Today we are going to talk a little bit about taking some chances with your blog and how they can pay off in the end. It baffles me how many bloggers stay safe and never implement features into there already established blogs with hundreds of rss readers.
I want to find out why from you so please comment below, while I wait for your comments to come in here are a few of my thoughts on why they don’t take any chances.
- Afraid Of Losing Readers: Can you believe it, they are actually afraid of losing readers for implementing features that most users will probably appreciate. As a blogger I believe taking chances is just part of the game, the saying “Go Big, Or Go Home” resides deep in my heart and of many other successful bloggers. While some features don’t always work on every blog a large percentage of them do!
-Not Sure What Will Or Won’t Work: A lot of bloggers are unsure what will work on there blogs so they never try, the don’t like going into uncharted territory in fear that they may fail or lose money in the process of branching out. If this is one of the reasons you have possibly held back then maybe you should create a post on your blog asking your readers what would help them access, read and see your blog better for them. They would know better then anyone since they are after all your readers!
- They Listen To Much: Its sad but true, bloggers tend to listen to people to much (the only one you should be listening to is me, JOKING). Its time to break loose of those old habits and ways simply because somewhere down the road someone said you couldn’t or it wouldn’t work. I am here to say that you should never be afraid. I would go so far as to say that I am not afraid of anything, almost to the point of being foolish at times but it takes that to make a dream happen. If you don’t have a dream that is bigger then your current circle of life you will never achieve anything more then what is inside that circle. Its all about expanding the circle baby and doing it today!
Well there, these are just a few of my thoughts on the subject of why some people don’t take some chances with there blogs. As you can see it pretty much comes down to fear and what people tell you, you should experiment yourself and see what works. Also never think because one thing fails that everything will, blogs are different and each blogs readers have and want different things, learn to cater to them and you will see gains in every area of your blog!
Now that we have seen a few reasons why people don’t take chances you may be wondering exactly what sort of chances I am talking about. So below I am going to make a simple list you can follow of (some) chances you could take with your blog!
- Add Ads To Your Blog: You may already have ads on your blog (Great!) but are they turning you any income? Do you have blank ad spots for sale on your blog right now at this very moment because you know you shouldn’t have empty spots! Think of it this way, when a potential advertiser looks at your blog and they see empty slots they can pretty much assume 1 of 2 things instantly.
1. They can see empty spots and be put off by them thinking you don’t get many ad sales, probably because you don’t have much traffic or the CTR % is bad and most companies don’t want to deal with you until you change your ad positioning.
2. They see them and they say oh great, they have ads for sale now let me order one!
If it was me I would 9/10 times go with option number 1, while you may miss some smaller individuals who don’t see the buy these ads now image you will be doing yourself a favor by at the very least in your advert slots placing affiliate program ads. They can turn you a nice profit and the big companies will still contact you when they are ready. Trust me it works!
- Redesign It Baby!: For just a couple bucks you could pay someone to redesign your blog and get it looking pro, or if your a decent coder / designer you could do it yourself and save a bundle. A new design will spark interest on a blog, now I know you may worry about losing readers over a redesign but to calm your fears you only need to remember how Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.net changed his design entirely and it made the world of difference!
- Start A Video Cast: You could start a video cast for your blog, make it hip, unusual and different from anything else to grab attention and new visitors! Just be sure and include your website URL on the video so people can find it at any time!
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Man, I think you were skydiving for a record….
How did you manage to mess up too and to, your and you’re, and their and there all in the same blog post? This is a consistent pattern in your writings. It honestly isn’t too hard to figure out the difference between them, and when to choose the proper one.
Learn some basics of grammar…. PLEASE!
I am sorry I am not a grammar expert friend, I was not that great in school and this is the venue for where I make money online these days. Not to many complain so I didn’t think it was to bad, ill check out your site but please….
There is no need to comment on every post about this, I get the message
Some really nice tips there… and some that we dont give much importance to..
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It’s always important to take action … I often find myself suffering from “analysis paralysis” and it’s very frustrating.
Your leap may work, or it may not … but you’ve gotta leap!
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Heh amazing post with an even more amazing title!
I liked the blog. I don’t care about grammar, etc… someone with way too much time on his hands has the time to comment on yuor spelling, and grammar. DeRRR
Nice post. This post is different from what I read on most blog. And it have so many valuable things to learn. Thank you for your sharing.
Nice tips
It’s alway important to give a little extra in your blog. I think it is importants that the grammar is correct is one of the least things that make your blog correct and complete the picture in blogging.
This looks like so much fun would love to do it and be there to experince it.
The blogs worth reading are the ones that are interesting. The others may be read once, but to get your readers coming back, you need to take advantage of the different features and write creatively and honestly.
I would love to do this, but my fear has taken over! Every since I had kids, I don’t dare!
Nice tips. Writing uniquely is the way for getting readers to your blog.
thank you for posting
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The headline was slick. I love skydiving and when I realized this had nothing to do with it I still read the post. You have some good tips in there.
If you don’t like the grammar then don’t read it. It’s really not that serious to be rude like that.
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