Woohoo! I have succesfully created and personalized a blog. What next?

I run a blog myself, I’m 17. http://www.notorange.co.uk

I find that the most popular posts are those that are tutorials, teaching people how to do things. Although I often post shorter articles on my opinions .etc, these are less popular.

Choose your topics, and then stick to them unless you have a really compelling reason to change. For example, I mostly cover website design and the Mac, although I express interest in graphics design and advertising

The reasoning behind sticking to your original topics is that you will have likely drawn in subscribers as a result of a post you will have previously made, and often the only reason to stick around is to see more of the same.

Oh, and be patient!

Focus on a specific subject, have a target audience and write for them. People will know how to find you.

I agree with vincent that it’s a better idea to write for a specific demographics. Start blogging about something you think you know alot about. If you feel like you have written something good, submit it to social-news websites like digg,reddit,etc. to broaden your blog audience

ps. i have a tumble-log (http://www.ziked.com) but it does not focus on any one specific topic. Instead it contains a mind-dump of things i find or would like to say.

@richard: how are you 17 and in college?

mirza, I’m 18 and in secondary school :) (Or perhaps I’ve misunderstoof the meaning of college?)

I think he asked Richard…

Thanks for the suggestions, but is it also possible to blog about mutiple subjects? Sometimes I just start to write, and then it goes about everything! :-)

Davey.

Klaas, you can blog about multiple subjects, but it won’t be good for its popularity. You could e.g. start different blogs on different subjects :)

(Also, you could be the subject yourself, but then your target audience is “people that know you”)

mirza: the education system in the UK means that college begins at 17, closes at 18, and then we begin three years of University study. I think we just title the various stages differently to the US.