You have started a blog or having a blog, how you will evaluate your blog that your are achieving your goal in blogging. I am going to discus some signs that indicates your blog is on the right track. To build a successful blog you have to stick with it a make a passion for blogging. Many bloggers finally give up or did not update their blog regularly as they feel like they are not getting anywhere, when in my opinion they are on the right track.
Hopefully if you are doing the right
things and making progress you will recognize your growth and accomplishments,
but not all do. Here are 10 signs that your blog is on the right track.
If several of these items apply to you, don’t give up just because the
achievements are not coming fast enough. I think if you give it some time and
continue to work, you will reach your goals in time.
1. Growing Subscriber Count
If your blog’s subscriber base is
growing, even slowly, you are making some progress. Gaining trust and
subscribers is not easy, so try not to get your expectations unrealistically
high. If you have realistic goals for subscriber growth you will more likely be
able to feel good about your progress and stay consistent with your blogging.
2. Increasing Numbers of Inbound Links
Links are important for any blog. They
help with click-through traffic, search engine rankings, and recognition. For
bloggers, incoming links are also representative of how well you are known in
your industry and your number of links will grow as you start to become
recognized as an authority.
3. Increasing Numbers of Valuable
Comments
If your blog is receiving a decent
amount of thought-provoking comments, that is a good sign that people are
reading and paying attention to you. Comments are the lifeblood of blogs, and
those that have a lot of valuable comments from readers become even more useful
for readers.
4. Increasing Visitors, Pageviews,
and/or Pagviews Per Visit
Many bloggers are stats junkies. While
growth in traffic isn’t always representative of meeting or surpassing your
blogging goals, it certainly isn’t a bad thing. Hopefully, over time your blog
stats will increase as more and more readers visit and subscribe to your blog.
5. Consistent Posting
If you are posting consistently on
your blog, you’re already one step ahead of the vast majority of bloggers. It
sounds pretty easy, but consistent posting is a huge challenge for many. If
you’re able to keep posting consistently, good things are likely to happen.
6. Improving Quality of Articles
Quality is always going to be a
somewhat subjective issue, but I think most bloggers can look back through
their archives and get a pretty accurate idea of how the quality has trended
over time. I know that when I look back at my first few months of blog posts
I’m kind of embarrassed at the low level of quality, and I don’t think I’m
alone. Growth in quality is natural as you will become more knowledgeable about
your topics and as you learn about blogging and writing in general. Take a look
back at how your quality of writing has improved and I think you will be
encouraged to keep going and see what happens.
7. An Ability to Clearly Define Your
Niche
One of the most overlooked items when
starting a new blog is being able to accurately define the audience that you
will be targeting. As time goes by, you’ll learn what types of content your
readers appreciate (and what they don’t respond to) and you’ll most likely get
a better idea of where you fit into your niche. Knowing your place is very
important for branding and creating a blog that is appealing to the readers
that you are targeting. If you know precisely where you fit into your niche,
you’re on the right track.
8. An Increasing Network of Bloggers
Networking is probably the most
crucial aspect of blogging outside of content creation, and in some cases it
can be even more important. If you are continually meeting new bloggers and
strengthening the relationships that you have made, you will drastically be in
a better position for the future. Building a network will help you to learn
from others, gain valuable and loyal readers, increase inbound links, increase
votes at social media sites, and much more.
9. A Knowledge of at Least 1 Specific
Way to Get Targeted Readers to Your Blog
As you continue to blog, you will
learn more about traffic generation and getting people to read and recognize
what you have written. If you have even one specific method that consistently
helps you to reach your target audience, you are better off than most bloggers.
Maybe you have spent some time writing guest posts for other blogs in your
niche, maybe you’ve had success with leaving intelligent and relevant comments
at other blogs, or maybe you’ve developed a strong profile at a niche-specific
social media website. Whatever the source is, if it is something that you can
continue to use in the future, you are one step closer to blogging success.
10. Achievement of Goals
Many bloggers have long-term goals,
such as making a living with a blog, or getting 10,000 subscribers. But what
many bloggers lack are short-term goals that will help them to take the
necessary steps towards those long-term goals. If you are setting monthly goals
for blogging revenue, subscribers, traffic, etc. and you are achieving those
goals, don’t give up because you are not getting to the long-term goals fast
enough. Take pleasure in meeting your short-term goals and keep challenging
yourself.
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