What Bloggers Really Think When They Read Your Content!

No... I Loved it! Honest!

Because you have made the commitment to blog, and write new content on a continuous basis, there comes with it a massive sense of responsibility…to your readers.

Many/most of your blog traffic will be bloggers who read other blogs in your niche/category or write in your niche/category.

As your traffic grows, so does the number of people evaluating your writing ability too. Your blog is available every minute of the day for anyone’s consumption. While there are ways to work around many challenges in life, blogging does not have that type of luxury. It takes a constant, concerted level of energy to produce great copy. Creativity and independent thought is a rare commodity in the blogging world, and if you are not adding value, you are simply taking up space. And this is a tough crowd!!

Wouldn’t it be great to have a little deeper insight as to how they really feel about your blog and your copywriting though?

Blogging

Blogging is very competitive, due to the low barrier of entry, and general ease of operation. Because of this, the “bar” has been elevated when it comes to content quality. Not all bloggers are driven to generate online income, become a trusted agent/influencer in their field, and encounter some level of notoriety. Nope, some are quite content to maintain their blogs in anonymity, typically with little-to-no social media marketing and no methods of monetization. I would acknowledge that would not be the type of demographic who mist likely would tune into a site like Source Blogger!

Bu

t, on the end of the spectrum, there are a countless number of bloggers who are very inspired and very dynamic in wanting to reach out and take the biggest bite they can out of the blogosphere.

If you’ve spent any time looking at your blog’s analytics (stats), the ability to guess when and where your traffic is coming from is impossible to predict. But, over time, from your comments section, you can slowly start to put together who is who and their level of ability. If I’m a blogger, I want the most intelligent and influential bloggers interacting with my blog.

When I created Source Blogger it was with the intent that I could attract someone to the site whether they owned a blog or not. It’s true. If you have read more than 3 or 4 of the articles here, you know no one else touches on the subjects in the same way that is done here. No, blogging about blogging is not a new concept, by any stretch of the imagination, but if I didn’t really feel like I was doing something special to engage, inspire, and capture the hearts and minds of bloggers, I never would have even tried.

You have to feel the same way about your blog. Otherwise, what is the point of promoting it? Think about that.

Blogger’s Etiquette

While many bloggers speak of reader rants and questionable behavior, I rarely have ever seen this on blogs. I see the normal pleasantries of jumping over to your site, scanning the new article in question followed by the obligatory comment.

Sure, thank you for the comment. And thank you for being supportive. But, wait a minute, all your comments are relatively the same. Every single time. On every single blog. H

ow can this be? Is everything you read similar in nature?

Of course it isn’t. And this does little to help bloggers. There was no critique, advice, opposing point of view, and often, very little value to the rest of the blog’s community.

Why Bloggers Leave Comments

It is normal quite possible to see a blogger write long, impassioned, informative posts only to leave a lot desired in the comments department. Because of this, I’m sure millions of bloggers have tossed valid comments from peers, friends, and colleagues right into the Akismet trash can! (Akismet is our comment spam filter on WordPress, Blogger users.)

Leaving comments is a crucial part of a blogger’s back linking strategy…true. And bloggers want the exposure…OK. And bloggers (although not admittedly) would like some type of reciprocation…right.

And I do want to reciprocate. But, I may have to wait until the right moment for you to have a suitable post for me to do so. Why? Because I value you, your blog, and your community enough that I won’t “force” a comment without really feeling I made a difference. Can you appreciate that? Honestly? Would you do the same for others? Or do you just feel compelled to stay on a schedule?

What Bloggers Really Think When They Read Your Content!

What do reader's think?

Your goal is to “reach” me (the reader): Invoke an emotion, take me somewhere new, inject an idea, anger me, sadden me, humble me, advise me, criticize me…etc…whatever it takes! But, this is the experience readers (like myself) are looking for.

It only takes a new reader a few short seconds to determine if they will ever return. But, there’s more to it than that due to the competitive nature of blogging.

Bloggers will assess whether you have “it”. Do you know what “it” is? “It” is the ability to write effectively online for a large audience on a recurring basis over hundreds of posts. Will your 500th. article be better than your 100th.?

Basically, are you a threat? The obvious threat would be that blogger’s blog, but it goes deeper than that. The threat is more personal in nature. “Are you a better blogger than me?”

Bloggers are very insecure in nature. And hate facing our limitations. We need constant support and admiration. Just not the feeble, half-hearted attempts from well-meaning commentators, but honest-to-goodness feedback. It’s hard to win when you don’t know the score…isn’t it?

I don’t think we as bloggers will ever get the answers we seek about the quality of our blog. One method I often use it to gauge how often my content is coming up in other blogs, in regards to inbound links and reviews.

What do you use?