Blogging Tips Weekly - What Makes Your Blog Stand Out?

What makes an ordinary recipe taste extraordinary -- so good that one bite makes you crave for seconds? 

Aha! A secret sauce.


In Bloomberg Channel's The Mentor, successful entrepreneurs give advice to struggling business owners to help them grow. One tip internet sensation Rue La La C.E.O gave to a small E-Commerce site was to "set yourself apart from others."

Such practical and simple advice, yet so many bloggers miss it somehow.

This show gives great tips that apply to bloggers too.

 

So Many Blogs. So Little Time.

Like millions of e-commerce websites, blogs saturate the internet. But really, how many blogs do you read on a daily basis?


I have hundreds of blogs in my google reader, but have time for only handfuls each day. Therefore, blogs that are my daily reads must really catch the eye.

  

Just a few of hundreds of blogs in my google reader each day.

 

Finding Your Secret Sauce - Ideas that Make Your Blog Stand Out

 

Reach Out

 

I love comments, especially ones that tell me you've actually read my post. And I always remember to visit these commenter's blogs.

(By the way, I know many bloggers consider leaving links in comments a bad practice, but I personally LOVE it. Links make it so much easier for me to come visit your site. So if you comment here, link away!)

Just like friendships in real life, those who show me support will get my utmost support back. And those who don't are forgotten along the way.

So if you want to reel in readers, build a network by commenting and supporting other bloggers in the same niche. Their loyalty is well worth your time.

(Also by the way, I was recently contacted by the author of

Best HCG Supplier - shop4diets.com. Although I am not familiar with her site, but just because she reached out, I am displaying her link, because that's what supportive bloggers do.)

 

Catchy Graphics

Your header image and logo are the first things readers see. If you give them enough oomph, your readers will surely remember.


Girlie Blog Seattle is currently working on a new header. Cannot wait for its debut.

Get Personal

What makes blogs so popular is that they reflect authors' personal lives. Even business or tech blogs have a personality.


Have you just gone through a tragedy? What about a triumph? Adding your own stories to posts makes you approachable. 

You don't just want to be the person in pretty outfits, right? You want to be the person who talks about the outfits, because you not only wore them -- you lived in them.

Have a Special Weekly Series - And Make it Your Thing

If you don't have time to write often, then write at least once a week, but make it the same type of post (a.k.a a weekly series). Then, keep at it for a long time.


Consistency counts when you try to keep readers coming back. Having a special weekly series -- whatever it may be -- gives your blog a uniqueness that's both quirky and memorable.


Take Melissa Blake's Blog So About What I Said for example, her series "Letters to My Future Husband" is an interesting way to show her soft side -- she is a true romantic, and that's her thing.

So, if you've got a thing, then write it in a weekly post, and continue to entertain your readers with that.

Well, I'm sure I have missed a few.

 

If you can think of anything else that makes your blog stand out, do share!