It appears that people are reading my blog (yay!), however, I have no "followers" or "friends" or whatever you'd call it. It makes me feel lonely. I'm pretty technologically stupid, so I don't know how to get "friends" or "followers" or whatever you'd call it, so I am requesting the following things:
1. Advice on how to promote my blog and gather loyal followers (that sounds so creepy!)
2. Followers!
So if you're reading this, please be my friend!
Networked blogs is a great start and you can link that to your facebook profile (if you have one). Also, comment on niche blogs such as your own, try twitter or blog directory submissions. The most popular form of self promotion seems to be with social media now, even though it is a rather new concept. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteCommenting on other blogs and following others is helpful in increasing your followers. Giveaways are another great way to boost followers and readership. Best of luck with you great new blog!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a ton of followers, but the more you go to other's blogs and visit and comment - and follow others the more followers you will have. Also, linking posts to carnivals will bring you traffic. (and personally I never follow anyone who leaves a comment like this "hi, love your blog, hope you come follow mine" ) a real comment will draw me to your blog.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck!
Thank you so much for your advice! I shall be trawling the webs until bedtime, hoping to promote myself a little more, and discover the many gems that are being written out there!
ReplyDeleteHi! Love your blog. You could increase followers by commenting on other blogs (as was said above), and also joining other food blogger communities (like foodbuzz.com) and other general blogging communities (like bloglovin'). I also find that the majority of my page views come from social networking sites-especially facebook. There is an application on facebook that will post directly to your wall everytime you post on the blog. Otherwise, you can do it manually. Basically, everytime I write a post, I save time at the end to promote that post on linkedin, twitter, facebook and foodbuzz. That should help! Good luck :)
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