Certainly, one of the biggest challenges for a blogger is differentiation, standing out in a crowded blogosphere. If there’s one thing a blogger would want to avoid, it’s blending in with the crowd.
The following are some tips on how to make your blog stand out in the blogging world:
Focus your blog
What will be the focus and the purpose of your blog? Think about what you want to achieve or accomplish with it. This is a very important step, a starting point for future decisions you are going to make. Your blog can be a useful tool for sharing information or tips, a lead generator, a call to action, or various other things. What do you want to write about? What are your interests? Can you use them in a way that is valuable and significant to your audience?
Design
First impressions are everything. Creating a strong visual impression is of major importance. Maybe you want a one column theme or a grid theme… You should choose a theme that suits your needs and that is appropriate for blogging. Try to come up with a unique logo, unique colors and layout.
High- quality images
Why are images important? Visuals are processed faster by the brain than text. Let’s take for example an online store. Isn’t the quality of a product image important, when selecting and purchasing a product? What would be more important for you, if you would be a customer? Product information, a long description, the reviews or a high- quality photo of the product?
For a blog, creating awesome visual content is crucial. Keep in mind that articles with high- quality images get more total views.
About page
This is how your readers get to know you. In the About page, you could tell the story of your blog, help readers with links to certain areas of it, even post photos or share quotes… just let your personality shine through. Tell your readers what your blog will do for them. At the end, you could ask them to subscribe to your blog and also include lead generation forms (email signup forms).
Forms
Stand out by adding forms to your blog, depending on your needs. A contact form allows your readers to ask you a question or request something from you, surveys can be fun for your readers and also help you better understand your audience. These are just a few examples of how forms can help. With a WordPress Form Builder Plugin such as CaptainForm, you can create and publish any type of forms you might need: lead generation forms, polls, contest forms, feedback forms, and many more .
Feature related posts
You don’t want your visitors to leave after reading the first post. Get more pageviews by showing related content. You can show related posts below the content, or even inside your articles. This is quite a popular way of displaying related content on your blog. You can also feature upcoming posts or your best post.
Social media share buttons
With social media share buttons, you can get your readers to share your content on their social media profiles and increase your blog traffic.
These are just a few tips , but you can set your own rules. Are you familiar with the phrase “Trying to fit a square peg into a round hole” ? The main idea is that not everything works for everyone, and you might lose your identity in the process of trying to fit in. There are no do’s and don’ts, you don’t have to play it safe, so express your unique self and be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons!
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