Hey Bloggers!! Is Your Blog On The Right Track?

Today�s post will be on self-examination.

A foolish being will continue to do things and not take evaluation of what he�s gotten himself or herself to or what he or she has achieved. 

When you get yourself in some kind of business, it is wise to make sure you stay back and ask yourself some questions like; what have I achieved from this business I have got myself to, have i made profits or have I loss, should I continue in the business or quit it and find some other business to do.

How to Know You Are Off the Track

I am a fan of Progress and I�m sure you do.

As a blogger why will I continue blogging, without a result? Imagine you are blogging for years and you still can�t figure out how to sky rock your blog. Let us see some pointers that will really show us we or you are off the track.

You are off the track when�.

Your Email List is Not Growing

Building an Email list is not only the best way to get traffic but a good record of people following your blog and people learning from your blog.

If you are blogging for years and still don�t have a record of people you send mail to or notify that you have a new blog post, then you are not doing it the right way.

Your Traffic Remains Stagnant

Another factor to check to know you are on the right track is your traffic.

I�m sure you know how important traffic is to your blog. Traffic show you how many people are viewing your blog.

If no one is viewing your blog or you have a low view on your blog, then you have to check again and analyse, how am I sharing my post and who am I sharing them to.

Not Making Money

I will like to pose this to bloggers over one year, although a less than one year blogger is already making, but for some people who are trying to figure out some stuffs like having problem in getting a Paypal, countries like Nigeria, Ghana and other countries, I will not Judge you

But remember that will not only be for sometimes, you must get that done. Check out how to get a Paypal Account.

So, if you are more than a year in blogging, I guess you have a PayPal account and you should be making money.

Money is not the reason why you blog, but it is the reward for doing a great work on your blog and if you are not making money despite the fact that you have gained experience, then you are probably on the wrong track.

You Continue to Fall in Mistakes 

Mistakes make you stronger and make you succeed at the end, but when a challenge overwhelms you over and over again, and then you need to call yourself to attention and make it right.

No Comment is Rolling In

As traffic is a way of checking who is viewing your blog, so also is comment a way of checking engagement with your blog.

If you lack engagement on your blog then you should check out to see what the problem is. Is it your design; is it your content, your comment plugin or what?

Over my period of blogging, I have always encouraged engagement even over traffic, or what is the essence of the views without their participation. 

How to Get Back on the Right Track

I have always learned giving solutions about problems and so I will be showing you some tips on how to get yourself back on the track on the listed areas above.

Email List: 

Email list is one thing bloggers crave for and they are several ways it can be done. 

People can decide to join willing just because you deliver great post while some will join because of what you want to give out, probably books, themes or whatever. 

One of the simplest way to grow your email list is to find a series of topic that is relatively related to each other, put them together, give it a name and offer it as an e-book.

Traffic:

In the aspect of traffic. There are several ways you can get yourself back on the right track and these ways are the general ways but how do you make it work for yourself? That is the question I will like to answer.

To get traffic to your blog is more than juts posting or sharing your blog post anywhere. It is about getting active on where you share them. 

If you share on social networks, forum, communities and groups, you have to be active. The essence of becoming active makes you recognized for quality information. 

You don�t have to spend the whole day on those platforms, just dedicate 30 � 45 minutes of your time and you are going to see a change. 

Money Making: 

In the aspect of making money also, there are several ways of making money through your blog. 

Note, you did not create that blog because you want to make money; you created it because you wanted a business of your passion and that business will definitely bring you money. 

As blogger, you can make money by reviewing sites, advertising, Google AdSense, Consultancy and several more. 

When your blog is not yielding you money, you may likely be discouraged and you are likely to shut down your blog, just because there is no money to renew your hosting plan, no money to access the internet and the likes.

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Mistakes: 

The question is how do you handle mistakes? You are a failure if you continue and continue to fall in the pits of mistakes. Mistakes or challenges are bound to come up but how do you treat them, when they re-occur.

So the first advice I will give is to have a mentor that will guide your blogging career and monitor every moves you try to make on your blog. 

Another advice to always read on likely problems you are going through at that particular time. 

Reading articles will guide and protect you from those pits and it is noticed that once you can correct a mistake yourself, then you can do it anytime once that challenge re-occur. 

Blog Comment:

Hmm, comment is very essential when you a blog is been setup. The first thing I challenged and solved on my blog was comments. 

I realize that traffic without comment is nothing. Who is seeing your traffic? Unless you show the audience. 

Comment is the only way your audience can know that you and your blog are really rocking in the blogosphere. 

One of the first ways to make sure comments are rolling in on your blog is by commenting on other blogs. The Principle is simple, comment on my blog and I will return the favour. 

Another way is by building relationship. I learnt this from my favourite blogger Madam Adrienne of Adriennesmith.com and it has been working so well for me too. 

You can build relationship with bloggers by sharing their posts, either on your blog, with your twitter followers or with your Facebook friends. 

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Conclusion

Hey Bloggers!!!, I guess I have discussed the right things here and I hope you are on the right track. Hope I have given you ways you can get back on the right track. Let me know through the comment box, remember to subscribe to this blog and make sure you share with folks by using the social sharing buttons.