I have made some nice contacts with some great bloggers in the UK. One of these bloggers, Mark White, author of Better Business Blogging has a post up now called the 5 R’s of blogging. His first of the series of of the 5 R’s is “Read”. Mark mentions that it is necessary for people to actually visit your blog and read it. This may seem basic, but sometimes it’s good to start with the basics.
The key elements of this post are listed out by Mark:
“Key elements: consistent quality content, attractive title, optimised posts, good blog promotion”
I would add to those elements that “readability” I suppose a subset of read. Design and the look of a blog can also attract readers. If the design of a blog is one that makes it easy to read and navigate, chances are those readers will return to see what you have produced and published again. Poorly designed or tough to read blogs usually get passed over even if their content is of good quality.
I can’t wait to read the next 4 in the series. Thanks Mark.
Thanks for your comments, Jim.
Your point about “readability” is very valid both from a content and aesthetics point of view, and I think that it is something which not only determines if someone reads the post in the first place but also will influence their decision to return or indeed recommend your blog - an impact on 3 of the ‘R’s!
The design and look of the blog that you mention is also very important. I had included that as a factor in the 3rd ‘R’ (Return) but you are so right to say that it will play a large part in determining whether visitors read a Blog at all.
Thanks again for the mention and your comments.
i like your site, concept, design.
i will be here again.