Well I shared my New Year’s Resolutions earlier this month but one thing I didn’t mention was my blogging goals. I don’t have specific goals as such I just generally want to improve everything! So what better way to do it than participate in #BlogBetter with Laura!
Basically you choose 3 categories and the 3 items in those categories to work on. So I chose:
Improve My Blog Itself
- Check categories on previous posts – I have a lot under uncategorised so really need to sort them out.
- Place your social media and Bloglovin links at the bottom of each post – I have social media links in the sidebar but bottom of each post would do better.
- Consider whether you want to re design your blog – I don’t want to redesign but I do want to tidy up the design
Promote My Blog
- Tweet the link to your 3 most recent posts three times a day for two days, twice a day for two days, then once a day in 3 months, 6 months, 12 months – I used to schedule Tweets well but have fallen complacent of late. Time to get my head in the game again!
- Post your latest post in some of the groups for bloggers on Facebook – I’m a member of numerous Blogger Groups but never share my links!
- Pin your posts to a relevant board on your Pinterest – this one I’m hopeless at doing!!
Bloglovin
- Share your Bloglovin link on Twitter at least once a day – yup don’t do this often enough.
- Mention your Bloglovin link on Facebook regularly – not sure if I’ve ever shared it if I’m honest!!
- Consider a clearout of your feed every so often – I’ve noticed a number of blogs I follow but don’t read so time to tidy up.
Well I’ve been promoting my blog posts this past week and sure enough my page views have increased! So I need to continue doing it so the momentum carries on throughout the month.
Are you joining in Laura’s #BlogBetter challenge? Check it out over at Inside Laura’s Head and join the Facebook group!
Pinterest is a biggie for me – I really need to get to grips with it. That, and Instagram. You could spend all your time promoting though so you’re right, you really need a manageable strategy that you’ll stick to.
Blogging is hard work but worth it, I don’t think people realise quite how much you have to be your own PR company! Good luck with your new goals!
Some really great tips there! I swear I spend as much time promoting posts as I do actually writing them! Xx
This idea of Laura’s is fab. I’m in the group and need to go and check in x
It’s great! I’m not doing too great yet! Good luck with your #BlogBetter campaign! x
I think promoting sucks all of my time!! x
It is hard work! Lucky for me it isn’t my main income stream but even so I do try hard with it! x
I;m hopeless with Pinterest! I tend to have spurts where I’m really active and then nothing for months! x
I love this #BlogBetter movement. I think I could really benefit with some more self-promotion and sharing follow links at the bottom of each post. I like you also have my follow options on my siderbar.
Lou x
It’s great! I’m not doing too great at the moment I really need to up my game! I may have chosen the wrong month to get started as January is just so busy! x
Haha I hear you. Hope it all worked out well in the end and your workload has worsened x