Lately I’ve been coming to many realizations about my blog so I find myself writing quite a bit about the how to’s of blogging. I’ve been looking at the Skool of Life from a long term, strategic, business perspective and realize there are something I might have done differently if I knew what I know today.
Guest Posting: I’ve been fortunate enough to have guests post such as 10 signs that the matrix has you and 10 tips for Navigating the waters of life published on a blog as popular as Dumb Little Man. While I have no doubt, gotten a nice influx of traffic from my posts there, I realized that I have written a ton of content, which if it had been used as guest posts at other blogs, would have given me a bit more exposure. Additionally I’m now planning a guest posting blitz. I would say coming up with a guest posting plan is a really good way to go. You can easily get guest posts on the top blogs, but it might take some time. So, I would say find somebody with 500-1000 RSS readers, to get your name out there while you are waiting for the Problogger type blogs to get back to you.
Commenting Strategy: I’ve heard one them consistently in all the interviews I’ve conduced with bloggers as part of the interviews with up and coming bloggers podcast. Even when we try to leave insightful comments that are not things like “great post, etc, etc” we are still on there as a one shot deal. Nathan Hangen told me that getting involved in the conversation at these blogs is really key.
Relationships with Bloggers: With guest posting comes relationships with other bloggers. I think I waited far too long to do this. I think you should reach out to other bloggers who are in the early stages of their blog and make them part of your network. It’s likely you’ll all be progressing at the same rate, and be able to help each other out.
Newsletter/Sales Funnel: I setup a newsletter. I have about 90 subscribers, but I didn’t set this up the right way and now I’m being forced to go back and rework my email strategy. I think this video with John Chow is really the best thing I’ve seen explaining it.
Team Blogging: Blogging may start out as an individual endeavor. If it stays one, then you are in for a really long uphill climb. Collaboration with other bloggers is really the key blowing the lids off what is possible. I’ve heard of bloggers forming their own mastermind groups. I’ve thought of starting a second blog and working in conjunction with some people that share my same goals. Feel free to email if you are interested in working on this joint venture.
Podcasting: I avoided the podcasting concept for a while and I realized that it was a mistake this week. In my recent interviews with up and coming bloggers podcasts (Josh Hanagarne and Kelly Diels) I was able to start connecting to other bloggers and immediately growing my relationships through referrals. Each blogger I interview refers me to somebody I don’t know that I should interview.
In a nutshell I would say that, you really should have an attack plan and strategy for your growth. I had one that wasn’t clearly defined. Hopefully this will help all my readers who have their own blogs.
Im literally starting my blog today! I just purchased the site and then Im going to get it fixed up. I love to write, and Im a proffesional victim advocate so I figure I can write about things that matter to me like bullying, domestic violence stuff like that. And if I get good subscribers I should be able to maybe, just maybe help someone someday. You wanna be friends now? Email me. Thanks PS Your article here was amazing. Great ideas for getting started before I get started lol
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