Setting up a blog is easy. The hard part is to keep it going. When you set up a new blog, the excitement can quickly vanish after a few weeks/months. You may find yourself struggling with writer’s block and this can have a massive impact on your new blog’s stats. If you are on the hunt for tips to jumpstart your new blog, here are some ideas you may find useful.
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Stick to a strong niche
Setting up your new blog as a ‘lifestyle blog’ may not be a good idea. It’s always best to start off with a strong, well-developed niche like fashion, beauty, parenting, travel, and the likes, and then evolve into a more lifestyle theme if that is what you want. Starting off as a lifestyle blog from the start may be too generic and this can slow down the growth of your blog. So pick a strong theme and grow off the back of it.
Stay active on social media
When I first started blogging, I made my blog had a page on every major social media platform, and this helped jumpstart my blog because it brought in traffic. Staying active on social media is a great way to jumpstart your blog. You can always schedule tweets and social media posts in advance, that way you don’t have huge gaps in between posts.
Create quality content
At the end of the day, your blog content would speak for itself, and this why creating quality content is a no-brainer. You want to retain the traffic you are attracting, and quality content in a strong niche would do just that.
Research similar blogs
Drawing inspiration from similar blogs is another great way to jumpstart your new blog. Spamming the comment section is never a great idea, and neither is copying. Researching similar blogs allows you to see how other bloggers run their blog. It also allows you to discover what works and what doesn’t.
Invest in a simple blog design
When it comes to blog designs, you want a simple design that is user-friendly and easy to read. The less ads, the better, and don’t go for designs that are too busy or overly complicated. Less is more with blog designs. You want your readers to enjoy the look and feel of your blog, so they stay longer on it and return.
Good luck with your new blog. Leave me a comment, so I can check yours out.
Hi! I just came across your site and I absolutely love your content! I just started my site myself and the first few weeks – getting it going, creating content, manoeuvring about seo, making the design pretty and reaching people has been the hardest part so your posts are such an inspiration to me as a fashion, beauty, and lifestyle blogger!
Hiya! Congrats on the new blog and good luck with it all. Enjoy the journey 😊
All great ideas (I’m 3 months new) , thanks, Linda xox
Oh lovely! Glad you like the tips Linda 😊
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