1. Develop Great Content
Before you start a blog that you hope to grow to become a popular blog, you need to understand the answer to a simple question - what is a blog? In short, a blog is a website that includes entries (called posts) that are published in reverse chronological order. What attracts and keeps readers to a blog is the blogger's unique views on a topic of interest. It's important to take the time up-front to understand the ins and outs of blogs, blog topics and blog posts.2. Spread the Word and Monitor Your Results
3. Read and Research Other Popular Blogs
Starting a popular blog doesn't end with the effort and time spent on your own blog. For the best chance of success, you need to understand what popular bloggers are doing to make themselves successful. Take time to find popular blogs and subscribe to blog feeds that you think you can benefit from. Also, spend time learning about other popular bloggers.4. Make It Easy to Subscribe
You've got great content, now you need to make it as easy as possible for readers to subscribe to your blog's feed. Make sure your subscription link is positioned in a highly visible location on every page in your blog. The top of the page is a great place for your subscription icon. You may also want to put a subscription link between your blog posts.3. Ask Readers to Subscribe
It's not too aggressive to ask readers to subscribe. Sometimes a gentle reminder is all it takes to encourage someone to subscribe to your blog. Consider including a request at the end of your best blog posts saying, "If you enjoyed this post, why not subscribe to my feed?" Of course, include a link to your feed subscription page to make it as easy as possible for your readers to act on your reminder.4. Offer a Freebie to Subscribers
A great way to increase the number of subscribers to your blog is to offer subscribers something extra such as a free gift or additional information that could be helpful to them. For example, you may want to send subscribers a free eBook that provides additional information about your blog's topic or a free newsletter. You could also send a free gift that's tied to your blog's topic. The key is to offer a freebie that is meaningful and useful to your readers and provides added value to their experiences on your blog.5. Promote Your Blog's Popularity by Showing the Number of Subscribers
Once your blog starts to generate some decent traffic and subscribers, you should promote that success to your readers. For example, if your blog has over 100 subscribers, show that figure on your blog (Feedburner provides code to do this automatically). Whatever number seems significant to you, once you reach that number of subscribers, start to advertise your popularity by displaying it on your blog. Casual visitors are likely to see that number and say, "If 500 other people think this blog is good enough to subscribe to, then it must be good. I better subscribe, too."What do you think about creating a popular blog? Please share to me too.
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