Boost Traffic By Sharing Discoveries
This actually kind of relates to what we talked about on Friday, but it’s really more of an amplification than a repeat.
One of the great things about blogging is that you can use it to rapidly pass on your discoveries to others. When you spotted that great article over on Wired about tomorrow’s military machine or that thing that Siemens is doing with nanotechnology, you couldn’t wait to write up a bit of your own with your own spin and pass it on, right?
And that’s what blogging’s for. But the problem is, a whole lot of other people feel the same way about that discovery, so the next thing you know EVERYONE’S all over it. So what you need are newer discoveries. You need ACTUAL discoveries.
The best place to get those is to observe. If you write about something YOU OBSERVE, chances are that not a whole lot of other people are going to make those same observations. Oh, sure, you’ll have a few competitors, a few other people who caught on to the same thing you did, or at least close to it. But the key takeaway is that you’re going to be in a MUCH smaller crowd than the people who rewrote Wired’s new discovery.
And it’s easy to get a big piece of a pie no one’s going after.
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#1 by jeggigns on January 3, 2010 - 9:50 pm
I agree that blog is the best place to share with your private discoveries. And I would even say more: blog should be this place, because there are many blogs made only for money, not for sharing anything with people. Some bloggers find that attractive way of earning cash, but for me blogging was always about sharing thoughts.
#2 by Gomez the windshield on January 5, 2010 - 1:44 am
It's true. I have a friend who takes pictures for his blog, and the one he gets the most private comments on is of a hand-written sign on a store that closed; one that really captured the feelings of job loss in America. He actually created a little content with that picture that resonated with people.
He never got any comments on his blog, but plenty of people e-mailed.
#3 by Metal Briefcase on January 5, 2010 - 7:46 am
I agree that concentrating on popular news is not a good idea. When so many people are talking about the same thing, it is easy to get lost in the crowd. If you are competing with thousands of websites all talking about the same topic, chances are you won't generate much traffic with that topic.
Plus when you reveal something new to your audience, they appreciate it and are much more willing to come back for more.
#4 by Bidet on January 5, 2010 - 9:06 am
Its always good to share what you discovered if you are one of the first ones to tell the news, you will get a lot of traffic
#5 by used tires on January 5, 2010 - 10:12 am
That's something I always struggled with when I tried to develop my own name blog like the other big time internet marketers do, I guess I just never perceived myself as being different and offering something more unique than others are doing which is why I eventually just gave up on doing my own name website.
Till then,
Jean
#6 by Consolidation School on January 7, 2010 - 1:28 am
This post underlines an important basic truth, that to get / boost traffic what you really need is good, original content! And nowadays is really difficult to provide and share valuable information online…
#7 by sohbet on January 7, 2010 - 7:40 am
I agree that blog is the best place to share with your private discoveries.
#8 by Ex Girlfriend on January 7, 2010 - 6:35 pm
I never seem to be the one to find the "discoveries". It is hard to do that, but if it is possible, then it is a great way to get link baits.
#9 by Essays on January 7, 2010 - 10:20 pm
Sharing knowledge will make you more efficient. If you share your point, people will come up with questions and it brings a discussion activity. In this way, you will learn more by yourself.
#10 by wood beads on January 8, 2010 - 1:16 am
It's always a good thing to share and hear something new each day, I can't say thats what blogging is but it's a part of it. There are many purposes of a blog the most important is the information, the content.
#11 by Car Transporters | I on January 13, 2010 - 8:00 am
That's what blogging is suppose to be about, sharing thoughts and new ideas.
#12 by Indiasafaries on January 14, 2010 - 3:17 am
This is not so easy to discover or produce any things universal or unique which is not preexist in the world
But this notion is full of potential thanks.
#13 by Kevins Promotional P on January 14, 2010 - 10:04 am
i can definitely see myself implementing this as well. and how simple… just write about what you are observing….. in my area i see a lot of interesting things that i could definitely write about. i think i need to branch away from what ive been doing and change things up some more.