I got inspired by 5 Ways to Imitate the 10 Most Popular Blogs so let’s start:

The top 10 blogs on technorati are probably receiving a ton of traffic otherwise they would not be at the top.

What makes them so popular… Why people link to these blogs very often…

Is there a secret recipe? Can anybody copy their model?

Let’s see…

Secret #1 - It’s in the Publishing FREQUENCY

Top 10 blogs get more traffic because they’re publishing more often.

Each and every time you publish a new post, Google and other RSS/Blog directories are notified thus sending
spiders to crawl your blog.

You also receive traffic from your (already build) RSS or list subscriber database.

Plus, not to forget about SEO traffic. Within hours after publishing new postings you could score high in Google and other SEs for long-tail key terms, thus bringing you (even more) traffic on autopilot. At no cost at all!

Just imagine that some blogs do quite a few postings per day, NOT per week! For example, caradvice.com bloggers do about 10 per day.

Secret #2 – It’s in the CONTENT

Most bloggers think that to make a blog successful would mean to publish content whenever and about whatever.

That’s totally false. You have to learn A to Z about your target audience.

Who’s your “ideal” prospect? Did you create his profile already?

Once you know who’s your prospect, you’ll be able to TALK specifically to his most pressing problems, needs and wants.

If you don’t know or don’t do this, there’s no wonder why making money online will see impossible.

I teach about creating your “ideal” prospect profile and your target audience 5 key elements in my blogging mentoring program, “Guaranteed Blog Profits”.

Sidebar – that’s why I did not publish anything on RB blog lately. I’ve been busy coaching my students on their way to make $300… $3,000… and even $30,000 per month with their blogs; and hope to coach you too asap.

Secret #3 – It’s in the BUZZ

Want more traffic? Then you have to talk about what’s hot in your niche. What is the trend, what’s the buzz?

Relate that to your niche topic subjects and you’re on the right track to getting more traffic.

You probably won’t make it in the TOP 10 blogs on technorati, but you’d definitely boost your traffic like never before.

UPDATE – because my schedule is tight and I’m (almost) booked coaching students in the 60-day INTENSIVE mentoring “Guaranteed Blog Profits”, I’ll stop publishing new content in the Monetize Your Blog section for awhile.

The thing is that my mentoring already contains everything you need to know to make real money with your blog, so it’s smart we focus on that.

I’ll continue the regular publishing for Get Content Ideas and Receive Free Traffic sections though. Plus, I’ll be doing some red-hot interviews with remarkable bloggers asap (so you learn from one of the best in the field and have fun) and crank some top priceless posts too.

Have something to say about today’s tip? Share your feedback with us all

Connecting later!
Codrut Turcanu & the Remarkable Blogging TEAM.

P.S. If you liked this TIP, you’re going to love the next ones.

I want to change that with this article, so hope you’re going to enjoy it as much as I did writing it…

I’d love you refer it to ALL your friends, talk about it on your blog and comment on it.

1. Write longer posts – one of the best blog post secrets

World-wide known fact: bloggers writing shorter post have little to no chances to get their content linked by other bloggers. WHY? Because when you write lengthier posts, you increase your chances to get more traffic via other blogs.

Most folks prefer longer versus shorter posts, so give them what they want.

2. Attach your blog URL in your e-mail SIG file

You’re probably using e-mails on a daily basis, so why not take advantage of it?

It’s SMART you ALWAYS include a short, descriptive and enticing signature file at the end of all your messages – says something controversial about your blog, or tell folks NOT to click your url.

You’ll notice (by experimenting) this little “trick” is a great way to boost your clicks and get more traffic to your blog.

3. Use the story-telling technique & connect “FAST”

Each and every time you’re using a (real) story about you and your experience related to a product, service or problem, you’ve “instantly” connected with your target audience like nobody else.

Tell more stories and you’ll build yourself a large database of raving fans, not only readers.

WHY? Because people love stories; we’re conditioned to leave our “buying resistance” down. I’d pick telling a cool story over delivering hype each and every time when writing a new blog post.

4. Forget copy-paste content, create VALUE

Gurus teach us how to trick Google, or fool readers by repeating what everybody else said. Forget about that! Our aim is to serve our blog readers and clients with real VALUE-ADDED content (tips, tricks & information that really helps, not only gives the facts).

Content is KING; VALUE is the king of the kings. Or, should I say “the QUEEN?

5. Be laser beam FOCUSED

Always target your message to your target audience, or you’ll fail blogging even before starting. I can’t emphasize this enough.

Who’s your “ideal” prospect (e.g. blog visitor, reader and client)?

How is he/she looking like? Where does he/she live? What he/she does for a living?

Did you (really) think about this? Did you create your “ideal” prospect PROFILE?

For example, my “ideal” prospect profile (for this blog) is mainly formed with these characteristics:

Adults (both female and male) located in the US (Canada and UK) who want to blog like nobody else and make a living online via blogging. They work from home, and blogging is their passion.

WHY THIS IS CRUCIAL (not an option!):

Once you know the basics about your target audience and stick with your “ideal” prospect profile, you’ll be able to keep your content and blog posts targeted to their needs, wants, problems and frustrations.

6. Sell an EXTRA Freebie

I call this an ethical bribe. You don’t really “sell” it. You rather sell the concept. Why people should join your blog list, just for the sake of getting “free updates”?

It’s not enough anymore. Everybody is offering that.

Figure it out what your “idea” prospect really wants and needs (visit forums, run surveys and ask your readers directly)

Package YOUR solution as a freebie and offer it as an added incentive when folks join your list. I do this with most, if not ALL my blogs. It boosts traffic and conversion ratio like nothing else.

The PDF you see on the right side (did you notice the cover at the top?) is a freebie. Here’s how InvesBlog is doing it.

Here are some cool icons & buttons “freebies”.

7. Put the VIRAL spin on your Freebies

Let other people give away your incentive. Whether it’s a PDF, video tutorial, MP3 call, eCourse, software tool, whatever, make sure you include a link, or mention your name, and blog url.

This brings more traffic to your blog and exposure for your business. It’s long-term and has viral effect – that means you can’t stop getting traffic even if you’d want to.

There’s only one requirement – specify directly this “YOU HAVE FREE GIVEAWAY RIGHTS, SEND THIS GIFT TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS…”, or something like this. When you do so, folks will be more inclined to refer your freebie to others.

8. Turn yourself into a professional GUEST blogger

Did you ever think to write for other TOP famous blogs and tap in into their already-established database of “huge and growing” traffic & readers?

Guest blogging? It’s not that hard. Anybody could do it.

While it takes time, it’s well worth it and fun.

It takes some practice and you’ll get better at it with each new (guest) post.

Obviously the content you create needs to be original, not some re-cycled stuff or “duplicate” content that you just cut & paste from your blog. That’s the rule.

9. Use FORUMS while others struggle with non-effective promotions

A proven strategy since the earliest days of the Internet is to be as helpful and proactive in niche-targeted forums. People will notice that you are offering yourself up to others, and will be more determined to see what else you have to offer.

When you craft yourself a cool SIG file (see TIP #2) and attach it to your posts, you’ll start getting (a lot more) TARGETED clicks & traffic to your blog.

Just one forum post could bring you a “lifetime” customer and raving fan. Keep this in mind!

First make sure you learn the basics of forum marketing, and its ins and outs.

10. NETWORK with other like-minded people

This is perhaps the most often overlooked strategy for getting traffic and readers.

Stop pestering other bloggers for links, it rarely works anymore. Find a way to help them with something; give first, and ask after.

Just think about this – there are real people behind all these blogs, not robots – and they respond to good will just like people do offline.

A short e-mail thanking someone for their article, or a 3-line useful comment on someone’s blog will do wonders. That’s the first step of starting a relationship.

You can do it with almost any blogger out there, especially with the new (stars).

A (real) strong relationship with just one blogger could make you one day famous, wealthy, or both.

You never know it.

11. Write as often as you can

Yeah, the frequency of your writing determines the traffic you get, the connections you make, the links you refer to in your posts, and the overall blog success.

This is common sense, right? Then why not all the bloggers are doing it?

Hint – it’s because of lack of focus, laziness, or both. You decide if this is something worth stopping you.

Now, when I say “Write as often as you can” it doesn’t necessarily mean you should write at random. You have to stick with a schedule and usually the TOP blogs publish daily (often several times per day).

This is not a rule, but you could probably get yourself a TEAM of writers and build a nice network of blogs that publish daily, or on a “strict” schedule and receive more traffic and exposure than they could handle.

12. Spice up “your” writing style

Sometimes your readers will get bored over the “same” voice, or writing style. Even you could face this, and you don’t even know it.

Well, you have your own style, so probably there’s not much you could do about it.

Modeling other bloggers’ writing styles is an interesting concept, but that would not work as fast or as good as you’d want to.

What about you bring in a few “guest” writers to add some nice flavor to your blog?

Part 2 will be published next week, stay tuned!