IS YOUR BLOG DYING? WHAT TO DO.

{Image courtesy of the genius of Leonora Roy}

 

Charnita France has a great post on cyber C.P.R. for ill blogs:
http://socialwebtools.info/signs-blog-dying/

It got to me thinking if any of you out there are finding lowered traffic on your blogs.

I. YOUR BLOG IS IN TROUBLE IF ...

1.) Having an unremitting or a month-long fall in numbers is a sure sign your blog is ailing.

       Low traffic rate can be considered alarming when it remains static in a very low point
       (e.g., 40-60% lower than your average traffic) for a long period of time (e.g. 2-3 weeks).

2.) Automated visitors -
       As a blogger, your moderation should not be just limited to checking your daily comments
       and stats;

       delving where these stats are coming from is part of your responsibility as a blog owner.

       You have to know if these hits are from a single blog owner,
       a single search engine query, from a mobile device or from automated devices
       that help some furtive frauds to on the Web.

       Automated outbound traffic is useless in traffic, for it will never contribute
       in adding some points to improve your rankings.

       Technically speaking, these automated hits are nothing but useless spams.

3.) Negative comments -

      Negative and positive comments should be in symmetry:
      the former should not overpower the latter in number and stats.

      Having handfuls of negative comments can ruin your blog, too.

4.) No comments at all -

      Let us face it. No one wants to blog alone. We all love to hear comments;

     we all die for other people's attention.

     Therefore, if you have been blogging for a year and you haven't
      yet experienced the joy of receiving comments, then you're in a big trouble.

II. BLOG C.P.R.

1.) Blogfests -

      Blogfests are a fun way to meet writers struggling just like you are.  Google BLOGFESTS
      and enter the ones that seem fun.  You will meet kindred spirits and spark interest in your
      own blog.

       How cool is that?

2.) RETURN VISITS -

     As a harried blood courier, I suck at this. (Hangs head in shame)  With 3 hours of sleep and
     waning strength and now poison ivy -- visiting my friends is something I find it very difficult
     to do.

     That said -- courtesy is usually rewarded with habitual visits.  Try visiting those who used to
     visit but now do not.  Inquire as to their health and situation. People like being missed.

3.) POST REGULARLY -

     If visits have dropped, perhaps you are writing so infrequently that people have grown weary of
     seeing new content and stopped visiting.

     On the other hand, if you post too often, people will weary of trying to keep up.  Keep a happy
     medium.

4.) WRITE POSTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ -

     Ask of your words before posting ...

            Will the readers be moved?

            Will they feel that they must share your post with their friends?

            Will they come back to that post over and over?

            Will they join your list or subscribe to your feed so that they don’t miss your future posts?

            Will they feel a connection with you that they will remember the next time your paths cross?


    You want your message to spread? You want your posts to go viral?

            Write to make your reader laugh out loud or to stop in mid-sentence in sudden deep thought.

5.) FIRE INTO THE THICKEST CLUMP OF READERS -

       In order to maximize your blog traffic efforts it is important to keep your best posts for the busiest parts of the week. When you think about traffic consider yourself and the days of the week you are searching on the internet.

        Hold on to your best posts for the best parts of the week. No sense in writing a knock out article on a Sunday afternoon when all the traffic is on the highway going to the mall.

        Go over your blogs stats to determine the best day and time of the day to release your blog traffic glue.

6.) DARE TO BE DIRECT -

        Ask your readers a question at the end of your posts on what they think.

        Ask them to share your post with their friends, urging them to read and become regular
        readers.

7.) GIVE A DAMN -

       Share links to posts of others who had something worthwhile to say.

       Spotlight the dreams of others coming true to inspire and to point to their products.

       Hear of a blogger in need?  Champion their cause without being asked.

       Be the change you wish to see in the world.

8.) I KNOW I MISSED SOME GREAT WAYS TO REVIVE A DYING BLOG -

       Write me what you think would be great ways to breathe new life in an ailing blog.

       Together, you and I may turn struggling writers on the verge of giving up around to happier,
       dream-fulfilling days.  Now, that would cool!
         
And just because I enjoy this scene: