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How to have a successful blog...
I just started a blog website and I know it takes time to actually get readers and what not but what are some ideas that I can get that can help my blog kind of get started? I have already written two entries and am off to a good start (I feel good about it) but I'm still wondering how to ensure that I can be somewhat successful within a year...
P.S. I know I have to promote myself but the thing is I am under a secret identity. It is embarrassing for me to find out that people I know are reading what I am actually like. Help?
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Well, the notion of a "successful" blog is sort of a relative concept. What one person considers successful another might think or as pretty average. But, with that being said, I won and operate several blogs and there are some steps you can take that should help you out.
Besides making your posts interesting, which goes without saying, be sure to write them in good grammar. In addition, whenever possible, include a visual element like photos or video. After all, the Internet is a highly visual medium.
Have your posts set up to allow for instant sharing on social media.
List your blog in blog directories.
Join forums related to your blog and put a link to your blog in your signature.
Offer incentives for readers to "like," "follow" or whatever the term may be and comment on your blog. Contests work well and don't necessarily require any investment on your part.
Put your blog out there for guest blogging opportunities for other bloggers. A good source for this is using the website Myblogguest.com.
Last but not least, engage in activity on other blogs and sometimes the owners of those blogs will reciprocate. This works well with platforms like WordPress and Tumblr.
Good luck.
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Post well thought-out comments on other people's blogs. People who have similar interests and styles, or cover similar topics. Write your own posts in response to things they post, if you have more to say than is appropriate in a comment. Find articles and other people's writings that are similar to yours or that excite you, and give them credit and thanks.
You need to be part of a conversation. Even if you don't want to give out your real identity, you can't exist in your own bubble. You have to be more than a just a person who posts sometimes. You have to be a person who reads, and responds to others.
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Why not just send us the name of your blog? I'll tell all of my friends about it.
Or you can send all of your friends or random people anonymous emails.
You can comment in videos or any place about your blog and maybe a couple of people will check it out.
To get people to read it, you have to tell them, or else they have no idea what the name of your blog is.
Anyway, I think it is cool that you are starting a blog! I hope that it becomes successful just like you hope! <3
-talldivaofbeverlyhillz ^-^
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