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Starting a new blog is special. You don’t start one everyday, right? That’s why you need to take special care after you have published your first post. I am not talking about how to publish your first post. I know you will do it perfectly. But the actions you do after you publish your first post may determine your blog’s success.
1. Guest Post
Yes, the first thing to do after you publish your first post is to guest post on related blogs. Some bloggers think that you should only post on other blogs once you get “enough” content on your own blog. But in my opinion, you should guest post on other blogs from day one. Two reasons, traffic and quality backlink. If you are waiting for the magic time to start to guest post, you are wasting your time. And yes, I have published my first post and here I am, guest posting!
2. Contact Another Blogger
If you haven’t heard this before, networking is very important for blogging success. So why not contact another telling him about your new post? Now, don’t email another big blogger unless you previously know him well. You should have made acquaintance with him before your first post by blogging commenting or through twitter. Other bloggers can help you get you the first comment on your blog or get you more traffic.
3. Submit To Directories
Submitting to directories may not get you traffic, but it will help to search engines notice you. Since you only have just published your first post, it may be likely that search engines like Google may not have indexed you yet. Submitting your blog and post to directories can help speed up the process.
4. Comment on other blogs
Now that you have a new blog, its time to build links. Blog commenting is one of the best ways to make links and get some traffic in the process. I have had some luck getting traffic from blog comments. So I will tell you to definitely include blog commenting in your promotion strategy.
5. Write Your Next Post
This one is fairly obvious. You can’t run a blog with only one post. So you need to post your next post. I won’t say immediately since I recommend you post only quality articles, and quality articles takes time. Don’t forget to deliver quality content only if you plan to become an authority blogger.
Don’t think that after doing these 5 things you have done your job. Blogging is a continuous learning process. You will learn more about how to make a successful blog from your experiences. So go on and become a successful blogger after your first post.
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Good points! I will start directory submission soon!
Great to hear. But you should also try guest posting as it is the most effective.
These are the most basic and crucial tips that every blogger must follow. This not only make your blog popular but yourself too…
Glad to see you like it. It will provide your site with initial traffic if you guest post. It further motivates you to write more.
Nicely, written article, but I think you could add more to it. What say?
Great to hear that you liked it. What are your suggestions to add?
Thanks! I’ll try to find the blog related to my blog and make a guest post. I do blog commenting mostly though.
Yes, you should start guest blogging. Blog commenting is a good strategy though. You can build links as well as relations.
Agree. Every new blogger should concentrate on these things. Thanks for sharing Rison.
I wish everyone should a take a view of it before start blogging…
These are the most basic and crucial tips that every blogger must follow. This not only make your blog popular but yourself too… Thanks for the nice post..
Yes, doing these will make your site popular. I have had great luck with guest posting.
I have just started my new blog and of course that is the tips I must do to promotion my blog, Thanks Rison!
Good luck with your new blog.
Must do things for a newbie and exactly these are the things I did when I started blogging.
Great to hear that you followed these tips. Happy blogging!
Yes This is the besic steps but we must have to know about How to write SEO rich BLOG post.
That is a good point too. Thank you.
I think these are very common points and few of them like sharing on social bookmarking sites, commenting are very common and used by every blogger.
Yes, they are common methods which a new blogger should be aware about.
A Great Blog Post for Newbie Bloggers! But Rison, you forgot Submitting Blog Post to Social Networks! This way you can tell your friends about the blog and grow readers.
I acutally avoided social media since a new blogger might not have enough followers online to make an impact.
But a blogger can use his existing Facebook/Twitter profile to get some traffic. This was the first thing I did after posting 5-6 posts.
You had good luck. But it’s not the case with every blogger. Thanks for sharing your idea.
Nice post.. You should also mention some Directories name where they can publish..
There are thousands of directories. There are already enough posts on the internet about directories. You can search on Google to find some pr directories.
Hello,
Thanks a lot for the tips. I am sure that this is really going to be highly beneficial for a blogger like me. Though I started blogging two years back, I did not know much about promotion. However, I manage to get around $100 from AdSense. But still, more traffic will do me much favour!
Thanks again!
$100 with adsense is impressive. With of you site generates that amount of money? The site you have liked to is started recently and I guess the traffic isn’t high either. It would be great if you share your experiences.
Yes, I agree with you !! Blog commenting is the best way to increase the number of backlinks and traffic. Thanks for posting such a valuable information with us !!
Nice tips .but I will not recommend you all to go for directory submission ,because many directories don’t approve site.so you will loose you time . start blog commenting and guest post it will help you more that directory submission.
My friend, you can pay someone or use automated tools to submit to directories. I think it’s a god way for your site to be noticed by search engines. The other two ways are great too.
Cool tips !
Though I have a well established blog but still guest posting always prooves fruitful for me. I do guest posting basically on shoutmeloud and it always fetch me targetted readers for my blog.
Guest blogging is an evergreen method for blog promotion.
Nice post, Rison. However, I would say, you would need above mentioned activities not only after first post, but after every post to keep the things moving.
As far as writing your next post is concerned, all of us do have a bit of tough time to decide what to write on. Thats what I have just covered today in my latest post on my blog.
I have mentioned about SEO before. And posting in other blogsite is also important. Great tips guys. Thanks for sharing.
The things are really very important. First time blogger should follow the above tips to get a better result of their blog post. SEO is the most important. And its also important to post the same blog to other sites.