This is a list of methods you should use in order to keep a visitor
reading your blog! I don’t need to waste my or yours golden time so let’s start:
1. Use eye catching titles.
Did I grabbed your attention with the title you see?! Probably yes! This is
called an “eye catching title” Will you rather click on a link called “Blog
Tips”? …or “Blog Tips by a 13-year old”? You get the point, right?
2. Use (more) white space.
This is the tactic that many bloggers and experienced ebook publishers are using in order to
keep their readers interested in reading their articles! Try it
3. NO ADS!
Yes, you hear me right! No ads. I hate when I see some post filled with ads, and
I bet you hate ads too! Try to optimize. Instead you could sell banners and
links if your blog has good page rank!
4. Design means all!
If you don’t have any valuable content on your blog, at least get a good design
and don’t forget to be unique! A good design can grab your readers attention
easy even if you don’t have good content!
5. Don’t write long posts!
I totally don’t agree with writing long posts! This days many people are “too”
busy so if they see a 2000 word post they’ll probably walk away and say that
they don’t have the time to read your post! So try to keep your posts short and
informative!
6. Make friends!
Yes! Friends will read your posts more that everyone even it’s one of the long
one’s! If you comment on another blog the owner will know that you readied his
post and will try to do the same by reading your posts! Try this, it works.
7. Use images!
Do some search on google images related to the post you are writing. There is
always some interesting picture that will fit your post!
If you know how to use Squidoo to achieve improved search engine rank of your
web pages, then you have a tool at your disposal that can be just as powerful as
using traditional search engine optimization, if not more so.
One important facet of your Squidoo lens is that it could be listed on Google,
or any of the other search engines, for your major keywords, and you should not
lose sight of any promotional techniques that provide you with free exposure on
search engines. If you Blink your Squidoo lens, you can win every way. Not just
with Blinklist, but you can have it listed on just about every social networking
site you can think of, Technorati and Deli.cio.us included. Also Furl,
Craigslist, Stumbleupon and any of the many others out there.
For those not totally aware of what Squidoo is, I don't intend to go into the
ethos of the site right here, other than to state that it can be used as a
promotional tool as well as a being a virtual website. Your lens can also be
given a Google PageRank. You can use your Squidoo lens in place of a minisite in
order to promote yourself and your product, and improve your search engine
listing. You can use it as a showcase for your products, your blogs or even your
websites, and draw traffic to it and hence to those other online ventures you
are involved in.
In order to use Squidoo as a promotional tool for your main website you
have to know a lot about the topic of your site. It is not a tool to use to sell
an affiliate product, for example, unless you are an authority on that product.
However, if you have written a book on a certain aspect of SEO, and want to
advertise it, then Squidoo is ideal for that. The reason is that you can give in
order to earn. Hence, Squidoo is great for me, because I can provide visitors to
my lens with useful information on SEO, while at the same time advertising my
SEO site that offers my product. I then get visitors and a link from Squidoo,
both of which are great for my search engine rank, and also listing position.
It might be possible just to advertise the product directly, but I prefer to
provide information. That allows your visitors to become confident that know
what you are talking about, and are not just a 'fly by night' that is trying to
sell a product that you know nothing about. The objective of Squidoo is to
provide useful information on topics to others interested in that topic. If they
go to Squidoo and click on a category, they should be able to find all the info
they are looking for.
They don't want outright adverts, but if they find that you are providing
good information, then they might want to visit your website. You give them the
link to do so, and then they get more information. Part of that might be the
offer to purchase your product that will possibly solve their problem. However,
neither you nor they know that it will, so you provide them with a guarantee
that if it doesn't work for them, they get their money back. You have used
Squidoo to persuade them that you know what you are talking about, that led them
to your site and more information, and then to your product. They buy it, try
it, and if it works fine. If not, they get refunded. In my book that is the
proper way to conduct business, and you can use Squidoo to help you with that.
You can also optimize your lens for maximum search engine listing position,
since your Squidoo lens should be based upon a single keyword or key phrase to
enable you to get a good listing. You can SEO a lens just as you can do a web
page, and with the same effect. Free organic traffic from your listing position.
