New to blogging

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  ahoxholli · Member · Mar 31, 2015 at 2:37 pm

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  Hi there,
  I was hopping for some quick tips from any of you bloggers out there. I am new to blogging and needed some help with the basics:

  1. How can I make is easier to get more ppl to sign up via email to my blog, it seems they are willing to do it more in the social media setting but not when it comes to following my blog.

  2. When can wordpress allow you to add ADs into your page?? and how do I begin to do so?

  Any help for these questions would really be good.

  Many thanks
  Misa

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  pmciano · Member · Mar 31, 2015 at 5:30 pm

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  @ahoxholli

  We have some tips on traffic building here:

  All About SEO on WordPress.com

  SEO Quick Tips: Four Ways to Improve Your Results Today

  Increase Your Site’s Traffic

  I also recommend getting involved over at http://dailypost.wordpress.com/ — it’s a staff-written blog with writing and photography challenges, lots of blogging advice, and an active community of WordPress.com users that support each other and read each other’s work.

  WordPress.com offers several options for those who want to generate some revenue from their blog or site, including affiliate links, advertising, and PayPal and eCommerce integration.

  You can read more about affiliate links and the types of advertising allowed on WordPress.com here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

  If you would like to sell your own work or solicit donations using Paypal on your WordPress.com site, this link will give you instructions for setting up a PayPal button:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/

  WordPress.com Business users can integrate eCommerce features in their site by using one of our eCommerce partners. If you have a store at Ecwid, Shopify, or Shoplocket, you can showcase and sell your products on your WordPress.com site:

  Sell Online on WordPress.com

  If you require eCommerce/shopping cart functionality beyond this, you might be interested in a self-hosted (WordPress.org) installation. There are no restrictions on eCommerce if you set up a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.

  Please see this link to learn about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  Let us know if you have any more questions :-)