Building Credibility On Your Blog
Credibility is something every person who owns a website longs for. It is what sets apart a website that is trusted and one that isn't. In this post, I will tell you the steps of becoming and looking like a credible source on the interweb.
1. Pick a topic that you are most interested in and similar with
The knowledge you have and the sense of interest will show through your work. Remember though just because you are interested and knowledgeable does not mean your audience wants to hear about it. You must find a way to connect the concept and audience together. The fact that you do have an interest will allow you to continue with your blog and find ways to resolve your hurdles.
2. Posting information that is relevant
You can use tricks like looking at Google AdWord to see what people are searching for and what they are interested in. This will then help you structure your blog post. Using tags, hashtags, and words within your blog will attract a bigger audience.
3. Post consistently
Having a schedule to allow you to post at certain times on the blog will show that your website is, so to speak, alive and well. If your audience clicks onto your blog and your latest post was three months, even three weeks, then they will feel your information is outdated and you are not a reliable source.
4.Respond to comments and questions
Comments and questions are your connection to your audience. If you don't pursue interactivity your audience then you are losing the connection and therefore, lose credibility. This will definitely be relevant for start-up blogs.
5.Create a community
Reaching out to fellow bloggers within your industry is good for your credibility when writing your blogs. By connecting it allows you and other bloggers to link your work and theirs within a blog post. This gives your reader that you stay in the loop with current trends and opinions of others.
6.Provide an "About" page
In an about page you can tell your audience as much as you want about you and what your planning to do with your blog. This can establish you as a writer and help you connect to an audience on a more personal level.
Your blog is really well constructed. The way you built it, it makes people want to read and think “ok this person knows what they are talking about since they knew how to make this blog.”
Thank You. I wanted to make sure that everything looked credible 🙂
I love how this blog post is organized and so easy to read. It contained such relevant and important information about building credibility without it being overwhelming. Great job!
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I really enjoyed reading this blog, and felt like it was very insightful in what makes an effective blog post. This is definitely a blog that I will refer back to when creating future blog posts.