Content is what separates the contenders from the pretenders. Creative and informative posts are what make a blog successful. But you need more then just quality content, you also need it on a very consistent, constant basis. A site that publishes one great article a week, typically won’t do as well as one that publishes five “average” posts a week. To really make money from a blog, you need to be posting at least three times a week. Any less then that, and you’re merely hurting yourself. But how can you keep up? No matter how much you love the niche you’re in, it can be hard to write 200+ articles a year. So what’s the secret. How do people like Pro-Blogger and John Chow write multiple times a day, every day? The secret, is a great reading list.
A reading list?!? You’re probably asking? How does that help?
I wrote a post a while back about Google Reader, and how much I loved it. Having a good feed reader is essential to keeping a successful blog. Ask any powerful blogger, and I can assure you they have a feed reader that features around 100 different sites that they follow. Mine has a plethora of sites, and I check it every single day. First of all, because I comment on them and build relationships with the different bloggers. But also, it lets you know what’s going on in the blogging world. Pretty much all of those sites I follow are Blogging Tips sites. Some are brand new blogs, and some are really popular ones. I read practically every post they write, and it has several great results.
First, I’m informed about the Blogging World.
Second, I’m able to keep tabs on my competition.
Third, I’m able to see what other people are using and possibly utilize it on my site as well.
Fourth, I know what everybody’s talking about.
And Fifth, it gives me ideas about what to write about.
One of my favorite things to do is to see a article that somebody else made, and see how popular it was. And then I use the same idea, and just make a post that features more of “whatever it is,” than they did. This is a great way to see what is popular at the moment. And as long as your list/article is the biggest/most informative… then people will love your post just as much as the other one. Some of my best post ideas, were sparked by something that I read on another site. Often I’ll read a post, and they’ll mention something that I think is really important, but they didn’t expand on it as much as I thought they should have. And so I write a post about it, to expand the idea for my readers.
So as you can see a Reading List is Really important. Because with it, you have an unlimited amount of content in your niche, that you can get ideas from. If you’re following enough blogs, you should be able to get ideas every single day if you want. Unfortunately, this still doesn’t write the posts for you, but if you have a good idea then it can make writing the articles much easier.
So the key to quality, consistent posts, is staying informed by reading a lot. This will make your articles more informative, and give you the ability to write them more.
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I agree that someone who is a professional on their subject should easily be able to read other peoples posts… and then have a totally new angle on that subject to write about.
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