How to become a problogger from a pastime blogger – part 1

Darren wrote a good post on blog post promotion. You can read that post but answer one question; do you have enough time to promote your blog post as a solo blogger?In my last post titled “Think it Yourself – be a better webmaster – Part – 1” I wrote a point (2):

“Thousands of webmasters use social networks to communicate with the target audience. And like many others, this has also become a trend. And like so many others, new-bees start following the trend – sometimes without even understanding the actual need. In the process of promoting their blog in social networks, some people even forget to develop the actual product or writing a worthy blog post.”

If you are a problogger or run a multi blogger unit, you may get a lot of time to develop the blog, promote it in the niche market and develop another great post. In such situations, you have enough time and resource to promote each post as a unique page. But what about the major section of bloggers who run a blog in their pass time and try to earn some extra money from blogging?

Here are my tips for pastime bloggers (single user) (and those who have the dream of becoming a problogger someday):

1. Start 2 blogs at a time – one as main blog and the other as a complimentary blog to support the primary one. You can also think about developing a blog and a directory depending on the time you can afford to promote both.

2. Target 20 keywords and focus your post around those keywords. Optimize your blog in a visitor friendly way.

3. Do not publish ads in first three months.

4. Do not write a post unless you really have something to say and write a post that would have reference value. You do not need to write everyday – don’t even try it. The reference posts would develop the reader base for your blog and term you as a new serious blogger in the block.

5. Network with other bloggers in your niche – make sure you add at least 2 other bloggers in your ?friends network” every week (by commenting on their posts, discussing with them on different topics, helping them etc.). Thus in three months you would have 24 bloggers in your network. If you can communicate with them properly and create a good friends network, they will help you to promote your blog. And to add, their fan circle would also start following you – be sure about that. However, the success of this plan depends on your selection of bloggers.

6. Work for links – get some one way links for your blog to improve the page rank. So that other bloggers get interested about your blog. You can use the second blog or directory to promote the primary one. Try to get at least 20 link every week and thus in three months you would get at least 240 links pointing to your blog and blog posts.

To be continued: