A lot of interest can liven up your blog. At the extreme, a lack of interest can kill your blog. In order for your blog to survive and be alive and kicking, you need to fuel interest. But can interest in your blog be fuelled? Is it possible or is it impossible to achieve? Blog interest can be fuelled in the same manner as interest in a product or service can be fuelled. The secret lies in getting into the mind of your viewers or readers. It is think blog viewer or blog reader or blog visitor to fuel blog interest. There are five “think” that you have to consider.
1. Think Audience
Understand your audience. Understand the demographic details and understand cultural nuances. Demographic information will give you the age groupings of your audience. Cultural backgrounds will help you understand what is appealing and what is taboo; between one group and another group. Your understanding of your audience is your first basis for formulating a strategy to fuel interest in your blog.
2. Think Topic
Topics that are hot may not be topics that interest a substantial portion of the blog community. Get into the mind of your audience and analyze what topics and sub-topics appeal to them. Such appeal can come in the form more information, more realizations and more connections. Bridge these topics to connect seamlessly into your main blog topic. You will be amazed at how easily this can be done by properly understanding your audience.
3. Think Trend
The internet world is a trend world. Things come and go in seconds. Think trend. What are the current trends and how does it affect your audience? Be quick to identify what may be an upcoming trend. A trend can be as simple as an expression in the blog. It can also be as complicated as a discussion of the shade of indigo in jeans. Trends fuel interest.
4. Think Keywords
This may not be directly related to the other three that you have read. But keywords play a significant role in fueling interest in a blog. After getting into the mind of your audience, thinking topic and thinking trend, now think keywords. The moment your audience type a keyword, you appear instantly. Interest is fuelled, because they know you provide the said information for the keyword topic.
5. Think Future
As one person said, “the future is now.” Think ahead of your audience. Forecast, anticipate, and experiment with possible topics, trends, words and phrases that will stay in their heads tomorrow, the next day, the next week, the next month and the next year. Create scenarios, dream and imagine what it will be like in the future.
Blog interest can indeed be fueled. Not artificially I guess but by getting into the mind of your audience, and applying certain basic but essential principles. Your blog now has a new lease on life.
Understand your audience. Understand the demographic details and understand cultural nuances. Demographic information will give you the age groupings of your audience. Cultural backgrounds will help you understand what is appealing and what is taboo; between one group and another group. Your understanding of your audience is your first basis for formulating a strategy to fuel interest in your blog.
2. Think Topic
Topics that are hot may not be topics that interest a substantial portion of the blog community. Get into the mind of your audience and analyze what topics and sub-topics appeal to them. Such appeal can come in the form more information, more realizations and more connections. Bridge these topics to connect seamlessly into your main blog topic. You will be amazed at how easily this can be done by properly understanding your audience.
3. Think Trend
The internet world is a trend world. Things come and go in seconds. Think trend. What are the current trends and how does it affect your audience? Be quick to identify what may be an upcoming trend. A trend can be as simple as an expression in the blog. It can also be as complicated as a discussion of the shade of indigo in jeans. Trends fuel interest.
4. Think Keywords
This may not be directly related to the other three that you have read. But keywords play a significant role in fueling interest in a blog. After getting into the mind of your audience, thinking topic and thinking trend, now think keywords. The moment your audience type a keyword, you appear instantly. Interest is fuelled, because they know you provide the said information for the keyword topic.
5. Think Future
As one person said, “the future is now.” Think ahead of your audience. Forecast, anticipate, and experiment with possible topics, trends, words and phrases that will stay in their heads tomorrow, the next day, the next week, the next month and the next year. Create scenarios, dream and imagine what it will be like in the future.
Blog interest can indeed be fueled. Not artificially I guess but by getting into the mind of your audience, and applying certain basic but essential principles. Your blog now has a new lease on life.
