When is the best time of day to upload and publish new blog posts? This is a question that readers keep asking me, and the answer is simple... it depends.
Each person's blog is different. Each person's content is different. Each person's audience is different. And, each person's best time to post will be just a little bit different. Some bloggers will do far better posting in the evening than they will in the morning. Other bloggers will see a lot more traffic if they post early in the morning.
Over the past ten months, I have heavily experimented on my best times to post, and I can tell you that there is no exact science to it. I believe there are a few different times of day almost anybody can post to get maximum traffic to their blog, and that each blogger needs to pick a time that works best for them, and for their audience.
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My Blog = My Life: things to do on every post
When is the best time of day for new blog posts?
An image in every blog post?
I believe that every blogger shouldinclude an image with just about every blog post, especially if it's a personal blog you are building. Along with my goal to write a post on Single Dad Laughing every day for a year, I also made it a goal to post some sort of image (or video) with every blog post that I published.
When I open up another person's blog and all I see is a giant wall of text, I find it to be cumbersome and boring. I find myself disliking whatever's on the page before I even start reading. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I think it's worth a thousand Excedrin.
There is no doubt that it takes more work than simply writing and publishing a post. But remember, you're building a following, and your job is to entertain, and to keep people from heading for the hills the second they find your post.
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