Hi everyone….

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  cupofteasolveseverything · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 4:08 pm

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  Hi!

  I have only just joined wordpress this afternoon and have written my first blog.

  Just wanted to introduce myself and ask for any advice anyone has about getting my blog up and running and hopefully making it a success.

  Thanks in advance for any hints and tips you can provide!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 4:44 pm

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  Hello there,

  This is a technical support forum where we deal only with WordPress.com support issues. Anything other than technical support questions and answers to them is considered to be spam and treated accordingly.

  Our technical support forums cannot be used as bulletin boards for blog promotion, business promotion, introduction or discussion purposes. Please respect our policy and promote your blog in social networks.

  This thread has been tagged for closure. Please do not continue to post into it and/or create additional threads of this nature.

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  cupofteasolveseverything · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 5:30 pm

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  As I said, I only joined this afternoon therefore am new to all that is wordpress. Clearly did not know that the forums were for support only.

  Sorry for posting this ‘spam’…….

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 5:35 pm

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  Not to worry as we all make mistakes when we take on something new. :) Below are some helpful links to get you started.

  On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the step by step Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/

  See also the “Video Quick Start” tutorial http://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/

  The support documentation is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also on the bottom of your Admin page.

  You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widgets by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts go to > Settings > Reading and scroll down to Follower Settings:

  These settings change emails sent from your blog to followers.
  Logged out users __ Show follow button to logged out users.

  Checking this will present a follow button to logged out users in the bottom corner of their screen.

  Find Friends Who Use WordPress > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/find-friends/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 5:36 pm

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  Two ways of attracting like-minded subscribers are
  (1) commenting meaningfully and frequently on blogs with similar content
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2014/01/20/finding-blogs-with-similar-content/
  and
  (2) being active on social networking sites
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/12/07/7-common-sense-social-networking-tips/

  See these for Staff tips:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/
  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/how-to-get-more-traffic/
  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/traffic-dos-and-donts-a-checklist/
  http://dailypost.wordpress.com/postaday/ebook-grow-traffic/

  If you want to increase traffic then don’t listen to anyone who professes there are passive ways of doing that. Increasing traffic to a blog is hard work. If you want your blog to rank well in search engine results then that begins with creating and publishing original content posts (not pages) ie. unique content that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet.

  See How to Identify Your Blog’s Target Audience http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/09/01/how-to-identify-your-blogs-target-audience/

  These 5 videos introduce how Google discovers, crawls, indexes your site’s pages, and how Google displays them in search results. It also touches lightly upon challenges webmasters and search engines face, such as duplicate content http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/03/22/5google-webmasters-video-tutorials/

  If you are using a WordPress.com theme good SEO is a given. However, going beyond the theme what the blogger has done within that structure is worth evaluating. Whether you write informative, persuasive or controversial content learning how search engines work, and how to apply basic SEO to you content will benefit your blog as it will increase traffic from targeted readers. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/10/21/two-seo-videos-for-bloggers/

  6 Ways to Make Google Your Blog’s Best Friend > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/08/6-ways-to-make-google-your-blogs-best-friend/

  Happy blogging!

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  cupofteasolveseverything · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 5:39 pm

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  Many thanks, I will take a look at the links you have provided!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 5:41 pm

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  You’re welcome. You may want to bookmark the link to this thread so you can return to it as required. Best wishes with your blog. :)