Writing a blog post is just the start of the journey and most of the time the easiest! I’ve looked before at ways to drive traffic to your blog which included gravatar and comment luv, but the hard work comes from getting people to read and share that content. Social media is a great way to get in front of your target audience so here are a few tips.
- Twitter – with any social media its a good idea to think long term. Tweeting once as soon as the post is live is not going to generate that much traffic. I use bit.ly (this shortens the URL giving you more characters to play with) and twuffer to schedule in tweets for various blog content. Also think about retweeting topical and seasonal posts each year. Now would be a good time to reshare Easter content – making chocolate eggs, Easter cards or bonnets, local days out, activities to do with children in the holidays, how to run a small business in the holidays etc …
- Networking – find groups on Facebook or communities on Google+ where you can share content, chat with other bloggers and develop relationships that will build your blog following. Join in with # chats on twitter popular ones for bloggers are Parent Bloggers Network
#pbloggers twitter chat every Sun 9-10pm, Becky Bedbug has an extensive list of blogger twitter chats, days and times. - Pinterest – having a labelled and watermarked large image will maximise the share potential of a blog post. Pinterest is all about the visual. Check out this great Q&A with Graces Favours which will help you understand how to get the most from Pinterest.
- Facebook – as well as obviously posting your blog posts to your Business Page and personal profile, join groups. There are lots of blogging groups whereby you can share content, engage in discussion, find relevant linkys (for a comprehensive list of linkys try Single Mother Ahoy!) and also get your posts mentioned in round-ups or crowdsourcing.
- Blogs – read other blogs, comment on them, share & tag them on Facebook and Google+.
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Great post! Some very useful tips to take on board x
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“Pinterest is all about the visual.” I totally agree! It’s so important to have great images – great photos, great design, and a clear message. Pinterest has created a specific marketing need for website owners – every webpage needs a pinnable image.
All great tips lovely! There is so much work that goes into a blog that goes unseen isn’t there x
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Great tips. If you are looking at scheduling content, coshedule is a neat tool that you can schedule Twitter, Facebook, G+ and LinkedIn. H x
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great tips! I find it’s best to focus on the platform you really love, for me it’s IG and I think I’ve found quite a lot of new readers that way x
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Thanks for the tips – I love the photo 🙂
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fantastic post and amazing tips.
I share on Twitter, Facebook and groups. Oh and G+ too
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I think that pinterest is changing and what used to be all about the image is not much more about keywords and search term. They say that they are not a social network anymore, but a specialised search engine. I love instagram, but am not sure that I get many readers from it!
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Fab tips, I use all of these things but need to get better at sharing
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Loads of great pointers!xx
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I love Pinterest and Instagram, I think that twitter is becoming more of a place for link dumping these days? I thinkit’s important to findthe onesthat you enjoy the most too.
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Thanks for the tips, all good for a newbie like me
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Great pointers! I always want to be everywhere but sadly my time doesn’t allow for that – Twitter and Instagram are probably the favourites although I appreciate G+ too!
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Some fabulous tips here and right up my street at the moment. I’m new to Instagram and I’m not sure I’ve completely ‘got’ it so I’m hunting down tips to help! Loving Twitter personally right now, great for making connections and building relationships. I’ve not heard of twuffer before though – always great to come across new blogging tools! Bookmarking this series 🙂
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Social media is difficult for everyone to manage, but businessmen will work with a social media agency to expand their brands. This is a very impressive blog, and I like it because it has good content about how to grow our businesses using social media marketing.
hello,
Fab tips, Social media is difficult for everyone to manage,
Great tips on using social media to drive traffic! Scheduling tweets and retweeting seasonal content are smart strategies. Networking in relevant groups and participating in blogger chats help build relationships. Pinterest’s visual focus is perfect for sharing posts. Engaging with other blogs through comments and sharing on Facebook and Google+ is valuable too. Well done!
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