getting more followers
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Hi! I am very new to the site and really want feedback about my photography. I am just learning photoshop and really want to become skilled in it. However, it is fairly useless for me to post pictures if nobody comments on them. Does anyone have suggestions?
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Please see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/
See also > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/how-to-get-more-traffic/
There are also zillions of threads on this topic of increasing traffic in forum threads. The best way to attract traffic to your site is to leave meaningful comments on similar blogs. -
Have you verified your blog ownership with the major search engines yet? See here if you haven’t > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
Are you assigning a minimal number of relevant categories and tags to your posts. See here for help with that > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/tags-29?replies=26
There is no single best way to increase traffic. There are many approaches but the bottom line is that there is no such thing as passive blog promotion . The reason I’m emphasizing this is because many new bloggers assume that if they blog readers will just happen (build a blog and they will come). Well, this is not the case. The golden rule of social networking is: give to get. Aside from creating and refreshing an archive full of high quality content by publishing frequently, the best way to attract more readers is to comment, comment, comment on similar blogs in the same niche as your own blog, and create blog centered relationships with other bloggers.
Here are 25 basic steps to take to increase traffic to your blog:
1. Structure a reader and search engine blog;
2. In blogging content is king create unique, high quality content so publish fresh content frequently;
3. Learn basic SEO so you can use keywords effectively and apply basic SEO to your headlines, blog and posts;
4. Make your blog posts look professional;
5. Create at least 4-6 pillar posts and continue to create pillar posts;
6. Select and link to appropriate anchor text;
7. Leave meaningful comments on related blogs;
8. Encourage comments on your own blog;
8. Develop relationships with other bloggers so you can build a blog readers’ community around your own blog;
9. Support the blog centered communities on related blogs by commenting on them and promoting posts from them;
10. Link to authoritative sources in your posts;
11. Deep link to your earlier related posts in your new posts;
12. Assign appropriate categories and tag your posts with care;
13. Link to related authoritative blogs in your blogroll;
14. Provide RSS feeds for subscribers;
15. Having a well designed theme is important, evaluate your theme for effectiveness, and if required, create a new header, make improvements or replace your theme and reduce page loading time;
16. Avoid cluttering your blog with widgets that lack reader value and slow page loading time;
17. Buy your own domain and domain mapping;
18. Verify your blog with the three big search engines.
19. Get organized, use an online to do list by developing a blogging workflow;
20. Join social networks and social media sites like Facebook and use Twitter, Friendfeed and other Free RSS directories to promote your blog posts;
21. Promote your blog through forums, online groups, and selected directories;
22. Develop a social media time management strategy and stick to it;
23. Submit your latest pillar article to a blog carnival;
24. Become a guest blogger on sites with higher page rank than your own site.
25. Create newsletters and/or ebooks for your subscribers.
I have tutorials on my blog linked to my username on how to do all of the foregoing. -
Hi! Thank you so much for answering my question. However, I am unfamiliar with some of the terminology that you used. What is SEO and RSS and how would you define “pillars”?
I will definitely check out your blog tutorials.
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You can always use Google search for definitions. You can also click on my username use the search box on my blogging tips blog as I have blogged on all of those topics. :)
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the “natural” or un-paid (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results.
RSS (Rich Site Summary or really simple syndication) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
Pillar posts are also referred to as flagship content. Pillar posts are comprehensive posts that offer great value to readers as the contents are timeless in nature. They define you having authority in the niche you blog in.
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