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10 Reasons Why Your Blog Maybe Hiding Behind The Scenes & Not Getting Any Traffic

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Toshiba Burton is a Social Media Coach and Consultant who is always sharing tips, strategies and resources on how to grow your business and improve your lifestyle through Social Media. I normally write at http://toshibaonline.info

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February 13, 2012 By 60 Comments

Let’s Discuss 10 Reasons On Why Your Blog Maybe Hiding Behind The Scenes & Not Getting Any Traffic…

1) The Content On “Your Blog Is Not Genuine”: Who in the world wants to waste time going to a blog that’s all thrown together? No one does especially if you are looking to gain trust & loyalty from your readers, so if you want to get your point across & keep your audience interested in what you have to say then grab pen & paper, start researching your topic & keywords then get to writing!

2) You’re Not Really “Grabbing Your Readers Attention“: Have you ever came across an interesting blog post heading, clicked on it, read paragraph after paragraph only to be left clueless?
Along with keeping your content original you need to break long paragraphs up into # lists like these:

5 Tips On…

How To Videos…

3 Techniques…

7 Strategies…

10 Ways Of…

6 Steps On…

Believe me this works out better for your audience, adding clickable links to other related blog posts usually works well to.

3) Your Layout Is In A “Ball Of Confusion”: This is another reason why your blog maybe hiding behind the scenes you need to make sure you have a category section & a tag cloud this makes it easier for your readers to click on topics & keywords they are interested in & if you have any ads on your site they need to be separated & not standing on top of each other.

Your background needs to be mellow & not to bright, the text should also be big enough to read but small enough to fit enough text in.

4) Your Blog Is In The Dark: It really amazes me how people set their blog up, add a few pieces of content & then become disappointed when they aren’t making any money online…seriously!

Once you get your blog up & going then it’s time to find out where your target market is hanging out at so that you can start networking & answering any questions they may have. This is a great to way to promote your blog otherwise nobody will ever know it exist.

5 More Reasons Why Your Blog Maybe Hiding Behind The Scenes…

5) Where In The Heck Are Your Pictures At: Now that we’ve talked about keeping your readers attention what do you think pictures are for? In fact 90% of people are visual learners so including eye catching pictures & videos are a great way of keeping your readers interest.

6) Poor Quality Content: You don’t have to be “Ms Eggerson the English teacher” to know how to use proper grammar but you do need to check over your content & use the spell check button.

7) Not Responding To Questions & Comments: If someone takes the time to leave a comment or ask you a question make sure you respond back to them. Also go to their blog & leave a comment as I have mentioned before this is a great way to start building trust & relationships.

8) Always Trying To Pitch A Sale: Your blog should be associated with your business but you don’t want to come off as an aggressive salesperson “begging people” to purchase your products, this is one of the quickest ways to run your audience off & is another good reason on why your blog maybe hiding behind the scenes.

(2) More Reasons On Why Your Blog Maybe Hiding Behind The Scenes…

9) Not Keeping Up With Your Blog Maintenance: Blog maintenance is similar to car maintenance you can’t just continue to drive a car without keeping it maintained & the same applies to your blog. You need update your theme from time to time, the layout & designs this keeps your site refreshed & updated.

10) Your Will & Desire Isn’t Strong Enough: Don’t you just love it when people get excited about the idea of being able to build their business online & earn extra income, then when the reality sets in that they actually have to do some “real work” they are ready to throw the towel in & quit. Do you realize that anything worth having takes hard work?

My Final Statement On Why Your Blog Maybe Hiding Behind The Scenes Is This…

If you are “serious about being successful” at this then you have to be willing to put in the research, hard work, long hours & consistency after you start building your brand the rest should will be a piece of cake for you.

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  1. John
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    February 13, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    These are the search engines that mostly decides which website or blog to show and which to hide. So Bloggers and Webmasters should make search engines happy by following their rules and policy.
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  2. Ashish
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    February 13, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    ya, 7. Strategies i guess i am missing in this step.
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  3. Abdul Waheed
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    February 13, 2012 at 8:21 pm

    Hey Toshiba,

    I really like your post as it does shed alot of light on what so many people neglect when it comes to getting their blogs and posts noticed.

    Love that picture you got too. lol

    Abdul
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  4. Dennis Marshall
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    February 13, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Hey i’m glad this is a tough business there would be way too many people trying to blog just to make money… Google Panda would have had to work overtime to get all that trash out of their search results.

    I love pictures in my posts.. I’ve spent so much time on finding the best picture.. It’s really a way to connect with the reader.

    One thing I’ll add is people don’t do enough marketing.. I had a guy tell me I had some great content but I was pushing it out too fast.. Not giving my posts enough time to mature…

    After I post a post, i now hit up forums and get involved in major discussions. It’s also a great practice to add yourself to facebook groups.. get involved and post your content..

    and you better have some social sharing buttons on your blog so visitors can share your content.. Great way to get visitors coming to your blog…
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  5. Charles Daniels
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    February 14, 2012 at 5:08 am

    Guilty. I’m so guilty of most of these things. I really need to get on top of my blogs and put more time into generating the content and then making it visually appealing.

    This was a good kick in the rear post for me. Many thanks!

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  6. Ray says:
    February 14, 2012 at 8:35 am

    These are decent thoughts and something to think about. I do tend to click on a catchy title. Of course you need more than just a catchy title once you get someones attention and get them there. You don’t want to scare them away as fast as they got there. Overall I think these were good ideas.
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  7. Touhid
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    February 14, 2012 at 11:54 am

    I am a new blogger & always trying to increase my blog traffic & I found your tips helpful. thanks for this post…
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  8. Allie
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    February 14, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    I like that “Ball Of Confusion”, what a way to describe some blogs. But it is true, they can be. I think mine is right now. I’m in the process of cleaning it up.

    YOu know what I hate the most? The ones that seem like a one way conversation. The blogger writes a post, people comment and then nothing. No discussion. These bloggers need to get with the blog program.

    ~Allie
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  9. LouisC
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    February 14, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    The issue with a lot of bloggers including myself is it becomes very easy to procrastinate from adding fresh content.

    What people like me end up doing is realise we’ve not posted in a while then we bulk post over a period of 2 days then neglect again when in reality blogging is about fresh content at regular intervals which, in theory is a lot easier.

    I’d also like to add, a big turnoff for me is a blog with no logo, i.e just text as it tells met the author doesn’t care and it could be one of many (potential autoblog) sites they have whereas a site even with a mediocre attempt at a logo (like mine!) show’s some effort has been made and that it’s likely to be written by a human!
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  10. Hannah Hamilton
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    February 14, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    Everything should work hand in hand. From the content, to the layout and design, to the marketing.. etc. But for me, what I am focusing now is the marketing, because you can have all the great content in the world, but if people don’t really know your blog exists, then it still isn’t gonna work for you. Appreciate also, your already avid readers because they help you market your blog too.
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  11. Michael Belk
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    February 14, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    Great info. With your ideas I can hopefully get more exposure. Thanks for the ideas.
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  12. Sanjay Nair says:
    February 14, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    Nice post! I myself have been guilty of more than one things mentioned up there. :( But now, I have started to work on my blog and I hope to reach where I always wanted to in a year from now.

    Once again, it was a wonderful read.

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  13. Troy Pesola
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    February 14, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    Nice list … I love Ball of Confusion. There’s always room for improvement. I’m still surprised to see sites with content everywhere, even flashing text – literally a ball of confusion.

    It takes effort to build solid content that people can learn to trust and want to share to build a buzz.

    Thanks.
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  14. Rob
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    February 14, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    My favorite new method is to utilize video on each post. If not an original video then I find one that is perfect for the post. With the right wp plugins you can still get that video indexed under your page by submitting a video sitemap. Be sure you are using video.
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  15. Gumbumper says:
    February 14, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    Thanks sooo much for this information.
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  16. Rizza Gamutan says:
    February 15, 2012 at 4:32 am

    Thank you for the information. But based on what I know, what you need is to make a move and get your article or blog noticed. Have it posted in prominent article sites. Suggest more keywords and provide good links. This will probably get your article noticed. Make the links have worthwhile products.

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  17. annelg
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    February 15, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    Lots of good ideas of why a blog may not be seen. There are others too. Sometimes even when you have good content if you don’t know the technical side of things, you can get a bit lost. SEO, keywords and other technical elements like these are equally important to getting a blog seen online.
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  18. Sara says:
    February 16, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    Very good article Toshiba! I found it very interesting, and informative. I will certainly try some of your suggestions myself. The part about breaking the long paragraphs by adding clickable links was very smart and helpful. Thank you! I also noticed that in your article you repeat the basic topic, as a headline or subcategory, three times in the article.. Is that some kind of trick too?

    Thanks for sharing!
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  19. Ruchika
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    February 16, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    I did a lot of experiments on my blog but at last i used social networking to bring traffic. My blog having 1000+ visitors daily. I will do such tricks.
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  20. Pat Tate
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    February 16, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    Great ideas Toshiba. I have been trying to concentrate on getting backlinks to my blog. In this process I am learning how other Bloggers use images with great effect on their sites. I am going on an image search immediately.
    I also like your idea of breaking up the material with tips and lists.
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  21. Jennifer Rai says:
    February 17, 2012 at 3:59 am

    Thank you for sharing these amazing tips. Obviously succcess of a blog does lie in a lot of hard work and dedication. I especially agree with you on adding content and making your blog and educative canvas rather than a classified ad site where you are aggresively trying to sell something. All advice mentioned above, if followed thoroughly, can produce a jackpot blog.

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  22. Toshiba Burton
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    February 17, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    Hi Jennifer a blog can be similar to an online college classes, you are there to inform, educate, teach & answer any questions your students may have. Glad you enjoyed my article have an awesome day!
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  23. Tania Shipman
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    February 17, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    Hi Toshiba

    I was aware of most of your 10 reasons but I really learnt a lot from the way you set out your post. As I was reading I saw how you caught and kept my attention with your headings, pictures and content.

    Thanks for reminding me what to do and teaching me a few new ideas.
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  24. Corine Miller
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    February 18, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    Great Post. Very informative. This information should save many brand new internet marketers from making the common mistake of believing all the mis leading get rich quick schemes that are being advertised all over the internet. It is refreshing to read honest internet marketing information instead of all the false promises that so many blog posters write. Have A Wonderful Day Corine Miller
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  25. Adam
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    February 19, 2012 at 9:15 am

    I just wanted to mention that the biggest turn off for me, is a blog that is full to over flowing with ads, by all means put some ads on your blog, but keep it in moderation. You may have the best content in the world but if you turn someone off straight away due to ads getting in the way of the content, then you are going to turn off your visitor and end up with nothing.
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  26. Linda Campbell
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    February 20, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    Excellent tips and all so true…

    I find that sometimes it is exceptionally hard to keep in mind everything one needs in order to succeed with blog. People talk about “writers block” – I find SEO block is a more prevalent when creating content
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  27. Vineet Saxena
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    February 20, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    One more reason of not getting any traffic can be your domain age. Generally, new domains are not given much preference in the search results by the search engines. As your blog grows older, it gets more attention by the search engines.
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  28. Tosh Vorn says:
    February 21, 2012 at 2:18 am

    Thanks for these! I recently started blogging and have found that you should always update your content. Fresh content is king!
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  29. Ahmad Wali
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    February 21, 2012 at 8:51 am

    Just read Vineet comment! Domain age is not important all the matter is what you share on your blog. Image a 15 year old domain blog with few blog posts.

    In my opinion, research is everything when you write after researching on a topic it pays you well. Even if you do little bit of smart research it will pay you off. Nice post Toshiba I agree with your as I see more and more people using Top five, top 10, How to, but all of these having copied ideas.
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  30. Arnab
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    February 21, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Excellent Post Toshiba! Something I was looking for a long time, I strongly felt that I was going wrong somewhere and that is why I wasn’t getting the expected traffic to my blog.I have already fixed quite a number of things as mentioned here and will be working hard on some of the points you mentioned.
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  31. Cheolsu says:
    February 22, 2012 at 11:11 am

    Having Genuine content helps in better Google rankings. One must know what he is talking about. Having picture not only increases users attention, but also help in SEO by adding ALT tags. One must also write content for the visitors and not for search engines and must nor overdo the keywords.
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  32. elena_anne
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    February 24, 2012 at 7:47 pm

    If visitors of our blog, see that all we care about is to sell,they won’t feel that the content we have is reliable enough.We must show them that we have on mind to inform them, with correct and good material.
    I agree so much with point #7! A blogger who does not respond to comments and questions seem that doesn’t care for his visitors and has only in mind to make them click on the affiliate link!
    Nice article Toshiba, thank you!
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  33. Mario says:
    May 5, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    Toshiba, I definitely agree with you on this! Secondly, when you say that 90% of the visitors are visual learners, you’re wrong! It’s 92% :D Jokes apart. A blog with featured images for each article, categories, and good promotional steps will definitely rise up one day!
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