Tips for boosting your Technorati ranking — What the Blog Squad taught me
Over the past few month, I have been on a serious journey to boost my blog’s technorati rankings. I was a woman on a mission with a secret dream of being an A-list blogger. And to get the real scoop on how to boost my blog rankings, I consulted with The Blog Squad - Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff. They gave me some awesome advice that took my Technorati ranking from 134,000 to 46,629.
Denise and Patsi are real gurus when it comes to setting up a blog, making sure it has all the key elements, and promoting your blog. You can find out more about their blog consulting here. If you are serious about blogging, you need to talk to them. They’ll help you do it right.
Here’s what I learned that really worked to kick up my blog rankings.
1) Relevance. My blog is for mom entrepreneurs and direct sellers. I was mixing a lot of author/speaker/expert posts in there. The key to good blogging is to always remember your audience and stay on track. So I try now everyday when I blog to get a mental picture of a mom entreprenuer. I ask myself, “how can I help her today”. And that’s what I blog about. My writing is WAY more on target for my audience and now I am getting a log more comments too.
2) Vulnerability. I learned that you don’t always have to be the expert with the answers. And in fact, I learned that your audience likes to know that you are human and sometimes screw up. I have noticed when I share what is going wrong along with what is going right, my audience is connecting and relating more with me.
3) Let others be the “star” . I am trying to honor and recognize cool individuals, tools, and ideas that are making a difference. And by doing that, I am connecting more with other bloggers and making friends. Not only is it fun, but now we are sharing links, cross promoting each other. It’s a link love fest. And by making friends and noticing other bloggers, it’s getting exposure for my blog to other audiences.
4) Blog daily. The more often you talk with your audience, the closer the relationship.
5) Spend more time reading and commenting on other people’s blogs. Not only will you learn a lot, but you can make new friends. It’s not who you know, but who knows you.
This stuff sounds really simple, but it’s made a profound difference for me.
Happy blogging!
Technorati Tags: boost my blog rankings, Technorati, Relevance, Vulnerability, commenting on other people’s blogs
Posted on March 3rd, 2007 at 10:20 am. About 'Tips for boosting your Technorati ranking — What the Blog Squad taught me'.
Thanks Kristie for sharing your wisdom with readers! I always get a good feeling when I read your blog, and I’m not even a Mom! You are an excellent example of what good blogging is all about.
Posted on March 3rd, 2007 at 2:35 pm. About 'Tips for boosting your Technorati ranking — What the Blog Squad taught me'.
Kristie those are awesome blogging tips! Thanks so much for sharing and I’ll be using some of those tips on my blog, especially highlighting other moms -that’s a great idea :). I’ve been trying to think of ways to add more value to my site and my blog so you’ve given me some great ideas, thanks again!
Angela
Posted on March 6th, 2007 at 9:39 pm. About 'Tips for boosting your Technorati ranking — What the Blog Squad taught me'.
This was so helpful, oh my gosh, what great advice! I can say that my ranking will go as high as quickly as yours did but this gives me some things to work on and I am so thankful that you posted it!