domain. So what is the other best alternative for bloggers (especially those who use Blogger, because their designs aren't very beautiful
and cannot be fully edited to your every whim) to get free templates? Here is the solution:
Get FREE pre-designed templates from various websites
There is no such thing as perfection, but people strive to achieve it anyway. Same goes for blog designing. There will never be a perfect blog design that suits everyone, so the best is to choose, well, the BEST! Thus, various FREE templates have been offered by designers to give you awesome designs with no cost at all. Here are some sites that I personally recommend as they have great layouts and templates that are easy to setup:
1) Btemplates.com
One of the most popular choices for free blogger templates has to be Btemplates.com. It is updated frequently (everyday) with new templates that look fabulous. Full instructions for setup are also given so that you can smoothly install your new template without any hassle. Highly recommended if you want a wide range of templates to choose from with the high design quality.
Rating : 4.7 out of 5
2) BloggerTemplatesFree.com
Another alternative is BloggerTemplatesFree.com They have lesser blog templates for you to choose from, but the design quality is amazing, creative and really of top standards. The beautiful designs are largely suitable for life blogs, but there are also professional designs for the more serious and commercialized bloggers. The templates are also categorized very neatly to help you choose what you want.
Rating : 4.6 out of 5
3) BloggerTemplatesBlog.com
BloggerTemplatesBlog.com has also gained popularity due to its simplicity in presenting blog templates and the great designs available there that are updated on a daily basis. The blog templates there bring out beauty by keeping things simple. Most have ad-spaces built in to make it easy to position ads. Templates are also categorized neatly based on both style and theme to help you choose the one you want easily rather than going through the whole album.
Rating : 4.6 out of 5
These 3 websites have the most templates and the most beautifully designed ones, so I've compiled for your convenience.
Until next post!
Let's keep this short and simple. Facebook is AWESOME, everyone is using it, you want it to be connected to your blog. Alright! Let's get started! (A sample of it is like the one above this post)
