Building a Blog Audience one Person at a Time

There's a great post over on Finding the Money today which offers a "1-step plan guaranteed to get readers for your blog." If you're experimenting with linkbuilding or traffic building techniques you've probably read through an amazingly long list of "sure-fire" ways to generate links and traffic.

The problem, at least from my experience, is that there are so many people out there doing the same thing that it's hard to actually gain any ground with some of the time-tested techniques. This is where John's suggestion comes in.

In a lot of ways blogging is like public speaking. Engaging a crowd is always better than talking at one. As John points out, creating a dialogue is an incredibly powerful tool for getting a reader or a listener engaged in your content. When giving a speech, or writing a blog post, you want your reader to be following you - you want them thinking critically about your thoughts and hopefully entering into a dialogue about what they find interesting.

This is where John's post really hits the mark for me. Creating a real one on one conversation is paramount to acquiring a reader. For more ideas on starting a true dialogue and really building an audience one person at a time be sure to check out the excellent post over on Finding the Money.