While writing a blog is great for its own sake, you probably hope that someone is reading what you post. Use these tips to market your blog and gain loyal readers.
- Put your posts on social media. Put a link on Facebook for your aunts and cousins to read it and tweet a link for your friends.
- Comment on similar blogs and leave your blog URL. One of the best ways to promote your blog is to develop relationships with other bloggers.
- Pin your posts onto your Pinterest board.
- The Blog "The Every Girl" recommends making a "Top Ten List" of blogs and brands that you admire to model yourself after. This will help you find ways to market yourself.
- Use hashtags when you tweet or Instagram your posts so that more people see them. Tag any companies or people that you mention in your post.
- Develop your own personal brand to make your blog instantly recognizable.
- Write a guest post on a similar blog. Offer for that blogger to write a guest post on your blog (to cultivate a good relationship with them!).
- Jeff Bullas recommends hosting a contest in which readers gain entries by sharing your blog on their social media accounts.
- Let readers subscribe to a weekly newsletter with links to your posts from the past week and a message from you.