Writing a good blogpost can be hard, but there’s a lot of good advice out in the world (Like this great post from Jenny in Neverland) so I’m not gonna talk too much about that today. What I am going to talk about is how to get some more engagement on those blog posts.
This blog might be new and I’m no expert, but I’ve been blogging for more than 5 years so I do have some experience.
Share your post.
So, you’ve written the perfect blog post, what then? Most people aren’t gonna see it unless you make it visible. I like to share it on my social media platforms. Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram are all good places to share.
If you wanna drive some extra traffic, sharing your post in Twitter blog share threads is effective but it only works if you put in the time. Other places to share is Blogarama, Bloglovin, Mix, and Blog post vote up.
Search Engine Optimization
You’ve probably heard it before. SEO. It sounds so technical and difficult but it doesn’t have to be. There’s some really nice guides out there that can tell you all about it, but basically it’s about telling search engines exactly why they should pick your blogpost / site to put in front of people looking for exactly what you write about.
Make them easy to comment on
People today aren’t willing to waste time. If they read your blog post but can’t find where to comment, they leave without doing it.
So making it clear where to comment is super important. Yes you want your readers to see a few of your other posts, but if they have to search between advertisements, ads for other blogposts and your author description, they’ll most likely give up.
The same goes if the comment section is too complicated. If they have to fill out too much information, sign in, and do weird picture puzzles, they say “fuck it” and move on.
Mobile friendly
Which leads me to the last point on this list. Mobile friendly. Today, a lot of people use their phones for a lot of their social media browsing. So if you want more engagement on your blog make them mobile friendly. If your target audience is sitting on their phones, browsing twitter and see your blog post, they will most likely go directly to your blog and not like it and wait until they get home. So if your site isn’t mobile friendly you could potentially loose a lot of readers, but you’ll also have a lot of negative traffic (people who go to your site but only stay for seconds, which search engines doesn’t like, but that’s a post for another day)
I hope my advice has inspired you a bit ❤
This is all such great advice! I’m a new blogger trying to get as much traffic as I can to my site. Thanks so much for all the tips!
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You’re welcome and good luck 🍀
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Yes to making them easy to comment on, it’s such a turn off if I have to register a new account or hunt down the box to do it. All the others are great ways to boost traffic too x
Sophie
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Yes, especially the register a new account that might delete your carefully written comment 😣
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Nice pointers to increase page views
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Thank you 😊
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Great tips. Most of them are Google centered with only social media sharing although I think they consider them too.
Pinterest has proven to be the best social platform for a blogger.
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Yes, make it easier to comment…this is the most important tip to keep in mind
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Yeah ❤️ I agree. It’s very annoying to have to search around to try and comment
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Excellent tips! Whilst I try to not get too bogged down on numbers, it is always nice to have more people reading your content. I’m hoping to move to WordPress by the end of the year, which hopefully will allow me to boost my SEO too!
Ellyn x | Life Of A Beauty Nerd
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Numbers shouldn’t be everything, but I think we also have to be honest and admit that we’re all blogging in the hope of people reading ❤️
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Great points! I put a lot of effort to SEO and it really pays off. Especially on those days when I simply don’t have time to promote my posts myself, there’s still a steady flow from Google, which keeps the wheels turning. x
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That’s awesome. My Seo is still a struggle but I do get better and better.
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This is all great advice. I have recently started my blog so looking to get all the advice I can. One thing I have noticed that you also mentioned here is making it easy to comment on your blog, I have wanted to leave comments on blog posts that I have liked and it is so difficult, I either can’t because I don’t have an account or the comment section is closed it is so frustrating.
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It is very frustrating, yes 😊 and good luck with your blog
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Fab post and some great tips thank you, I agree make sure it’s easy to comment it frustrates me so much when I am unable to easily!
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Thank you 😊
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Great advice! I’m just starting up a new blog, so these tips will come in handy. Thank you.
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You’re welcome, and good luck 🍀
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This post is helpful and informative. I always try to find new ways to promote my content. It can be so hard at times but this gives me ideas. Lovely post, thank you so much for sharing ♡
—Athena Christy
https://athenachristy.wordpress.com/
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You’re very welcome ☺️
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Love this! Great tips. I’ve definitely navigate away in the past when it’s been too hard to find the place to comment.
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Yes! All good points, another great post Tea
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Thank you 😍
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This is really helpful,thanks.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
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You’re welcome and thanks for the comment
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Great tips Tea! I never quite manage to share enough. Need to get better this year.
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My main traffic sources are Google Discover, Pinterest and Google search. I’m not getting a lot of traffic from Twitter. Are there other sources that I don’t know about?
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Thanks for the great advice. You don’t gobbelfunk around with SEO I always say.
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I’ve recently started paying more attention to SEO on my posts and am gradually working my way through old posts and updating it on those too. No idea if it’s making any difference but it’s worth a try! Steff x
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That’s awesome. I hope you see results soon
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Very informative and interesting. This was a good read. I have recently written a post on a similar subject. It would be great if you could leave a feedback. 🙂 https://thelifestyleleader.wordpress.com/2020/04/07/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/
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