Starting a blog is very easy. All you need to do is get a free account at Blogger or WordPress, choose a name, pick a theme and start posting.
But making that blog popular and driving traffic to it is the most difficult part. Yet if done properly, it is not that complicated to create a popular blog.
What you need to remember is that every blog needs good content. Do not expect to receive thousands of organic traffic to your blog if you do not have something useful to offer to your viewers. Remember, visitors need a reason(s) to come to your blog.
So what should you do to make your blog popular?
Add Meta Tags
use an automatic online meta tag generator to create some good meta descriptions and tag codes for your blog. Paste that code into your blog so that search engines can know what your blog is about.
Link Building
Get a lot of backlinks for your blog. But make sure that most of these backlinks are from relevant sites. Do not go looking for links from medicine sites when your blog is about movies.
Social Bookmarking Sites
whenever you publish a new post on your blog, make sure to submit it to major bookmarking sites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, etc. These sites can drive a lot of traffic!
Forums
They are a great way to get involved in direct marketing. Communicate with other members and promote your blog on different forums (but don’t spam!).
Blog Comments
Commenting is still a popular way to increase popularity. It helps you in getting backlinks, building relationships with other bloggers, and driving traffic.
These were some very basic tips to make your blog popular. There are other tips as well that can be more effective but beginners need to start with these first.
