Tip: Lure People In

I really do try to visit everyone who comes to BlogHer and introduces themselves - or asks people to come and visit their blogs. Sometimes I'm really really busy so I miss a few. I do have a little bit of advice that might help you get a bit more traffic. Here's what happened yesterday...

I was meandering along BlogHer, using the "recent activity" log, clicking into anything new that had appeared since my last visit. I had a few links open to new folks who I intended to visit. Some, I did click into. Others, I didn't and have saved in an Evernote tab to visit when I have some free time.

One of the blogs got an immediate click because the blog description lured me in hard, and fast. Here's a link to Saviabella and a little snippet of the description:

Saviabella's secret powers (which this biographer cannot mention, on the grounds that they would no longer be secret, but let me assure you, they are impressive) are held in check by a red and black beaded brassiere she lifted from the slumbering form of a belly-dancing Amazon while on vacation in the Andes.

That, my dear friends, is a great way to lure me in. I just had to see what kind of woman this was and what her blog was like. I clicked and what did I find? A post that made me laugh so hard and for so long that I had to comment and subscribe, immediately: F*** this job (profanity heavy post)

I love my job.

No, that doesn't really do it justice.

I really, really love my job.

Still not good enough.

I want to make love to my job.

Getting closer, but not quite right.

I want to ...

Not only did that awesome blog description lure me in, the very first post lured me into commenting and subscribing.

How do you lure people into your blog for the first time? Go take a peek at your blogroll entry on BlogHer and on blog directory sites where you've listed your blog. Does your description lure people in? Mine does not...and I need to fix that.

Denise
Flamingo House Happenings and Fast Times @ Homeschool High