5 Musts Things You Should Be Doing When You’re Not Blogging

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Things to do When Not Blogging

Unless you are writing hundreds of posts a day, the amount of time you spend posting on your corporate blog should be minimal.

In fact, that is why so many decide to start their own blogs, since everything can be automated and you can sit back and relax.

However, there are a few things you should be doing when you are not posting. These methods and techniques can help you explode your traffic and get better results from your work.

Here’s what you should be doing when you’re not working or posting.

1. Promoting your blog

You can build it, but there is no guarantee that they will come. It’s up to you to get out there and find readers.

Whether it’s getting back links to your site to increase traffic, commenting on blogs that are related to your niche, learning new promotional techniques or taking advantage of social sites, you should spend around a half hour every day promoting your blog.

This kind of focus can pay off and you’ll start seeing results in a lot less time.

2. Finding ways to make your blog better

Is there a plugin out there that could make your job easier?

Take the time to see how to make your blog work for you – and harder than ever. New applications are released constantly and many of them are free to low cost. Instead of sitting there with the same version of WordPress for three years, make the effort to be proactive and keep improving your blog.

3. Learning more about the medium

The blogosphere is not stagnant, it is always changing. You need to stay on top of trends, read news pertaining to blogs and keep finding ways to make your blog the best it can be.

By being an early adopter of trends and techniques, you have an edge that your competitor’s won’t.

4. Researching new topics to cover

Whether you’re researching new niche keywords (they do keep changing) or you are finding interesting angles to promote your products, your research should be an ongoing process.

If you don’t have the time to do it on your own, consider outsourcing this task and have them deliver the information to you so you can read it at your leisure.

5. Keeping tabs on your competition

This is a step that many companies fail to take and as such, they usually end up falling behind the pack.

Always take the time to find out what they are doing and subscribe to their blog RSS feed so that you get instant updates delivered right to your reader.

This is the easiest way to stay on top of what they are doing and you can use this information to make your blog better.

While some of these steps may be time consuming, they are necessary and will help you build up a very strong audience that is not only targeted, but invested emotionally in your company.

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