21) Allow your users to become moderators
You can use the “voice of the masses” to your advantage. If you opt to publish anything that reaches your blog, in order to allow a timely discussion, you might let trolls and spam in. You’re not monitoring your blog 24/7, but your users are – they can flag posts or bury them.
22) Add a spell-checker plugin
By adding a plugin that checks your spelling you can easily write for a different crowd, or you can maintain a level of professionalism. By writing for a different crowd I mean English speakers from different parts of the world, who have different spelling. You can also address people that speak a language you’re a beginner in.
23) Place an image captcha on posting
By using an image captcha you are sifting the bots and spam that usually arrives with a popular blog or website. An image capthca isn’t like a textual captcha – it shows a picture of something like a dog, and the user needs to write what it is. Using OCR to decipher it is almost impossible.
24) Use colors to highlight portions of text
It might sound simple, but by using colors to highlight certain portions ofyour text you allow for greater readability. They especially help if you post code examples or script examples. It allows your users to quickly read and understand them, and to keep track of who says what andwhy.
25) Add social networks links
By adding a plugin that adds a pre prepared link to social networks in all of your posts, users can recommend them and share them more easily.
It also takes care of the hassle of posting links in social websites, andeliminates any excuses people might have. It is also a subtle hint foryour users to share and support your blog.
26) If timely posts are important, change the visibility of the date & time stamp
There are various plugins that you can download that will help you stylize and customize the “published on” date and time stamps. You can also increase or decrease them. This helps users to discover which posts are new or old, and it helps them find posts in dates relevant to them.
27) If you have several recurring posts, stylize them
If you offer recurring “segments” where you teach people things, or you
comment on a certain thing, you can make them more attractive andvisible by using a plugin that will allow you to stylize individual posts. Itwill reduce the amount of time users take to find that advice.
28) Use a plugin to search for duplicate content
You need to make sure your website or blog isn’t cluttered with double
posts and double comments. By having double posts you areseparating the discussion regarding the contents of those posts, andyou are separating the amount of exposure you’ll get, since people linkto two blog posts instead of one.
29) Use a plugin that detects ad blockers
Part of making an income is by posting ads on your website. They are what help you to keep writing, and to keep maintaining the website. You can use a plugin that detects when your ads are being blocked, and you can post a message to the blocking user, asking him or her to refrain from doing that.
30) Reward user participation by giving extra access
You can track who responds the most and recommends your blog or website the most, and you can send them previews, give them access to private content, or allow them to monitor comments. When other users will get wind of that they will be encouraged to participate more.
31) Attach your photo to every post
It might seem narcissistic or too much, but if it’s a simple photo of yourhead, and if it’s small enough to not be an annoyance, you can use thatto give your posts a more personal feel. It is much more important inwebsite where there are several writers.
32) If you are in a website that has several contributors, use a bioline
If you are one writer out of several in a certain website, you can use a bio line that you publish at the end of your posts. It needs to be separated from them and short, and it will help make you distinguishable from the others, and it will advertise your other works.
33) If you are one of several writers, advertise your other posts
You can use a plugin in WordPress that shows people the most recent or most commented on posts that you wrote. It allows you to further advertise yourself – if people like a post you wrote, they’ll search for others, and this is a quick and easy way to help them.
34) Allow your users to share more information about themselves
You can use various plugins that allow you to either keep track of your users and their personalities and habits, or that allow them to write those themselves. It allows them to be much more recognizable and allows for a more social-website type interaction, which encourages participation.
35) Allow your users to post private posts
You can use plugins or add certain users to a higher user group, which will allow them to post responses and talk to you privately. It allows them to feel more free to share and gives them the sense that you pay attention to what they say – that you care.
36) Add an RSS feed for your posts, and maybe for your categories
You can allow users to easily track the things you write, – to get noticed when you post something new, by adding an RSS feed for your posts. You can also add RSS feeds for the comments of your entire blog, or for specific posts, or for specific categories – users can get notices when content they care about gets posted.
37) Use the Youtube method for creator comments
By commenting on your posts people want to receive YOUR input and responses. In order to make it clear to them when the creator responds to them, you need to make your posts distinguishable from the others – an easy way to do that is by changing their color.
38) Install an anti-spam plugin
If your blog has a lot of spam in it, probably due to having a day job and not putting comments via an authorization method, it looks like you abandoned it – like you’re slacking off and you don’t care. It will drive users away very quickly.
39) Add a submission form to your blog
It might sound weird, but submission forms are a way for your users tointeract on a greater level. They will be able to easily give you feedback,
tell you of problems they found on the blog, and give you suggestionsand requests, which you will write about.
40) Add a recommendation box
A blog is a spur of the moment thing. You can communicate using it by simply writing a short post and posting it from your cellphone or from a computer. But it’s also a “thought” piece. People need to know if you wrote other posts that are similar to the one they like.
