Give Your Blog Readers A Way To Contact You

Build A Better Blog Day 16

Today's tip is a big pet peeve of mine. Besides not having, or hiding, an RSS feed, not having some simple way of contacting the blog owner is very frustrating. Most if not all blogging tools have some type of contact system available; either built in or through a plug-in. It only takes a few minutes to set the system up. At the very lease provide some type of email link on a side bar or on an About Me page.

Some people don't feel comfortable giving out there personal information. Don't. There are dozens of free email options out there. Set up an account on GMail or Yahoo! specifically for someone to contact you. You never have to give out your personal data if you don't want to.

You might be asking why would someone want to contact me? That's a valid question. Let's say there is something wrong with your blog and you don't notice it but a reader does. How are they suppose to notify you there is a problem? What if they wanted to hire you to write blog posts or some other type of business? Give them a way.

As simple as this tip may sound its extremely important, if you want readers to take you serious, to provide some means of contact.

What do you think about getting private messages from your readers?

ProBlogger's day sixteen post: Create a Heatmap of Where Readers Click on Your Blog