What’s Behind a Unique Blog?
The blogosphere is big. No, wait. Actually, is HUGE and keeps on getting bigger every day with thousands of new blogs being launched. In such a competitive environment, the chances of “making it big” with your blog are drastically reduced, unless you play your cards right. Unless you publish a unique blog, it will disappear like dust in the wind.
But what’s behind a unique blog? Does your blog have what it takes to be considered unique? Let’s find out!
Unique is a collaborative term
It’s not just about the topic you choose for your blog. With 133 million blog records indexed by Technorati since 2002, I’m yet to be convinced that there is a topic of real interest that hasn’t been approached. I’m not saying not to look for something new. I’m just saying that there are also other things that make your blog one of a kind. Among them, these are the ones that matter most:
- Choose a domain name with a twist! Make it short memorable.
- Get a custom design. If you cannot afford one, at least get a premium theme or a free theme that offers enough customization options.
- Write you own content. Don’t copy. Don’t rewrite.
- Find your own voice. Develop your own writing style, with your own twist. Some choose a certain amount of humor while other prefer a more professional, balanced approach.
- Explore your topics. Go beyond the surface information. Analyze, share views and opinions and guide your readers. Add that extra-feeling of personal experience.
- Brand yourself. Find your spot and personality in the blogosphere. Be the “thinker”, “helper”, “announcer”, be whatever fits you, just pick a role and stick with it.
All of the above are meant to make you easier to identify in a mass of amazingly similar blogs and bloggers. If you want to survive as a blogger, you need to find a way to take your blog out of the crowd. You need that unique blog!
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With all the tips you have given i am sure that the blog will be very successful. Only thing you need is patience and then wait and watch the results.
Every blog is unique, in my opinion. Not every blog stands out, which sometimes we associate with success.
Some don’t even want their blogs to be successful (aka well-known), but merely a way to keep track of actions or to share thoughts with your friends. Sometimes, these blogs become famous, even if the initial purpose wasn’t the traffic.
What you call “surviving” as a blogger can have a lot of different meanings.
Paul, you are 90% right.
90% because you are right about success having different meanings. Even for me, between different projects, it varies between, simple pleasure of expression to awareness or income.
Either way, uniqueness is “required”. I doubt that someone looking to accomplish himself as a writer will feel real joy when managing to be a copy-cat, for example.
So what about the 10%? Well, I don’t think that every blog is unique. There are bloggers that cannot find they own path and remain in the shadow of their role models. It’s an unfortunate fact, but real enough. Evolution doesn’t work the same for everyone. And at least, not with enough passion and will.
Anyway, all in all, yours it’s a good observation.
I’m finding less of uniqueness and more of “how do I stand out in the crowd?” For the market in which I write there doesn’t seem to be anyone like me but the closely related crowd is huge – and that’s where the readers go. My question to you is, how does one get the circulation for a more information-related blog with less gimics and giveaways?
Sound advice! Very helpful and useful. Thanks for this one.
i agree, i believe that the a Blog can become popular when its becomes different
Great advice here. I’m glad I found this blog. I just stumbled it so hopefully it helps you get some more hits on this!
With lots of blogs popping up nowadays, you need not only to be a good technical writer but also be creative and innovative than the rest. You can do this by updating your blog with stuff that you know readers will be interested in, and make some twists with your blog such as including polls, surveys and contests.
Every blog is unique, in my opinion. Not every blog stands out, which sometimes we associate with success