The art of Blogging!

[Ankesh]

Thanks Krystal for asking.

1. Give a really good catchy name to your blog.
2. Write good short posts.
3. Frequency matters. Make atleast 3-4 posts a week.
4. Link to other bloggers.
5. Ask other bloggers with complementary blogs to link to you.
6. Ask other bloggers to write a guest post for your blog. Or interview them for your blog.
7. Organize a blog tour.
8. As Jason said - be controversial.
9. Collect peoples email addresses and email them from time to time - asking them to comment on one of the blog posts.

I could go on and on...

Action Summary:

4 things to focus on:
1. Name
2. Design
3. Writing
4. Linking

(I'm working on a new web application that will help bloggers get more traffic. It may sound like hype but the bloggers won't have to do a thing once the web app is set up. Increase in traffic will be automatic. It should be ready for beta testing by April 20th (fingers crossed). Let me know if you are interested and I can give you a sneak peak. Or can keep an eye out for www.blogclout.com - thats where the web app will come up.)