5 Reasons The Top Bloggers Are Successful

After reading what Thomas Sinfield  wrote about  5 Reason Why You Will Fail At Blogging I got a great idea for my next post. Why not share the 5 Reasons The Top Bloggers Are Successful. Lists are one of the easiest ways to increase traffic to a blog because people will spread the word to others if they find them helpful. I will be posting one or two lists every week that are motivational and inspiring relating to promoting websites and building more traffic. I may even put a publisher in there once in a while since the majority of the theory’s about them are not true.

Why exactly do the top bloggers make so much money and have such a loyal following? Here are some of the reasons these guys are successful and by following these you will be on your way to joining them at the top!

They write a new post everyday
Although they may have the post timestamped and may have not actually created it at that second they always have new content coming out. Sometimes these guys are way to busy and have “Guest Bloggers” do the posting for them that week. Either way they get the fresh content out there and everyone loves reading it. It is suggest to post at least once a day and most bloggers cannot even find the time to do it once a week. Imagine the surge in traffic and rss subscribers if you posted on a day to day basis. Give it a try, it is the best way to gain exposure.

These guys are the promotion kings
They can promote a product without some people even realizing it. Sometimes they may be a bit deceptive and hide the affiliate links but they still get signups which is more money in their pocket. Then they use this money to further promote the blog until word of mouth takes over.  They are also amazing at hyping contests, Darren of Problogger offered over $54,000 worth of Prizes on Offer in the ProBlogger Birthday Bash Competitions! The great part is that almost all the prizes were donated so it was almost free exposure to his already massively popular blog.

They know what they are talking about
Always do research before making a post, it will give you even more ideas and will make you look like a professional in that area. Even though you may already know a great deal about the topic, the readers may not, posting a tip or trick is a great way to build a loyal reader-base. Surprisingly even the basics of Google Adsense such as adding code to a webpage is difficult for beginners, and if you have that they will be sure to bookmark the site and return in the future.

They build a list of contacts
Every top blogger has a Blogroll or list of other webmasters blogs that they enjoy reading. This is a great way to find other interesting blogs and spread the word about your own. Find the best blogs in your topic and ask them to do a blogroll exchange with you. Some may be nice enough to do it even if you are a new blog, others may other do it with close friends. It’s worth a shot though! This also helps build powerful backlinks that are sitewide most of the time which means a bunch of pages will get indexed, search engine rankings will improve, and you will get that small pagerank boost.

They love what they do
These guys are working as bloggers fulltime and love it. They attend conversions and seminars for the topic and just cannot get enough of it. This allows them to share insider news and tips that other bloggers cannot. They are great at promoting their name and always conduct themselves professionally. Without this type of passion their blog would have never made it. Keep this in mind as a bit of motivation when writing your blog.

Posted in: Blog, Ideas, Make Money Online, SEO, Tutorials, Wordpress | Date: November 16th, 2007 | Posted by: Derek |

For more great advice on making money online, subscribe today.

6 Responses to “5 Reasons The Top Bloggers Are Successful”

1. Mixed Market Arts Says:
   November 16th, 2007 at 3:45 pm

   Nice post. =)

2. Thomas Sinfield Says:
   November 16th, 2007 at 5:09 pm

   Hey derek! Glad I could be of some inspiration. Ours is a lot more positive than mine :D I think your second point is the most important! They are masters at promoting themselves.

3. Darren Says:
   November 17th, 2007 at 3:51 am

   I agree, Derek, new content each and every day goes a long way. Another thing that really helps is getting to know Web 2.0 and what it can do for you. There’s a boat load of opportunity out there if you can harness it…

4. Articles Says:
   November 17th, 2007 at 6:55 am

   Nice informative article. thanks for sharing and keep sharing such kind of articles, as these articles are really helpful.

5. Derek Says:
   November 17th, 2007 at 11:33 am

   @#1 - Glad you liked it.

   @#2 - Yeah your post did inspire me keep up the good work Thomas!

   @#3 - Yeah web 2.0 is great, I found some great free wordpress templates for web 2.0 search around the blog for them.

   @#4 - Glad you found it helpful!

6. Todd Says:
   November 17th, 2007 at 2:22 pm

   Great work, I’m looking forward to you expanding on this idea!
   All 5 are very valid points

Join in on the conversation