In all my years as a blogger, I learnt that promoting your blog post is as important as creating the blog post. Nobody will know about your blog post unless you do your bit to spread the news. This is where new bloggers get frustrated before they make any headway in blogging. Readers don’t come automatically. You have to bring your content to your readers.
Here are 5 ways you can promote your blog post.
Be strategic with how you share your blog on social media
When it comes to sharing your blog post on social media, most bloggers just drop links to their blog posts on all the social media platforms. Although it is good to share your blog posts on social media, that should not be the only thing you do to promote your blog posts on social media.
Find Facebook groups on the niche you write in and if it’s allowed by the group rules, you can drop a link to your blog post. Take it further by interacting with members in the group and building relationships with them. Have conversations with influencers in other social networking platforms as well.
Another pro-tip is to share your old blog posts in your social media platforms to give these posts some exposure as well. Make sure you craft catchy and engaging social posts that complement your blog to get a conversation going. The key is building relationships and staying consistent with sharing content.
Comment on other blog posts often
This may come as a surprise to some of you but commenting on other blogs, especially blogs with thousands of readers will have attract eyeballs to your blog. But I must warn you that you need to make sure that you leave meaningful and valuable comments. Don’t just leave a one-line comment. Give your insight. Add value. Show your expertise. This is what will get the readers interested in checking out your own blog.
Feature or interview influencers in your blog posts
When you dedicate a blog post to an influencer, there is a possibility that they will share your blog post with their fans. This will give your blog post a lot of exposure when that happens.
Collaborate with other bloggers
You go far when you work with others. Collaborate with bloggers who have a larger following than you on a blog post or a project. That will create an opportunity for you to be put in front of their audience. There will be cross-promotion of your blog and the other blogger’s blog when you collaborate.
Join blogging communities
Blogging communities are a great space for bloggers of like minds. Everyone is interested in helping each other grow their blogs, solve blog related problems and give encouragement and support when the journey gets overwhelming.
Such blogging communities make a great avenue to increase the visibility of your blog post. This works only when you are active. Try and be a regular face in blogging communities. They give room to share your blog posts but you earn greater respect and more readers when you give value to the community as well.
Do you blog? How did you promote your most recent blog post?
Some good tips here I find that collaborating with other influencers really helps – things like putting together crowdsourced list style articles can really give you posts a boost.
Yes most definitely.
Exactly! ! These ways will help to promote your blog.. Thanks for sharing.. .
Thanks for reading Kalpana.
Great tips…I hate the social media promotion side of having a blog, but it is so necessary. Sometimes though it can be so soul destroying not seeing your hard work getting read
Yes it can be. Promote we must.
This blog post was very helpful, I’ve tried collaborating with aspiring fashion creatives and it worked.
Oh nice. Glad it worked.
Great advice! Collaborating with other bloggers is a good idea!
Thanks hun.
Awesome post! I am new to blogging and I’ll deff take these tips and use them!
Ah nice. I hope you enjoy blogging.
Great tips here Stella. So many things to learn when you first start blogging. I never really share any posts at first but now I spend a lot of time after I publish a post to try and promote it 🙂
Thanks Claire.
What good advice! I agree with all of these tips, particularly collaborating with other bloggers and joined blogging communities; not only are these great ways to promote your blog and get new people following you, but it’s a fun way to meet other bloggers.
Yes it is Kate.
I couldn’t agree more with all of these Stella. My traffic was very stagnant, and practically non-existent. Then I discovered the blogging community Facebook groups and things to a turn for the better. I’ve found blogs I enjoy reading and love hearing what people think of my posts in return. Promoting your posts long after they’ve published is a must too. Social oomph for Twitter has been a huge help, as has Tailwind for Pinterest, for driving traffic to both my blog and older posts. Also, you get back out what you put into your blog so you need to invest your time in promotion and engagement with other bloggers and you’ll see a return on that investment x
Yea it is a lot of work but so worth it.
so far, i’ve been blogging for a number of years and i really enjoy that part of the process has been interacting with others doing the same thing and the opportunity to work with brands. at the moment i’ve been doing a lot of travelling which has helped me share different content but also meet other bloggers.
Oh nice. Been loving your travel posts.
These are all great tips – I think that being part of a community really helps, you can pick up extra tips and make some lovely friends too!
Yes. Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for these helpful tips! I’m also living in the UK and I only just started my blog a few days ago. Will definitely be taking this advicd on board!
Oh nice. Welcome to the crazy world of blogging. I hope you enjoy the ride.
Thank you 🙂
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Pinterest is great way how to promote blog. Do you have any tips about that, Stella?
Anita,
Not really. I have not been so lucky with Pinterest but I know many bloggers swear by it.
This post really came as a blessing.I hv just started blogging and feel clueless about promoting.Read many good blogs but you really put everything in a simple and effective manner.Thanks a lot dear.
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Good Wishes.
You have mentioned a few things I didn’t know.
Oh good.
Awesome!!
Thanks.
Thank you for the tips, this is definitely something I’m struggling with as a newbie blogger!
Glad you like the tips Ange.
I just started my blog so i’m a noob, lol. But my blog is about my experience in Thailand
Oh nice. I will have a read.
thank you XD
Thank you for this information, I am a new blogger that started this weekend past. Hearing from a seasoned blogger helps to prepare me. Thanks for your tips
Glad you like the tips. Thanks for reading.