Comments on: Do You Attract Readers to Your Blog that Are Like You?

By: Millionaire Acts

Millionaire Acts — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:20:13 +0000

Hi Darren, yes I attract readers like me who wants to achieve financial freedom in the early stage of their lives.

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:07:03 +0000

Well that is not a child play to determine which reader is like you just by reading the comments of the readers. That will be nice to know the people who are just like you.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:12:55 +0000

Grr, sorry for the silly typo. I did meant that I now know what to write today. ;-)

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:06:50 +0000

Thanks for this tip. I know know what to write today. Great blog. Should be visiting more often, I think. ;-)

By: Kristin T. (@kt_writes)

Kristin T. (@kt_writes) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:37:07 +0000

From what I can tell, if my readers are like me, they’re like me in ways that can’t easily be ascertained by a survey.

In other words, they aren’t like me in terms of concrete demographics, but they find something in me (or in my writing) that they can really relate to. Maybe their life hasn’t turned out like they expected. Maybe they struggle with the fact that they can’t be easily categorized. Maybe they have faith but tend to struggle with organized religion.

In the midst of those abstract commonalities, there are a wide range of things that make us different, which I’m really glad about.

By: Rebecca Beasley

Rebecca Beasley — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:25:05 +0000

I have to agree that most of the people who read my blogs are like me, and it’s a little sad because after over ten years of being online and trying to make money I’m not making “enough to feed my coffee habit” and most of my readers are looking for ways to do better than I’m doing.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:01:03 +0000

I’ve found that the readers of my blog are a motley crew, but they all have these traits in common:

Keen sense of humor
Enthusiastic
Positive
Curious

These are the traits I most value in myself, so it’s great that I’ve been able to attract an audience that helps me bring it out.

By: Agent 001

Agent 001 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:42:45 +0000

I do not think my readers are like me. They blog on different topics. Luckily my posts sometime comes under there niche.

By: Make Money Online

Make Money Online — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:31:02 +0000

The best thing about your visitors being like you is that you know what keywords they would search.

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:56:12 +0000

Darren, I think “readers like me” are a key factor in successful community building, be it on a blog, on Facebook, on Twitter, or whatever. Some bit of commonality is what initially brings people together – and after that, we can discover what’s different among us and celebrate that too.

I also think that’s why there’s room for so many bloggers on individual topics. I’ll soon be launching a blog about social media for middle-aged women. I’ll cover a lot of the same topics that are being covered by all the 20- or 30-something social media bloggers, but by writing from my own perspective it will be relevant to women like me who want to learn, but who are most comfortable learning from each other.

By: krissy knox

krissy knox — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:52:57 +0000

I think you’re correct, I think we do attract people in a similar situation as our own — cat lovers do meet other cat lobers. Nothing wrong with that. It does give us pause to think, however, that there may be places we may want to reach out to that we haven’t before, so that we are continuing to learn from others and not just drawing others like ourselves to our blogs. The more we are willing to meet others that are a little different (I’m of course talking w/in reason), the more we will have someone new to share with and learn from, and they the same. I think that’s part of what the world should be about, and one of the reasons I so love Twitter, as I am learning new things and meeting people I would never aforeto met. I guess I’m saying this bc I reach out a lot. No, the demographics of my blog readers are not just like me. And I have often been surprised why someone would read my opinionated words, LOL, when they often came from different beliefs, backgrounds, ideas, professions, income level, interests, etc. So why are they reading my blogs? I don’t know. My one guess is that I try to reach out to everybody, show interest in everyone, bc I do have interest in them, and therefore their projects/ blogs. And it comes full circle, they take a look at my blog also. It’s more of a philosophy than a method of “enlarging your readership,” or getting a diverse readership. It’s merely being genuinely interested in people, regardless of their interests, befriending them in social networks, etc and commenting on their blogs. They reciprocate. Now if you don’t have that much time to spend in Social Media, it would be hard to get a diverse readership. I suppose it comes down to how you view people — if you have time, share with them, socialize with them in Social Media, consider being diverse enough to let someone in you may not have thought you would. Others will reciprocate, although it isn’t your intention. It’s just a happy byproduct!

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:37:35 +0000

Originally yes I used to think the readers of my site were like me. Now I think my readers are more what I used to be like.

Now hopefully the info I give them will make them more like me as the will find out new things about London that would have passed them by if they hadn’t fallen upon my site

Also as most of my traffic currently comes from organic results so I think the people reading my site are very similar to me because they are finding shared interests on my site and hopefully picking up new ideas and advice from me and other writers on the site (who are also a bit like me)

Hope that makes sense?!

By: April S

April S — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:58:08 +0000

Absolutely! And it’s remarkable how an audience has the propensity to keep that blog momentum going as they bounce their similar ideas around. It really inspires you as a blogger. Often you learn more from a pool of similar thought than you do anywhere else on the web…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:11:49 +0000

As I scour the internet for resources I am not trying to become anyone else but to broaden my detailed knowledge on subjects and become more distinct of a person. So I may share interests with other people but am striving for my own goal sets in the end.

By: John Samuel

John Samuel — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:04:35 +0000

I started blogging with the interest of sharing my experiences with people with similar interests. And it is really a great feeling when people come to your blog and comment

By: Josh Hurlock http://twitter.com/JoshHurlock

Josh Hurlock http://twitter.com/JoshHurlock — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:22:41 +0000

Darren,

I think this makes perfect sense that readers attracted to your blog are like you. If your niche in blogging is small enough and not that broad, then this is especially true. For instance, my blog covers business in sports and the readers that check the blog out are sports fans. I mean there are always exceptions to the rule, that check out the blog just to hear your viewpoints; nonetheless, I feel that the majority of the time the readers are just like you. Keep up the solid work.

By: Dhiaqis

Dhiaqis — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:53:36 +0000

Yes.. that’s right. Thanks for the sharing. I think most people are attracted to my blog because of a valuable information. Two communication also is one of the reason.

By: Charles Lloyd

Charles Lloyd — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:43:02 +0000

Im not sure yet, I suspect due to my writing style that it would. I need to find out once I build up my user base.

By: Alison Kerr, Earthonaut

Alison Kerr, Earthonaut — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:45:47 +0000

It’s an interesting point. In my case maybe I attract people who consider themselves just a bit unusual. After all, how many Scots who emigrated to America, homeschool, and love nature are there? I hope my writing is attractive to a bigger audience than that or I’m in trouble!

I try to write for someone who is coming up a few years behind me in terms of their life experience maybe – moms with kids younger than mine. If I’m not sure how to approach things I try to write for a favorite reader or two. I assume that if they like what I’m writing it will be useful to others too.

I found it really hard to write when I didn’t have at least a couple of regular readers – I was kind of floundering around. Those first few regular readers really are special :-)

By: Shanel Yang

Shanel Yang — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:24:58 +0000

Yup, yup, yup! And it always surprises me! I guess I should be used to it by now. Thanks to your post, I can see why: Like attracts like — just as in real life! : )