Sunday, 19 February 2012

Top Social Media Tips for Bloggers

#1 Be Active on Social Media even if  its not driving enough traffic 


Now this is  very annoying thing if you don't get enough traffic from Social media as it is a major source of traffic now-a-days for many websites and blogs.If you feel that you are posting the articles correct,useful and handy but still not getting the traffic,Don't be upset and become frustrated.Be Patient,As it will take some time to get the targeted traffic.Try to be active on Social Media platforms and analyze what you are missing in your posts.Whether you are  posting the appropriate and desired thing at the very right place? Be sure on this and work on it to keep up posting great articles on most trending and desired topics.


#2 Use your Blogname as your username everywhere 


Using your blogname on every social media platform will keep up the audience familiar to your blog. If you are posting Great Articles then people would want to see what other great articles you have posted. They don't have to wander about your blogname,They could get it easily from your username. This will also make you brand your blog across many platforms such as Twitter,StumbleUpon,Digg etc.


#3 Join  bloggers group on Facebook 


There are many active and different blogger groups are available on facebook. Join them (Join only your blog related blogger groups) and participate in discussions and try to solve the problems asked by other bloggers. As many bloggers read other blogs to get more information and to keep up with the technology .You may also find solutions to some issues you encounter.If you also solve other bloggers issues then it will popularise you among other bloggers also,Which could result in using links of your posts on their blogs and also they may   
subscribe to RSS feeds of your articles.


#4 Be Helpful and Generous to other Bloggers 


Promote your content on other blogs by Guest post and  reciprocate the process by allowing them to have a Guest Post on your blog. Share other bloggers posts on your blog and they may return the favour by sharing your posts.It will increase your blogging connections.Which may help you in many ways like increasing traffic from their blogs by posting frequently as a Guespost,and also to help you in increasing your popularity.


#5 Generate Traffic with StumbleUpon 


You can submit your own Blog posts in the system but its best if your share them with your SU freinds and their shares back. Like in other social platforms,If you have a very good following on SU then you will get some excellent results of traffic.As many blogger have already experienced some great spikes of traffic driven from SU.StumbleUpon is something that can make your content go viral very fast and efficiently.


#6 Display Social Media Icons on top of your Blog


Always try to make as simple as you can for your blog readers to follow up on you and your articles on social media platforms.Placing Icons on top of your blog will allow then to quickly track you and connect with you on any social media platform.Just a click on a button and be taken right away on your profile.But try to make the icons of social platforms to reflect the design and feel of your blog. It will be a bonus point for you to maintain the look and feel of you whole blog or website.


#7 Create a Facebook Fan page


By creating a facebook fan page. You can connect to your audience more easily.They could ask you their issues or thank you for some great article that really helped them.In this way you may easily track your audience mind and feel about your blog. They could request you about an article on their favourite topic or any issue they have encountered. This fan page will lead you to solve their issues and increase some more audience by getting referrals from your fans to your fan page and also your blog.


#8 Import your blogs RSS feed onto your LinkedIn Profile using its BlogLink application 


As long as your blog somewhat pertains to your professional goals, you should be showcasing it on LinkedIn. List it as one of your three websites in your profile, where it will be labeled “Blog.” However, by using the Blog Link application, your most recent posts will display right on your profile.


#9 Join Communities and Forums


Joining communities and forums will help you interact with some more tech-savvy audience. It will help in solving your issues and helping others to solve the issues they encountered.Including your blog's url and name in your answers will help you get some traffic and branding your blog.

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