Neil Patel has published a really interesting article on TechCrunch. He taught us How To Grow Your Blog Through Customer Development. When you think about growing your blog, whether it is a personal, professional or company blog, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?

Chances are it is something related to traffic or subscribers. Getting more traffic or subscribers is never a bad thing, but if you really want more sustainable traffic you first have to understand the people coming to your blog. If you can’t make them happy, how can you expect your traffic to grow?

You have a vision of how you see your blog and where you want it to go. The reality is that your vision may not match up with what your readers are expecting. So instead of assuming things about your readers, start getting feedback from them.

Without understanding your audience you won’t know what they like and dislike. Take the next few hours and start analyzing your blog and create a game plan on how you can grow your blog.

Source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/02/how-to-grow-your-blog…