The ABC’s of Blog Maintenance
Like cars, blogs require basic maintenance in order to perform at their best. There’s analogy in that statement I could pursue about oil and air pressure relating to tags and categories, but I’m not sure I can pull it off.
I think I need to add a disclaimer about this post: I am still very much a blogger newbie. It is not my intention to offend anyone. It is also not my intention to come off sounding like a know-it-all-bloggy pants (especially when my hits and follower stats aren’t at huge impressive numbers…yet). I simply felt compelled to share some observations and what better way than through the trite and true method of ABC-ing.
American Broadcasting Company (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
*I am at the virtual podium*
CM: ahem…thank you for stopping by. Some of you may be veteran bloggers of a million followers and quadrillion hits, while others of are just getting started. And some of you might be in between those extremes. Here are some basic ABCs of blogging.
A is for appreciate. Stop by other blogs and comment, click “like”, or simply browse the site. No one wants to write in a void, and everyone appreciates a bit of appreciation.
A is also for advertise. Toss out a kudo about another blogger’s post through your writing, via one of those nifty blogger awards, or even link up another post through a Zemanta click.
Blogging Heroes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
B is broadening your scope. You might have started your blog with only one subject in mind (the wonders of bottle cap collecting, for instance). Why not launch out and discuss how bottles came to be invented or include a craft article on bottle cap wind chimes? Broadening your blog content can attract new readers.
Bottle Caps (Photo credit: merfam)
C can be for connecting and contributing and customizing. Connecting is all about developing relationships with other bloggers, creating a bit of cyberspace friending (sans Zuckerman, thank you). Contributing is commenting and replying to posts, adding your two-cents and maybe even a dollar’s worth to a topic. Finally let’s cut to customizing, that need to get your style thing going. As you continue posting establish a voice, tone, persona for your blog. Find your niche–are you witty, eccentric, knowledgeable, graphically inclined, inspiring? Your followers will look forward to the character you give your posts.
There are many other important components to blog maintenance. These simple ABCs are only a start.
Thank you for your time.
*slight nod of head in acknowledgement*
Happy Pages
and Happy Blogging
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Pam Webb 
Bravo! Bravo! Great post. All of these are so relevant and true– especially about commenting. Another part of the alphabet I would recommend is making sure that the blog’s purpose stated in the “About” page still matches the context of the blog.
Thanks for the applause! Good idea about the “about”.
Great Post and great reminders. I hope I do the things you recommend–I try to. I need to do them better and more consistently.
I wrote this blog mainly to remind me about what I should be doing 🙂
Feeling inadequate so I’m glad you stopped at ‘C’….couldn’t cope with all the way to ‘Z’!!
Oh dear–inadequate wasn’t the goal. Humorous insight, maybe…
Don’t worry – I’m moving slowly towards adequacy!