How To Be A Successful Health Blogger
Having a health or a wellness blog is a great opportunity for you to share your knowledge everything about health and nutrition.
It’s also a wonderful way for you to earn money.
The best thing about having a blog is that no one can tell you what you can and can’t say. It’s yours from the beginning.
However, you need to make each post compelling. It must also be of high quality to encourage more visitors to visit your blog.
Although blogging gives you a potential to earn, not all bloggers have made it to the circle of successful bloggers.
This post will give you some useful tips on how to have an effective health/wellness that’ll enjoy high amount of traffic once it’s open to the public. This topic is very popular.
The ongoing problems of obesity, diseases and other medical conditions are just few of the reasons many people are interested in reading health tips and news. But before you go with this topic, there are things you’ve to consider.
1. Be crazy about your topic
It’s true that health/wellness niche is a popular blog. But this also means the competition is tight. Thus, before building this type of blog, you need to love this niche. You have to be crazy about this subject. In this way, that craziness will be passed on to your audience. They’ll engage in your conversation more because they know that what you’ve written comes from your heart and is a product of a thorough research.
2. Make your content SEO-friendly
No matter how engaging your content is and how you’ve researched that topic, if you don’t optimize it for SEO, it won’t get anywhere. For that reason, it’s a wise idea to create a content, which is highly optimized for search engine.
You can do this by identifying trending keywords first. Then, plan on how to incorporate those search terms into your title and the body of your article. The keywords must be placed in the first part of your title and be inserted in the first, middle and last parts of your article’s body.
But don’t insert keywords 5 to 10 times within a 300-word article. You’ll lose your chances of your post getting recognized by search engine.
3. Read other blogs
One of the problems you’ll face when writing content is how to address your readers. To know how, you can read books and browse the Internet to read about how to write for your audience. Then, you should also visit other health blogs to get an idea on the proper way to create a compelling, engaging content.
You must remember that the best writers in the world read all the time, regardless of the topic.
Here are some of my favorite blog:
- http://fitbottomedgirls.com/
- http://www.blogilates.com/
- http://www.dailyhiit.com/
- http://www.fitsugar.com/
4. Write well
It’s not enough that you write an interesting story related to health. One of the mistakes that bloggers commit when writing their content is they aren’t mindful of their grammar and spelling. Some readers leave a blog if they find spelling and grammar errors. They could be a big factor in losing credibility with the readers. Keep in mind that credibility can give you a boost to your traffic.
5. Research, research, research
Health/wellness blog isn’t a personal topic, unless you’re writing about your experience. But if you’re giving out pieces of advice or tips, you need to conduct a thorough research. You should provide your audience a well-researched content that they can learn and not some crap that you found somewhere.
6. Promote through social media sites
Apart from optimizing your content for search engine, you must also promote and market it through social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter. It takes time to be recognized by Google. However, if you’ll use social media, your blog may rank faster.
To maximize the benefits of social media, you’ve to write great, engaging content. Then, post your content to these sites. Make sure that you engage with your visitors.
There are other ways to make your health/wellness blog be known to thousands of people but these are these basics that you must know. They’re very useful, especially if it’s your first time to put up a blog.