I was recently at PubCon listening to a panel called “5 Bloggers and a Microphone.” Some great people on that panel. They were lacking good questions though, so I asked my friends on Twitter if they had any questions. I got one good one out of the bunch. So here are the Top 5 Tips (a few more bonus tips too) to making a blog popular.

1. Barry Schwartz – Be on a specific schedule.
2. Lee Odden – resource pages seem to be the most popular pages
   • RSS and blog directories
   • Be passionate
3. Michael MacDonald – Be passionate and consistent
4. Jane Copland – Throw in something really silly aka Google One Box post on SEOmoz and use pictures
5. Andy Beal – Focus on the title of the post
   • Make it scandalous but SE friendly
   • Blend Keywords and Interest
   • Be cryptic
6. Write a follow up post on what goes popular
7. Capitalize on old posts that get popular