Good value

Hello to all!

       I cannot believe it. A blog that I was following had so much promise when I came across it at first that I was fairly hooked. Four weeks into it though, it turned to soup and a very weak one at that. I wonder how many people do this to their readers/followers and then wonder why they get pissed off and depart, never to come back?

No, I am not talking about the ones that suddenly turn into little more than a sales page, or, indeed, start off as one, although this can be disconcerting. At least you know that that is pretty well what it is from the beginning. I am talking about the ones that start by giving good, comprehensive content, then tire of that and put as many adSense and other ads as they can for God knows-what on their page.

Sure, all of us want to get to earn money as soon as possible. This is great. But, for Pete's sake, select one type of thing to advertise. Fine, have one or two variations on this as well, but try to have them all related to each other or an offshoot of the original.

Having too many ads will kill your blog. It's that simple. People get confused and won't stay. You simply cannot give good service if you come across as not really knowing what your blog/selling page is about. Even ugly little blogs look much better if there is some content on them which is related to your selling point. If you can't write a simple blurb about your product, outsource this small thing for your blog. For less than $5, you can get a pretty good write-up and keep your customer on your page a little longer. No need to do this every day, but make an effort at least once a month to check if there are updates about it and let your customers know.

Much better to do this for one product, instead of 10,20,30. Make a new site for each one or get someone to do this for you. This way, you can devote time to simply updating say once per month, and still giving your customer good value.

After all, there are literally millions of sites out there now, and you want to stand out from the pack. Try this and see what happens.