How to Make Your Blog Successful

While some people do blog for fun, most of us are hoping to combine our interests with some regular income. There are several ways to make sure that your blog gets the traffic you want, so that your content gets read and you make some money.

* Have content worth reading and returning to. There are lots of ways to maximize your readership, but the bottom line is that people return to blogs that they enjoy reading. Make sure you update regularly, and give your readers something interesting or useful to read.

* Choose a platform that is easy to use. If you can't figure out how to post content, images, and links, you won't do it. Or your content will be subpar. WordPress is a popular choice because it's easy to use, but free blog sites also offer platforms that are fairly easy to navigate.

* Pick a fight. Or, at least, say something that is likely to get comments. The more confrontational you are, the more reactions you're going to get. You might make people angry, but those people will email their friends and say, "Can you believe what this idiot said? Here's the article: yourlink.com" It doesn't matter if they love you; you want traffic, not a fan club. Your fan club will, presumably, have its own site.

* Go to other blogs. Make comments there...witty, insightful, confrontational comments. Either impress or aggravate people into clicking your link in the comments and going to your site. You'll make a name for yourself in your area of interest.

Blogging can be fun, but it can also be profitable if you follow some of the steps above.