{"id":249,"date":"2011-09-21T08:35:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T08:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2014-08-18T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T14:46:18","slug":"five-ways-to-freshen-up-your-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/five-ways-to-freshen-up-your-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Ways to Freshen up Your Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Follow-Me.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5513\" src=\"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/10219035_s-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh Fruit\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/10219035_s-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/10219035_s.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Any blogger knows how it feels when they hit a bit of a wall. You\u2019ve built up a steady list of followers and have been regaling them with interesting, insightful blog posts for a good while. But like other bloggers before you, there soon comes a day when you feel fresh out of ideas. This is crunch time \u2013 after all, it doesn\u2019t take long to lose your loyal audience if they feel like you\u2019re no longer trying. \u00a0So here are five things you can do to improve your blog and start getting some serious love from your readers once more!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start Stalking Your Readers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you spend all your time on your own blog, have you thought about how that\u2019s narrowing your vision a bit? \u00a0Try following your followers and finding out what makes them tick. See what they\u2019re blogging about, who else they\u2019re following and just generally taking the time to get to know them better.<\/p>\n<p>Making your way through the world of other people\u2019s blogs is a rich way to spend your time. You won\u2019t believe how much inspiration it can provide and you\u2019ll soon find yourself bursting with relevant, fresh new ideas for your own blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Give Yourself a Makeover<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re prowling around some other blogs, see what they\u2019re doing to make themselves look all sexy \u2013 and pick up some tips. \u00a0If you\u2019re using decent blogging software (or even designing your own blog) it shouldn\u2019t be too hard to make some tweaks and step up your design. \u00a0And while you\u2019re at it, do a little bit of poking around to see what type of font and which sizes your peers are using. \u00a0It\u2019s crucial that your blog is as readable as possible so make sure you\u2019re not committing some typography sins!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speed Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are speed tests you can perform to see how long your blog takes to load. \u00a0A lot of people are put off by slow-loading sites so you need to make sure you aren\u2019t displaying something that\u2019s slowing you down. \u00a0If you must use files, consider hosting them elsewhere (there are plenty of facilities offering this if you do a quick search \u2013 Amazon Cloudfront is just one) to save yourself some space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search Engine Optimisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re blogging, chances are you already have a good understand of SEO. \u00a0There are plenty of SEO tricks that you can apply to make your site more search engine friendly. \u00a0For example, you might be the king of clever wordplay, but your post titles won\u2019t mean squat to search engines unless they highlight exactly what you\u2019re talking about. \u00a0Certain blog softwares come with SEO help available, so make the most of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Market Yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to spend a fortune on marketing to see a return. \u00a0If you have Facebook or Twitter accounts, start bigging up your blog and garnering some more support. \u00a0More traffic is something you should continue to strive for and social networking is one of the best ways to drive up your traffic quickly and effectively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><html><br \/>\n\t<head><br \/>\n\t\t<title><\/title><br \/>\n\t<\/head><br \/>\n\t<body><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pingler.com\/account\/register\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pingler.com\/affiliates\/banners\/Pingler-468x60-01A.gif\" style=\"width: 468px; height: 60px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any blogger knows how it feels when they hit a bit of a wall. 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