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.
I;m hopeless with Pinterest! I tend to have spurts where I’m really active and then nothing for months! x
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!
It is hard work! Lucky for me it isn’t my main income stream but even so I do try hard with it! x
Some really great tips there! I swear I spend as much time promoting posts as I do actually writing them! Xx
I think promoting sucks all of my time!! x
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 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