So you have a Blog. Wonderful! A good blog is an asset that can help you get a good job, connect with new people and in general be a platform to express your opinion. But do you know how many people visit your blog? Is anyone even remotely interested in your posts? If it were so, your blog would have already gone viral with hundreds, if not thousands, of visitors everyday. You could have even become an internet phenomenon.
But that’s not the case, is it? So, let us see how to make you and your blog famous with 10 simple steps.
Step 1 : Content is King
The first thing you have to understand is that content is king. If your blog does not feature high quality content then it is as good as useless. There are millions of blogs strewn all across the internet but no one’s talking about them. Produce really good content and people will come to you.Step 2 : Current Trend
Find out the current trend. What is everyone writing about? What kind of articles are going viral? Do some research about content and style. Visit popular blogs and see why they are so popular. Also try to cover some latest news, be creative in covering new launches, share your opinion, and you might end up into Google News. Also If you’re the first to write about a certain topic, chances are more people will be interested in your posts.Step 3 : Your View about things
After you have done your research, its time to interpret it in your own unique way. Don’t write what everyone else has already written. Bring a fresh, new perspective to it. If you are reviewing a product, then actually use it, explore it and then write about it.Step 4 : Add Spice, Love Controversy
The internet is a vast space. How do you attract people with your perspective Add some spice to your writings. Make a little controversy. Be unique. Apart form adding spice to your writing, you can also pick some controversial topic. Like recently, a PowerPoint Designer re-designed NSA's PRISM PowerPoint slides, which became viral overnight.Step 5 : Keep things Light
Add some humor into your posts. If people wanted to read a thesis, they would do that. Blogs are meant to be fun and interactive. Make it so. You must learn from BuzzFeed, which brings in tonnes of Humor in each post and is hugely followed by youngsters all over the world.Step 6 : Catchy Tagline
Done with the article? Good! Now come up with a cool tagline for your article. It should grab attention by simply being there on the internet. Choose a dramatic or suspicious Tagline, which should make the viewer click on it, to see whats inside. But don't be totally absurd with your Tagline, keep it related to the content.Step 7 : Social Media
Crafting good content is not enough, you have to market it accordingly. Let everyone know that you have a blog. Post it on social networking platforms; Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus, anywhere you can. You can also submit your articles to other forums. Also if you have en-listed any Website in you Article, do tag them while posting on Twitter or Facebook. You might get a re-tweet or a Facebook share from them.Step 8 : S E O
These 3 words will always keep all the Web developers busy. To get people to find your blog, use SEO techniques to get internet traffic. There are tons of articles over the internet that teaches people how to use keywords, go take a look at them.- 7 Best and Quick tips for your Websites SEO
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Step 9 : Be Regular
So you have started posting articles and people are reading them. That’s nice! But remember to keep posting. If you stop posting on your blog everyone will lose interest. Remember, you are only as good as your last post. Also, you never know which post goes viral, so keep posting.Step 10 : Make Blogger Friends
The best way to let people know about your blog and also read what you write is by getting in touch with people in this field, that is Bloggers. Get in touch with other Bloggers, attend seminars, socialize and introduce them to your Blog.So, there you have it, 10 simple steps. Making a blog go viral is not easy and Rome was not built in a day. But keep at it. Who knows, maybe someday we will be reading your blogs.