Social networking sites like Facebook, Google+, Twitter have billions of members. But you cannot grab all of these people to your attention with just a post and a link to your blog. You must follow particular techniques to make them notice you. Here are a few of those blogging strategies to grab everybody’s attention.
- Avoid a flood of updates- A recent survey showed that the more messages or posts you create the engagement is less. This is true. Imagine for yourself. Would you read a long stream of posts from another person? It would be so uninteresting right. Who would bother to read them, probably nobody. So, limit your tweets or updates to one or two only to keep the readers interested.
- Create a good Username- Use a good username that fits your personality and your blog. Avoid ones like sweetiepie or other girly or silly names. You are not in high school anymore, you are here to make money with that blog so create a name that people can identify your blog and sound professional.
- Display Widgets- Make it easy for the users to connect to your blog with their social media channels. So, the networking site account that you have place its icon on your blog. This way reader can easily visit your fan page or profile page with a single click. Apart from this reader can also like or share it to their friends.
- Take advantage of Pinterest- Pinterest is the latest craze these days especially among the ones who love loading images. If you want to boost your presence online then post pictures on your theme boards and link them to related posts. Also integrate a plug in for making it easy for the users to share your articles on their boards.
- Take part in blog groups- Like the LinkedIn for entrepreneurs and professionals, there is a community for bloggers too. Find a group that fits your preference or start one of your own. Once you have your own or if you are amember start sharing your ideas with other bloggers and also take their views too.
- Interaction is Important- Remember social media is a strong medium and it is not a social media for nothing. Respond to comments irrespective of positive or negative ones. If it is a negative one than reply rationally without any harsh words. Start discussions by asking good interesting questions. This way you will come with new blog topics and also keep the interest of the readers.
- Promote bloggers- Promote other bloggers too. If you share, comment, like the content other bloggers there is possibility you will receive the same. So, you will get more exposure. It is true that if you give you shall receive.
These are a few ways to make the social media work for your blog.
