How do I publicise my blog more widely?
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I’m not getting many views on my blog and wonder if someone can advise how I can get the blog more widely read? And how do I encourage people to hit that “like” button???? Any advice appreciated!!
Thank you,
CarnspindleThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Here are three links to review that have some very useful information. Also, there is even more on onecoolsitebloggingtips, so have a look around there as you have the time.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2008/04/26/ten-traffic-promotion-tips-for-bloggers/
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/06/promote-your-blog-increase-traffic/ -
Your followers can “like” your posts in several locations without ever clicking into your blog and creating a page view stat. Those who have username accounts only but no blog can become followers and click the “like” button.
A follower can click the “like” button when viewing your posts in the Readomatic reader on the home page of WordPress.com
A follower can click the “like” button when viewing your posts on the Topics pages.
A follower can click the “like” button when viewing your posts when using an app.
An email subscriber can click the “like” button in the email they receive of your new posts without visiting your blog.P.S. To compel readers to click into my blog to read the full post I have set my RSS Feed to “summary” on this page > Settings > Reading
Enabling like buttons leads to fewer comments. Likes cannot be transferred if you move the blog off of wordpress.com free hosting in the future.
The most effective way of promoting your blog is to comment, comment, comment on blogs with similar content.
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;
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.
4. Make your blog posts look professional;
5. Create at least 4-6 pillar posts and continue to create pillar posts;
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 as having authority in the niche you blog in.
6. Select and link to appropriate anchor text;
7. Leave meaningful comments on related blogs and 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;
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.
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 social networks, 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. -
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@TSP was a shortcut I substituted for @thesacredpath. Sorry I confused you.@karenskellyphoto
Relevant tags yes but less is more. The clasic mistake new bloggers make is over-tagging their posts. Matt Cutts of Google makes it clear in his video that these days search engines pay more attention to your keywords in your content than they do to your keywords in Tags/Categories. That focus is Google’s response to tag spammers or spamdexers, who are into excessive tag use aimed at gaming search engine results. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/03/01/revisiting-keywords-and-tags/
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