Take Advantage Of Special Days

Yesterday being April Fools day, I realized how to us bloggers, special days can be perfect days to write a post about. It is also one of the few days in a year where you can do something really different with your blog. When talking about websites, the one site that probably does this the most often is Google. Everyone knows of Google’s logos that celebrate a certain day. Did you ever wonder why they do it? Further on, did you ever think about doing it yourself?

Why You Should Take Advantage!

Attention To Detail

It speaks volumes when your visitors can see that you are on top of your blogging. Keep your blog dead for months and your visitors will know that you aren’t as devoted to your blog and possibly not visit as often. You certainly don’t want to give that impression. So, although it may seem like you aren’t exactly doing much, these subtle changes can give good impressions about your blog to your visitors.

Given Freedom

As a blogger, you are given some freedom. Take advantage of these days to go “off-topic” with your blog. Do something related to the day, but at the same time, do something random. Now, don’t do something extraordinary, such as trying to pull of an April Fool’s joke on the 4th of July, but as long as you maintain a degree of common sense too, your visitors will be fine with it.

You Have Your Topic

Quite often, bloggers can hit a writer’s block and just be empty with ideas. To be honest, unless you are in some crazy amount of industries at the same time, you ARE going to run out of topics to talk about. On these days, you have your “filler”… I guess.

But What To Do?

I know, I know. As a blogger, what can you actually do to celebrate the day on your blog? I have a few ideas that I frequently turn to for my sites/blogs, and I’m sure there are way more unique things you can do on these days. Got a cool idea? Just leave it as a comment!

Unique Logos

Again, Google is best known for this. Why do they do it and why should you do this? Well, the logo at the top of your blog is always in the visitor’s browser without the visitor having to scroll down to view it. Hence, this little change will be noticed by all of your visitors. You don’t want your work going down the drain do you?

A Special Blog Post

Another typical one you can always rely on as a blogger. Make a unique post related to that day on your blog. It doesn’t have to be witty (although the witty ones usually work best), so there’s really no pressure. Assuming your visitors do read your blog posts faithfully, they’ll notice it.

Overshadowing Notice

While this can be annoying to some visitors, unless the particular visitor is in some really bad mood, this little trick shouldn’t hurt to much. Make a small in-window popup appear to celebrate the day together with visitor. There are a few WordPress plugins that can assist you with doing this by the way, so you don’t have to worry about the coding side of this.

Concluding…

As a blogger, treat your blog as your online home. If it’s a certain day you want to celebrate, go for with… with your visitors too. More than less, outcomes are positive. Come find me if things go bad… I’m that confident.