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How do you attract readers to your blog?
Posted by F4wrdthnkndad • 10/13/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: attracting readers, blogs, marketing your blog
While I like writing my blog, I really don't know jack squat about getting readers. I've had some luck with alphainventions, condron, and some ping services over time. ALso commenting on blogs has helped some, but I feel like there must be more efficient ways to generate interest.
I'd appreciate hearing about how others attract readers to their blog.
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If you just need traffic you can make use of some traffic exchanging websites like easyhits4u . Note that using such sites are against google adsense policies.
If you want genuine users to your blog,then i suggest you to make use of many social networking websites like twitter,facebook,orkut etc.Dont just go there and spam everywhere.Make many friends,appreciate your friends' blogs,photos and posts,also ask your friends to share your blog links with their other friends too.
If you want to make a blog a big success then you must attract traffic from search engines.
i have found 2 articles on how to attract search engine traffic, which i have posted here,if you want you can go n check them
violetorkut.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-get-traffic-from-search-engines.htm... -
i don't. people get addicted the moment they set cursor there xD-
sorry to disagree, I went there, and I'm not an addict... lol
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I offer freshly baked cookies and death threats. The two work wonders.-
I would take a fresh cookie and a threat. -
Have you considered consolidating the two into a a skull-and-crossbones cookie motif? Or perhaps cookies shaped like horse's heads?
I thought you might be able to streamline your promotion with multi-tasking.
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just and be welcoming and make sure you smile :-D -
I tend to just visit other people's sites, follow a lot of people, and make sure that my blog is the best it can be. Those traffic sites tend to get a lot of people that just want you to visit their blog afterwards.
Of course, so far the biggest publicity I have found is posting facebook status updates whenever I put up a new post. The people who check from facebook tend to be those who are going to become interested and actually care. -
I just enjoy writing and doodling for myself now, I built up a readership originally by participating in a lot of memes and commenting a lot. -
You know, if I had to choose one thing that has helped most in attracting readers to my blogs, I would say it's been TIME.
It takes time for folks to get to know you and get curious about your blogs.
It takes time for Google to really index your site.
It takes time to get good search engine placement.
And time for you to find bloggers with similar interests.
Even though being consistent by creating new material takes a lot of energy, hanging in there and continuing blogging makes the greatest difference in growing that audience.-
Yes time is the answer!! just enjoy writing and working on your blog and your niche will pull up a chair and beverage!
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I offer first time visitors vodka. Of course, they don't know that their vodka has been laced with hallucinogens but then, I do so love the surprise element.-
How about gin? I'd much prefer gin. -
Or gin with hallucinogens...a gin 'n frolic? -
haha! love it!
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just keep in mind to provide relevant and well composed content -
Thanks. I will do it and let you know how it goes.
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I try to write in threads that interest me, and maybe people with the same interests who like my answer will take a gander at my blog -
I interlink everything. maybe people has no intention to drop by at the first place, but once they are there.. they tend to bookmark it. -
I don't know why my blog has readers. -
its a really tough game.. to get and retain genuine readers. -
I don't if they come by than it's cool with me
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So far I've learned it takes patience, and lots of networking. It takes more time to promote the blog through various services than it does to write the blog. Every day I learn a new way!
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Wow! This is the first time I have ever had my comment deleted. It wasn't even my link that I was dropping. All right, I guess I will leave off the ".com" part. I had just said to try Entrecard to attract readers. It is an interesting blogging community where you can earn credits for advertising. I guess you will have to google it to find out more.
I have just joined and so far I have seen an increase in visitors. Granted some don't stick around but I have found a few that do and have even followed my blog.
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This comment may eventually get removed, but here goes.
Sometimes the answers to your questions are right under your nose. You should get to know Source Blogger, Source Blogger is committed to getting results for your blog.
Source Blogger -
I use a lot of different techniques. I use article marketing, hubpages, squidoo, ebay, twitter, facebook, etc. And I only spend about 45 minutes a day doing so =) Most of my techniques are on auto pilot. -
I find topics that are controversial (or have the potential to be) and then write about them or I review things like music, movies, books, even world news (this one seems to be a favorite).
In fact, I have been doing so well that I am now starting to attract my own cult following of spammers who like to post comments on my blog with their businesses and pretend that their comments are valid towards the actual content of the article.
It is truly gratifying let me tell you!
Seriously, just write about whatever you feel like, get a little SEO happening and post to your friends blogs. You can also make link swap deals with your friends on their blogs. I get about 300 hits a day just from one of my buddies blogs alone and I swap back fresh traffic to him in return.
Cheers,
Michael -
Free drinks of course.
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By asking them to read my blog in forums like these. I invite all of you to visit my blog.
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