How to Attract More Traffic to Your Blog With Blog Graphics

Blogging is a great free way of attracting targeted traffic, especially if you host your blog on your website.

A blog post does not have to be very long, so there is no reason why a disciplined blogger cannot post fresh content at least once a day.

But beware of turning your blog into something like Hamlet's book, all "Word, words, words" and no pictures!

A wordy blog with no pictures can be a big turn off, so, make it more appealing on the eye by including a photo or illustration or two in some of your posts.

What type of images should Internet marketers add to their blogs to make them more appealing?

If you are describing an affiliate product, include a product image. You should be able to get relevant images from the affiliate tools page of the program.

"Product in a box" images are good for focusing attention. If your product does not come with one of those, a banner ad will be fine.

Use an image of the book cover when writing book reviews or discussing ebooks. If you can find a photo of the author, that will greatly enhance the impact of the review.

If you want to post a review or recommendation of a website, ask the owner if you can use the website logo. Failing that, if the website is in the top 100,000 on Alexa.com, you could post an Alexa traffic graph.

If you are talking about a "widget", add either the widget itself, or a screen shot of the widget to your post.

When you post an image, hyperlink it to the site in question.

When writing a string of related blog posts, use an eye-catching image to "brand" the series and provide sense of continuity.

You can either use your own photos or search on Google for images that come with publishing rights, such as those published under a Creative Commons licence, or available on Flickr.com.

It will be all the better if you can find an off the wall photo to use as a metaphor for your main topic. You can make the tenuous connection between the image and the message stronger by adding a witty caption.

Each time you upload an image you can use the ALT tag to write a keyword rich title for SEO purposes.

If you cannot find a good photo or image for a particular blog post, don't let that prevent you from posting anyway. Your main aim is to keep your blog updated on a daily basis with fresh, engaging, and relevant content. A blog post that is bereft of images is nevertheless better than no blog post at all! It is just that images speak a language of their own and enhance the character of your blog.

Adding pictures to your blog posts is a good way to attract more visitors to your blog and make them want to return to it but you still have to write good quality content to finish the job your image started!

Search engine rankings

Let the potential advertiser know what kind of advertising options you offer on your blog. Include the position of ads, the size of ads, show it by including a screenshot which has the potential ad position marked. Do not forget to include pricing for each of these ads.

Create A Media Kit To Attract Advertisers To Your Blog

What is a blog media kit?

Your blog advertising media kit should give potential sponsors the chance to learn behind-the-scenes facts and stories to supplement the content on your blog. Think of the blog media kit as a resume for your blog. It is a package of information that introduces your blog to interested advertisers and answers their questions about it.

Why should I develop an online blog media kit?

A blog advertising media kit is a sales tool for selling advertising on your blog and it is a must-have for any blogger who wants to monetize his blog content via direct advertising contracts. Your blog media kit should be used to get potential advertisers excited about advertising on your blog.

I recommend developing an online blog media kit as a professional looking document that potential advertisers can download from your blog, that you can send out to companies that contact you, and that you can send out to companies that you contact directly.

How to write your own blog media kit?

Remember the key practices of writing blog content online. Employ scannable text by using these suggestions:

• low word count
• one idea per paragraph
• sub-headings
• highlight keywords and paragraphs
• bulleted lists

What should I include in the blog media kit?

The blog media kit should provide your potential advertisers with immediate access to advertising rates, key demographics, blog traffic information and your contact details. It should include everything a potential advertiser might need to know to help him decide to buy advertising space on your blog.

Make sure your blog media kit information is accurate, consistent and up to date. Update your media kit regularly as your blog grows and expands.

Blog profile

Start simple by tailoring your blog media kit to describe your blog, define your blog values, describe your blog content and you personally.

Blog target audience/traffic

It is important to show the potential sponsor what they are buying. Your blog traffic and your blog target audience are two primary motivators for the advertiser. Keep working tobuild your blog traffic and be ready to share your blog traffic stats, number of RSS subscribers, and number of email newsletter subscribers.

Add credibility

Add credibility to your blog by including external, third-party references. Include links from popular blogs to your content and also include links of your guest articles on other popular blogs. Also include third party rankings of your blog like Google PageRank and Alexa Ranking.

Be prepared to back up your blog traffic stats with graphics from your Google Analytics account. You may also need to grant the potential advertiser the access to your Analytics report. Google Analytics features a very safe option to do that without giving away your username and password.

If You Know How To Attract Visitors The Right Way,It's easy for you..

Look, I'm going to brutally honest here . . . the days of getting rich overnight with a blog are OVER.

Google has seen to that. They don't have a market capitalization of $150 billion for nothing. They've got the brightest engineers in the business and if you try something shady with a blog, they'll give you the famous "Google slap" in a heartbeat. I've seen it over and over.

But don't give up—there's hope!

Did you know that the real blogging money has never been an overnight thing? It's true—AdSense nickels and dimes won't build your base of hungry readers and buyers. It's simple once you realize that the real money is in your RSS feeds (I like to call them my "R$$" feeds), and you need an entirely different strategy to monetize them properly.

It's like building a house—once you get a firm, strong foundation built, the rest comes together quickly!

You Want Your Blog To Earn Money For You.Isn't it?

Blogging looks so simple, but when you're getting started, it can be very confusing, can't it? You need expert advice, but how do you know who's for real and who's just blowing smoke?

Let me be blunt here—there's so much bad information out there, it makes me sick to my stomach!

From get-rich quick schemes that haven't worked in years to so-called "tutorials" that are inaccurate or outdated, to self-styled experts who charge too much for stale advice . . . the garbage heap of bad blogging info is huge, and man, it stinks!

To make matters worse, the increasing competition is making it harder than ever to gain a toehold in blogging unless you discover the secrets for easily, effectively, efficiently, and affordably attracting, retaining, and monetizing readers.

Sad but true—most blogs started today won't ever attract a single reader or produce one single penny. These blogs fail, and they fail in a spectacular fashion.