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These Top 10 Blogger Experts boards a substantial share. Indeed, these are the advices would be helpful for you.

Create blog entries that meet the most interesting questions from people who are involved in social media.
Understanding your audience better than themselves. It has a lot of initial research and, often, a member of the same tribe trying to push - but worth it.
Write for yourself first. Ignoring the fact that no one will read what you write; only focus on your thoughts, ideas, opinions and find ways to put the words. Write it and they will come.

Start building your email list from day one. Even if you do not plan to sell something, to have an email list allows you to promote your new content to your audience directly, without having to worry about search rankings, Facebook EdgeRank, roadblocks and other means of online communication.
Love for readers who already have. Many bloggers become too obsessed with finding new readers - to the point that they neglect their own. Yes - do not try to find new readers, but spent every day shows your readers currently considered too and you will find that will help you grow your blog.

Do not trust people to do the work to find his Twitter account. Do not trust them to do the work to find the data in the sidebar. People are blind to sidebars. Thank banners!
Finish your blog with some sort of call to action to subscribe to the mailing list or follow us on Twitter. When I started doing this, I immediately raised my Twitter followers by 335% in the first seven days.
Free content that adds value to people's lives "get sick" and that you love and become loyal fans take.
Consistency is one of the most important things that bloggers tend to forget. It is much easier to lose traffic than to build, so make sure your blog consistently.

Do not be afraid to show what you know. Too many bloggers maintain good things for fear of giving "secret sauce." There is no secret sauce in a world where everyone has access to high speed Internet at any time. Today, you want to provide information to sell snack food knowledge.
Remain true to yourself and your voice. People do not care to follow the site and be careful to follow people.