As you can imagine, people’s behavior DOES follow a pattern too, and you can see this fact by analyzing a group of people… If you are a leader, you should know that usually the people you speak to tend to follow a kind of line, or at least most of them…

The thing become interesting when you find persons who stand out from the crowd! So then, by analyzing this kind of people – aka freaks – you can actually know more about what is happening in the environment and so then, improve it.

Have you seen bloggers changing their theme from time to time? may be the sidebar or the position of the links? Well, this is because they probably would be using heatmaps in order to study the behavior of the people who visit their blogs.

How a heatmap looks like?

A heatmap shows you where the visitors have been clicking on your website. With this awesome tool you can test the position of your ads, may be icon alternatives for subscribing to your blog etc etc… Use your imagination! This can be used when you need an input from your visitors, without letting them know.

One of the purposes I use heatmaps for is to analyze which landing page  “looks” – aka sells – better. Remember that your audience will probably think different than you, so don’t make any suppositions because you don’t know how they will react to certain graphic.

So as you can see, this is perfect for split tests among landing pages, which I will be talking about in future posts.

The Tool

To run heatmaps, I use the services of Crazy Egg. There should be lots of web services out there, but I like this one. So try it by yourself and tell me what do you think about it! It’s pretty easy to use, you just need to upload a script to your website and walah! – you will be catching every single click made on your website.

Input request - Are you using heatmaps? What for? Share what you know about this topic!

-- Get your Text link here and get exposure in front of 400+ subscribers... Contact me

Optimize Your Website by Tracking Clicks of Your Visitors

Once you have hundreds of subscribers it becomes easier, but how do you get your first 100 subscribers? And even more important, how do you keep attracting more and more people to your blog?

Now I’m going to list the most common things you can do in order to boost that RSS counter:

• Be persistent: The best way to attract loyal readers when you create a new blog is being persistent. Writing new content as fast as you can will be key to succeed. At least during the first 2 or 3 months of blogging you need to write new content constantly, lets say 5 posts a week. By doing that, people will note your dedication and will start following you.
• Write good content: This has a much to do with the first point. You can write 5 posts a day if you want, but if they say nothing interesting you will lose credibility and potential readers. Remember, is better quality than quantity. If you can only write 2 or 3 posts a week is fine, but make them bloody good!
• Socialize: This is the key of blogging. You have to socialize with other bloggers in your niche in order to know who your neighbors are. This way, you could be linked by them in link sharing posts for example, giving you exposure in front their readers… Also, using services like Twitter or StumbleUpon can expand your brand as you can’t imagine, attracting several people to your blog.
• Comment in other blogs: This is part of socializing. If you comment in other blogs with certain periodicity, you will attract people’s attention and they will visit your blog to know who you are and what you do. Of course, remember to leave good comments and not just a “good post”.
• Make blog contests: This is a well known blackhat trick. Contests are loved by everybody, who doesn’t like to win something for free? This is excellent to attract new readers and increase your readers, especially if you promote it well… I really recommend you to read this article in order to know more details about this matter.
• Write guest posts: Like the last point, you can do this when you have certain credibility on the web. By writing articles in other blogs related to yours can really boost your entire blog. Imagine that you post something in a blog with 500 readers, and lets say that just 200 know about your blog. The other 300 subscribers will visit your blog at least once to see what you write, with good chances to become loyal readers. Just remember, prepare and publish a punch of good posts on your homepage before writing the guest post to cause a better impression.

In addition of those 6 ways there are others that you will discover with the passing of time, they’re somewhat intuitive. Also remember to be patient, you won’t get 100 readers in a single day, increasing the subscribers of your blog is like a marathon…

Well I talked enough for now, I would love to know your techniques to increase your RSS subscribers, so feel free to drop me a comment for sharing your tips!

-- Get your Text link here and get exposure in front of 400+ subscribers... Contact me

6 Ways To Increase Your RSS Subscribers

The key things that we chase forever in blogging are money, traffic, fame and popularity. But why you’re missing the core element? Outstanding bloggers with a unique point of view produces different articles. Everyone loves to read from them and advertisers want to put their ads on their site. At the same way, you’ll see the same old blog posts in every blogs, but there are only few blogs that you love to go back again and again because they have something different.

So how do I know if my blog is outstanding?

The answer will come if you look at your blog from a reader’s point of view. For few minutes, forget that this is your blog and try to solve these questions,

1. Do you think this post will help you?

Read your latest post and try to think how this post can help you. Is this post includes real informations or some guesses? Is this a basic concept what everyone knows or something that is well researched? Tutorial type posts and those post which have practical experiences, goes well. Most of the bloggers write for their own benefit, because they want to keep the blog updated and to increase the post count. If you write an article that really values your reader, then it’ll help you too!

2. Do you think it’s a well researched post?

Your readers are not fools. They are bloggers or active blog readers. They can say how much time and effort you’ve spent while writing this post. They can tell it with the writing structure, is this blogger a professional or a newbie? Spelling and grammar errors can tell your readers that all you wanted to do is to update your blog, not wanted to add a value. Well researched posts don’t go well and only few people promote it with social media.

3. Do you think this is worth leaving a comment?

There are some strategies to engage your readers. Adding some questions on the end of your post makes them comment. A blog is a two way communication tool. When you’ll post, others can post comments on it. Most people write articles, as they are writing for the newspaper or for a book. Try to leave some personal message asking to post suggestions or more related informations on this topic. This will help you to attract more comments on your blog.

4. Do you think this post deserves to be in your bookmarks?

More people bookmarking your site mean more success for your blog. If you add valued content and a personal touch on your posts, they will love to add it on their bookmarks. Now I use StumbleUpon, Reddit, Delicious and Twitter, but it doesn’t means my readers have to use them too. By asking them with a message, “Please do bookmark this post with your favorite site” will inspire them to bookmark it with the site of their choice.

5. Do you want to come back again on this blog?

This is the last point you should figure out as a reader. Is this site a niche site? Did I found what I was looking for? Is the author response to their readers? Do the updates are regular with useful informations? Should I subscribe to this blog? etc. This will determine if your new reader will convert into your subscriber, supporter and come back again or not? This is the final question which will make you feel if you’re blogging in the right way or wrong?

You are the judge of your blog

Blogging is independent and you will judge yourself and your blog. Don’t listen to anybody, just listen to your self and you know better what will make you an outstanding blogger.

Have your say

• Do you think solving these questions will improve your blogging?
• Do you want to be an outstanding blogger?
• What more could be added on this post?

Please leave a reply; I’m ready to join the discussion!

-- Get your Text link here and get exposure in front of 400+ subscribers... Contact me

Solve These 5 Questions, Which Will Make You An Outstanding Blogger