Beginner Blogging Tips: The Theory of Popularity

Written by: Samir

August 27th, 2011 7:00 am - 10 Comments

The Theory of Popularity: Why -> How -> What

The same theory has been implemented by hugely popular companies like Apple Inc. which deliver one unique and successful product after another, always managing to stay ahead of the competition. Is that the mantra for success everywhere? Well it is, at least in the world of Blogging. Let’s see how.

3 Steps Blogging Success Beginner Blogging Tips: The Theory of Popularity

As has been said and written over and over by gurus and analysts over the centuries, to create something popular you have to fill a void.

Find something which people desperately need.
Figure out how you can solve the issue at hand.
Then deliver the product at the right time before others come to their senses.

So, how should you go about this principle in blogging?

Step 1: Why do you want to blog? What is your motivation? Is it to solve problems faced by others, share funny anecdotes, publish your amateur videos or share your mystery stories? Decide why you want to start blogging. If there is no justifiable reason, you will just waste time, money and energy on a useless activity. Hundreds of millions of sites and blogs are launched each year, but only a handful of them gain popularity. So, find your motivation before even thinking about blogging! If you feel you should wait a while to gain expertise in a particular field, there’s no hurry.
Step 2: Decide a pathway for going from the problem to the solution and making the target audience understand how exactly to apply the solution. Whether it is your entire blog, or an individual post, it is very important that the information you provide can be very easily used by the readers. Ground-breaking technologies handed to illiterate people will remain useless. You might need to dumb down the language, especially the technical jargon, so that non-experts can solve their problems just by reading your blog posts!
Step 3: Find a niche/topic which is still a major issue for thousands of people, and which doesn’t already have too many well-known blogs. This can be done using search engine data, such as breakouts in search volume using Google Insights for Search. Make sure to avoid the most popular and generic terms like “Facebook”, ” US Economic Slowdown” and others which most likely have thousands of blogs serving the same stale content. Instead focus on relatively new things like “Google Plus”, “European Debt Crisis” etc. where you can make a major impact. Even if your blog is about a variety of topics, choose these buzzing and trending keywords for writing popular posts. Only when you write unique and deep stuff will your posts become viral!

This was my analysis, opinion and verdict based on 3 years of blogging experience. What do you think?

Digg Digg

No related posts.

Article Written by Samir (88 Articles Published)

Samir is a Technology Blogger with over 3 years of blogging experience in the areas of Computer Software, Web Browsing Tips, Windows 7, Blogging and Freelance Writing Tips in addition to occasional poetry and philosophical prose. You can connect with him on Facebook : @facebook.com/samirsm

Follow Samir on Twitter @dragonbloggers

Pam@How to Get Out of Debt

Hi Samir,
Your avatar caught my eye and so I went to your photography blog. I would have commented on that site but it doesn't appear to have a comments area. I love your style of taking photos. I am also an amateur photographer that doesn't like to take standard photo's. My love is flowers. I could take photo's of flowers and trees all day long. I use a cannon 7D with a 28/135 lens.
Someone once told me that Ansel Adams was asked what is the best camera to use and he replied the one that you have with you. That the only bad picture taken is the one not taken.
You may have just inspired me to create my own photography blog. Thanks

share flag

spam
offensive
disagree
off topic

Samir Majhi 7 pts moderator

Hi Pam! Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner.

Thanks for the kind words. I've taken a lot more pictures since then, and you can check them out at : https://picasaweb.google.com/iitkgp.samirsm/IndihowPhotography02?authuser=0&feat=flashalbum

Damon@Debt Resolution

Hey Samir,
Makes sense.
I have actually been contemplating starting a blogging/seo/marketing blog because I have been very much into that over the past few years.

There are of course already a ton of blogs, and some very very good ones in this niche, but it wouldn't be so much for me to try and make a ton of money. I have my financial consulting site that does that. This would just be more because I really enjoy it and enjoy interacting with other bloggers in the niche and feel I have a unique perspective to offer.

Hey Justin, I noticed you made a lot of your comment links no follow. Was this a specific response to something? I am just curious if maybe it had to do with Panda, or something else that you learned.

Samir

Hi Damon!

Very often I refer to my own blog posts for troubleshooting PC related problems. The main reason I started blogging was to help people who faced problems like mine, such as software issues, finding good/reliable sources of information about Technology, Blogging and Earning Money Online. While I did earn something through those blogs, the learning experience was of far greater value.
Just like you said, now I am confident of being able to create blogs that make money for me without charging the end user.

About the nofollow links, while Justin would be able to elaborate better, it was meant to give more PR juice to internal pages as well as more consistent members of the dragonblogger.com community. You see the links become dofollow once you have crossed the 10 comments mark.

Ya that makes sense, I did notice that some people that had quite a bit of comments where do follow.

I totally agree with that concept. Rewarding contributors and discouraging drive by commenting. I have my blog set to require at least 3 approved comments before the link will become do follow.

I had a feeling it had something to do with the PR downgrade. I will be curious to see the next update and if it seemed to make a noticeable difference, of course that might be almost impossible to tell if you are building backlinks at the same time.

Very interesting stuff.

Veronica Cervera@miami beach condos

It's definitely an advice worth reading. We should be dedicated to it, being genuine about hearing out people helps too. There are a lot of methods on how to increase popularity but it will start with us, if we really want to.

Nishadha@Make Money Blogging

I think you need to stay motivated but you also need to have the self belief to get through the initial stages. This is where most new bloggers struggle. When they don't see the the traffic and money they give up too quickly.

Sally Brown

I like this too. I am a new blogger, but am now on my 2nd year of blogging.

I may not be the most popular in my niche, but I totally enjoy what I'm doing and am growing in popularity all the time. To me, if I say something that only one person gets and it helps them, then I have succeeded with that post.