Every day there are thousands of new blogs being launched. The ease of starting a new blog means that there is tons of competition if you are launching a new blog of your own. This may not be an issue if your blog is personal, but for business blogs developing readership is critical to success.
Because of the huge number of blogs that already exist and the exponential increases that are occurring, getting yours off to a great start is key. The launch phase is a great time to promote your blog and pique interest from potential readers.
The article is dedicated to providing information on a few things you can focus on as a new blogger to get started quickly.
1. Tell Your Friends and Family About the Blog
By announcing the blog launch to your friends and family you can get a few visitors to the site easily when it is brand new. Send an email to your contacts telling them a little bit about the blog, why you are starting it, and including a link so they can visit.
3. Use Your Other Sites to Link to the New Blog
If you have built other websites or blogs at this point, you should take the time to add links to your new blog (assuming the sites cover topics that are at least somewhat related). Having multiple sites makes it easier to get a little bit of attention for a new site or blog, so take advantage of it if this is the case for you.
If you don't have any other websites yet, this may seem like a disadvantage. While it may make things a little more difficult for you now, once you get your new blog established it will give you an excellent platform with which you can promote other new blogs that you may launch in the future.
3. Place Links to Your Blog from Your Profiles on Social Networking Sites
Most bloggers are active at at least a few social networking or social media sites. If this is the case with you, be sure to take a few minutes and link to your blog from all of your profiles. And if you do not have any profiles, find a few social sites that you want to use, create and account and add a link (and of course, be active at the networking site).
As a new blogger, link building will be more of the most important hurdles that you will have to overcome. Simple links from profiles can be a start.
4. Write Posts and Submit Them to Social Media Sites
One of the best ways for a new blogger to quickly start seeing some real traffic is to leverage social media websites. There are hundreds, probably thousands, of social media sites, some much more popular than others. With interesting and unique content you can get amazing results with social media.
Social media is capable of being the great equalizer for new blogs. Any blog with the right content, a little bit of promotion, and probably some luck along the way, can benefit greatly from social media. Creating content that is targeted towards specific audiences and submitting it to the social media sites is one of the best ways to generate traffic to a new blog.
Although social media has huge potential, many bloggers get poor results. Submitting the wrong types of content or not being genuinely involved at the social media site will likely lead to failure. Take the time to get familiar with the social media audience, and write quality content that appeals to their interests.
5. Commenting on Other Blogs in Your Niche
One way to get quality (not necessarily quantity) visitors is to leave intelligent comments on other blogs in your industry or niche. Readers of those blogs will see your comment, and if they have a reason they will click through to your site.
In order to have success with this strategy you will need to leave significant, intelligent comments, not something like "Nice job". Most blog comments are pretty worthless, so when you leave one that adds some type of value to the post, people will notice.
6. Build a Network of Other Bloggers
One of the most important things you can do for your blog is to start to build some connections to other bloggers, particularly those in your niche.
If you want to network with other bloggers you can start by commenting regularly on their blogs so they'll start to get to know you. Other than that, you can be active at social networking sites, and also you can simply reach out to them by email to introduce yourself and see what happens from there.
Because of the huge number of blogs that already exist and the exponential increases that are occurring, getting yours off to a great start is key. The launch phase is a great time to promote your blog and pique interest from potential readers.
The article is dedicated to providing information on a few things you can focus on as a new blogger to get started quickly.
1. Tell Your Friends and Family About the Blog
By announcing the blog launch to your friends and family you can get a few visitors to the site easily when it is brand new. Send an email to your contacts telling them a little bit about the blog, why you are starting it, and including a link so they can visit.
3. Use Your Other Sites to Link to the New Blog
If you have built other websites or blogs at this point, you should take the time to add links to your new blog (assuming the sites cover topics that are at least somewhat related). Having multiple sites makes it easier to get a little bit of attention for a new site or blog, so take advantage of it if this is the case for you.
If you don't have any other websites yet, this may seem like a disadvantage. While it may make things a little more difficult for you now, once you get your new blog established it will give you an excellent platform with which you can promote other new blogs that you may launch in the future.
3. Place Links to Your Blog from Your Profiles on Social Networking Sites
Most bloggers are active at at least a few social networking or social media sites. If this is the case with you, be sure to take a few minutes and link to your blog from all of your profiles. And if you do not have any profiles, find a few social sites that you want to use, create and account and add a link (and of course, be active at the networking site).
As a new blogger, link building will be more of the most important hurdles that you will have to overcome. Simple links from profiles can be a start.
4. Write Posts and Submit Them to Social Media Sites
One of the best ways for a new blogger to quickly start seeing some real traffic is to leverage social media websites. There are hundreds, probably thousands, of social media sites, some much more popular than others. With interesting and unique content you can get amazing results with social media.
Social media is capable of being the great equalizer for new blogs. Any blog with the right content, a little bit of promotion, and probably some luck along the way, can benefit greatly from social media. Creating content that is targeted towards specific audiences and submitting it to the social media sites is one of the best ways to generate traffic to a new blog.
Although social media has huge potential, many bloggers get poor results. Submitting the wrong types of content or not being genuinely involved at the social media site will likely lead to failure. Take the time to get familiar with the social media audience, and write quality content that appeals to their interests.
5. Commenting on Other Blogs in Your Niche
One way to get quality (not necessarily quantity) visitors is to leave intelligent comments on other blogs in your industry or niche. Readers of those blogs will see your comment, and if they have a reason they will click through to your site.
In order to have success with this strategy you will need to leave significant, intelligent comments, not something like "Nice job". Most blog comments are pretty worthless, so when you leave one that adds some type of value to the post, people will notice.
6. Build a Network of Other Bloggers
One of the most important things you can do for your blog is to start to build some connections to other bloggers, particularly those in your niche.
If you want to network with other bloggers you can start by commenting regularly on their blogs so they'll start to get to know you. Other than that, you can be active at social networking sites, and also you can simply reach out to them by email to introduce yourself and see what happens from there.
About the Author:
Steven Snell is a blogger and social media expert. His blog Traffikd includes the best collection of social media so you can find some to market your site..
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