I read a lot of blogs, and many of the well run, seemingly profitable ones have several things in common that I think help to make them successful.

First and foremost, they all have a regular posting schedule. Some people even go so far as to run by a “post by x:00 every day” sort of schedule. In my opinion, it doesn’t have to be daily, but it should at least be once a week, and it should not be too frequent. Of course, frequency depends on your audience and the quality of your posts, whether you’re the only author, how much time you have to write quality…the list goes on.

I also enjoy the once-per-week link post. Usually a sum of posts, with comments, from the author’s own feed reader (or simply just their tour of the Internet that week) that they felt were worthy of mention and sharing. Occasionally I will read one of these posts (when I take the time to actually read the entry), and frequently find a new blog to love out of it.

I think something that works well for some blog authors is the Theme Day post. (Yes, I just made that up.) What I’m talking about is a regular feature or topic that appears on a regular schedule, like every Tuesday, or once a month on the first Wednesday. I don’t know for certain, but I would think it would help coming up with useful content to know that every Thursday you needed to write a post about a specific topicc, and I know that as a reader, I enjoy seeing these types of posts – usually because the blog author has done a good job of interpreting what kind of repeating content will be interesting to their readership.

I also like being encouraged to share my opinion, so I will leave you with this: what are your favorite parts of your favorite, successful blogs?