Blogging on The Financial Crisis

I haven’t posted at Net writing for over 2 weeks. My rather feeble excuse is that I have been distracted by the ongoing financial panic which has gripped stock markets, banks, currencies and even the presidential race.

Because there is so much interest in economics and finance I have been blogging more intensely on my finance and economic blog. Traffic and subscribers have both increased and I have been trying to make the temporary boost in traffic a permanent one.

When your blog niche hits the news there are ways to make sure you can benefit from it.

• Choose keywords titles that people are searching.
• Don’t try to be a news service, you will get underwhelmed if you are a single blogger.
• Don’t just be an echo of what you read in newspapers. Offer your own analysis and try to develop a simple style.
• Don’t take things for granted people appreciate simple explanations of what is going on.
• Do create timeless content amidst the fast changing news. You don’t want to just blog on events which will become outdated soon. Write articles that are timeless whilst using present events as examples.
• Do blog. When there is interest capitalise on this. In particular try to encourage people to subscribe by writing a regular writing schedule of excellent content.
• When blogging do the most important tasks. For example, at the moment the most important thing is to be writing articles. It is not time for a redesign or leaving comments on other blogs e.t.c.