Comments on: 7 More Techniques to Make Your Blog Sticky

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:32:46 +0000

I have some periodic things on my site Like Joke of the Day, Site of the Week, and Dinosaur of the day, a weekend planner that I publish “every” Thursday, as well as a bookshelf of Items to read Unfourtunately I have not been able to track specific KPI against these but I have noticed if I don’t Update my Joke for a few days subscribers have dropped. I do not have really big numbers yet so I need to find innovative way to keep the people who do find me coming back I have started to employ some of the tips listed by Darren and others on the site.

By: Tech Blog

Tech Blog — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:56:55 +0000

Really nice piece of writing, I Blogged them all on my Blog and Tring to implement on my Blog, Lets Hope I can DO this..

By: CambridgeKC

CambridgeKC — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:37:35 +0000

Chip you are an expert at that blogging tip: “Keep them waiting for more – build expectation – consider writing a series”, so I just have to ask for your second instalment – what other techniques? – please tell.

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:29:00 +0000

I tried all of them, and they all have their share of potential. Right now I’m using other techniques.

By: Lowline

Lowline — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:30:24 +0000

^ That’s a pretty good idea about the Myspace plugin. I’ll have to investigate twitterfeed. Some good advice in all of these tips & keeps you thinking.

By: Traffic2MyPage.com

Traffic2MyPage.com — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:39:12 +0000

hey darren

how about using something like a myspace plugin that will automatically post your wordpress blog to your myspace homepage… http://madblogger.com/2006/11/19/myspace-profile-plugin-for-wordpress/

there is also a twitterfeed… that posts a link on your twitter account when you update your posts

http://twitterfeed.com/

By: Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:06:55 +0000

Are you able to take a look at my blog and tell me what I am doing wrong? or is just the industry I am in ?

By: charles

charles — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:53:27 +0000

HI! Darren.

I am a fan of your posts and i would like to suggest that after running a debate for a specific period of time. You should give prize to the best debater so that people will try their best in debating and wouldn’t do bad.

Charles
http://www.resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com

By: List of 195 Keyword Suggestion - Go Find a Niche!

List of 195 Keyword Suggestion - Go Find a Niche! — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:09:42 +0000

Some great points here, gave me some great new ideas for my blog.
Thanks Darren,
JR

By: article

article — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:56:45 +0000

Reference blogs is an interesting subject. I’ve been asking myself the same question

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:36:27 +0000

Reference blogs is an interesting subject. I’ve been asking myself the same question… when does a “blog” not become a blog anymore? Is it the format or is it the content that makes it a blog?

I’ve been dealing with a similar question myself. We started a running “blog” at Addoursearch.com called “The List”. Essentially, it’s a running list of useful sites you can add and search directly from your browser: http://thelist.addoursearch.com

So, is this a blog? Is it a directory? Is it an online App?

By: CambridgeKC

CambridgeKC — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:03:26 +0000

Talking of video, I see that Alexa noticed that a social justice website had its traffic rocket into their top 3 “Movers and Shakers” after winning a particular category on a YouTube competition – see http://awis.blogspot.com/2008/03/power-of-youtube.html

So if you’ve done a video, why not think about posting it in places beyond your blog to grow your audience – just a thought.

By: CambridgeKC

CambridgeKC — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:33:27 +0000

For the ultimate in simple “reference” blog, have a look at http://venezuelafx.blogspot.com/ and see their fascinating world map of where their visitors are coming from at http://www2.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://venezuelafx.blogspot.com.

Isn’t it amazing the traffic you can get by saying so little every day – inspired!

To view other maps, click on Maps link at
http://www.clustrmaps.com/top-users.html

I think this is a great way to view traffic.

By: Timothy Carter

Timothy Carter — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:42:23 +0000

Never would have thought of a “reference” blog. What a fantastic idea!

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:35:58 +0000

One additional feature, which is used by ProBlogger.com but not on the list, is allowing people to “Add Our Search” to your browser’s built in search feature.

This provides a “stickyness” to your site in two ways:

1) Users can search your content directly from their browser. If your site is a good reference source and has a lot of information, (like Problogger.com) it allows your users find content more efficiently.
2) Your branding is installed into your visitors browser and is there until they explicitly delete it. So, it’s more permanent than an RSS feed.

Now, this is partially a plug for my service at Addoursearch.com, which provides an easy way to create, display and install this service to their readers. However, I’m very passionate about this feature and believe it’s an untapped resource.

By: AMiRU

AMiRU — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:57:00 +0000

I love debate, but I don’t know how to start it in my blog..
Anyone have example regarding an online debate?

By: Dr. Sally Witt

Dr. Sally Witt — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:02:31 +0000

What a great series of posts. You always do a wonderful job of pushing us, and educating us!

Sorting through the suggestions that we get every day can be stressful. If we implement a few good ideas every week, our benefits will be huge.

I also find that people kind of fuzz out when they get too many new ideas at once. Take note of the things that you want to learn, and get closer and closer as you feel more comfortable with the concepts.

As a coach for people getting into Social Networking and Social Media, blogging is so important for me and for my clients. I appreciate the basic, moderate, and advanced tips that you always provide.

Sally

http://www.drsallywitt.com

By: ITrush

ITrush — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:12:15 +0000

This is cool, trying to implement all these wonderful techniques to give my site some sticky features!

nhick
http://www.itrush.com

By: Kairon

Kairon — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:54:54 +0000

Thanks for the tips, i will try to aply all of them on my blog :)

By: Olivia Bell

Olivia Bell — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:37:25 +0000

Excellent again – I’ve actually bookmarked 21 tips as well as this, each of your posts are packed full of things I need to do and would like to, but as I’m sure many can understand you can’t always remember everything and often need to come back, re read parts you want to focus on etc.

I was meaning to ask though – and I hope you won’t mind me doing so. Your lovely “tab” section “Best of Problogger” on the homepage, is this a plugin or something manually coded?

Thanks again, Darren.