{"id":3867,"date":"2016-03-10T17:12:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmpazure.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2016-03-10T17:12:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:12:58","slug":"3-signs-your-holiday-rental-blog-has-got-stagnant-and-what-to-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/3-signs-your-holiday-rental-blog-has-got-stagnant-and-what-to-do-about-it","title":{"rendered":"3 Signs Your Blog Has Become Stagnant (and What to Do About It)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all get bored with things from time to time, don\u2019t we?<\/p>\n<p>Meals we have regularly become dull, books in the same genre fail to keep our attention, and sometimes we can even go-off things we never thought we would tire of.<\/p>\n<p>Blogs can be just the same \u2013 even if you actually own and maintain one.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble is, you may not even notice your holiday let blog has gone downhill at first. It may take a while to spot it, and when you do, it can be tricky to know what to do about it.<\/p>\n<p>So, with that in mind, here are three signs to watch out for \u2013 and three solutions to help you get back on track.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 &#8211; You\u2019ve got fewer readers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some days you\u2019ll have fewer readers than others.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the numbers have been steadily dropping for a while, it\u2019s a sure sign people are going elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Take a long hard look at your blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>What could be turning readers off? Are your posts shorter or less reliable in frequency than they used to be?<\/p>\n<p>Identify when the drop-off began, and see what\u2019s different about posts published after that date compared to those before it.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll most likely spot vital clues to help you get back on track.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 &#8211; You\u2019re posting less frequently<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This problem usually stems from <a href=\"https:\/\/wrpmp-euw-wpblog.azurewebsites.net\/getting-started-with-your-holiday-let-blog\" target=\"_blank\">running out of ideas to write about<\/a>. Boredom can be another reason, although it usually comes from the same place.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Take a look back through recent blog posts, as well as those you wrote some time ago. Which areas have you been neglecting \u2013 without even realising this is the case?<\/p>\n<p>Most blogs have a number of sub-topics with content in. Maybe yours hasn\u2019t \u2013 or you\u2019ve been ignoring one or two sub-topics completely.<\/p>\n<p>Find out which is the case and start creating some ideas for those sections first. Having an ideas book also helps, as you\u2019ll never run out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 &#8211; You\u2019re getting fewer shares on social media sites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It can take a while to build up an audience that will help you share your content. However, if you were used to getting a certain level of shares and that\u2019s no longer happening, you should try and do something about it.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself why people shared your earlier content. What are the differences between that content and the content you are sharing now?<\/p>\n<p>Remember, quantity doesn\u2019t trump quality, so try and identify the things that made your earlier content shareable.<\/p>\n<p>Look to build those same qualities into every post going forward. It doesn&#8217;t hurt to remind yourself of how to achieve the best-quality posts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And remember, it&#8217;s never too late to make improvements to your holiday rental blog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blogs take time to grow an audience, but that audience can easily be lost if you run into any of the problems mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>Now you know what to do about them, you have every reason to start making continual improvements to your holiday let blog from today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all get bored with things from time to time, don\u2019t we? Meals we have regularly become dull, books in the same genre fail to keep our attention, and sometimes we can even go-off things we never thought we would tire of. Blogs can be just the same \u2013 even if you actually own and&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/3-signs-your-holiday-rental-blog-has-got-stagnant-and-what-to-do-about-it\" rel=\"nofollow\">[Continue reading &hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}