1. If you use the Category widget on your blog, change the name of the header to “Topics.” This dramatically changed the click through rate. It’s easy to do in WordPress 2.8. When adding that widget, just put the name you want in the form. Tim reports better responses with the title – Topics.
2. Sometimes an older post doesn’t have as much appeal as newer ones do. To fix this problem, you can display the dates on the bottom of your posts. To get this done, you need to change some coding on a file in your theme. You will have to look at the index.php file in the theme you have and find:
[php]<span class="time"><?php the_time(‘F j, Y’); ?></span>[/php]
You’ll need to comment that out by replacing that with:
[php]<!–<span class="time"><?php the_time(‘F j, Y’); ?></span>–>[/php]
Then you need to find this:
[php]<div class="date">
<div class="dateleft">
<p><span class="time"><?php the_time(‘F j, Y’); ?></span>
</div>
</div></blockquote>[/php]
and cut that (that means copy it and delete it) and paste it after:
[php]<?php the_content(__(‘Read more’));?><div style="clear:both;"></div>[/php]
Save that file and upload it to see the changes. If doing that scares you, ask someone to do it for you. 🙂
3. List the total read time for your reader. 250 words = about one minute. This helps prepare your reader for what you have written.
4. Write about what makes you angry without being negative about anyone in particular.
5. Write your post and then do SEO research after. Then make your keyword insertions or changes.
6. StumbleUpon is one of the cheapest sources of traffic there is. One post that ranks well can bring 40,000 to 50,000 page views.
7. Flickr has a section of photographs that you can blog about by going to the advanced search and then choosing Creative Commons, then most interesting. You can actually blog about a photo right from Flickr.
These are just some suggestions to make your blog better. Tim Ferriss has some great blogging tips!
