Networking! Building up a network is a great way to get your blog off and running.
Here are a few tips to help get you going.
Join bloglovin Its a good way to network with other bloggers and they can easily find you as well.
Google has a follow this blog widget that is also similar to bloglovin this will also help build an audience.
Twitter,Facebook,Tumblr, Pintrest and Instagram are all a must. Now if you feel these are too many social networks for you to handle, I have good news! They all have a way for you to link them all together so that what you post on one shows on the other the trick is to know which one will affect all of them.
Twitter and Facebook connect to each other easily.
Pintrest connects to Facebook.
Instagram connects to Facebook,Twitter and Tumblr.
Pretty much any social network can be linked to another in some way or another. Yes you will have to keep up with them if you want to build a audience.
Add a Grab it button to you site. This way you can exchange links with other blogs. The more links you have out there the more Google Gods like you :).
When you leave a comment on another blog as a signature leave a link to your blog. When you get attached to another bloggers site you wont have to do this all the time, because now you are friends and they know where your blog lives. Good etiquette is two links max on any blog, that is for me anyway. You don't want the other blogger to feel your using them for link only purposes.
Don't be a social advertiser and spam your blog, This can become annoying and you will lose followers.
I know I hate seeing spam about someones post. Post it two times a day max along with an eye catching title
And the Hashtag #BBloggers has become very popular USE IT!
Now this is just me, but I don't like following blogs by email. As you go your inbox will become over loaded with other things as a beauty blogger and you might miss the blog your following during a mass deletion of emails. But this is your option.
Please know that most of your first followers and subbies will be other bloggers so don't do anything you wouldn't like done to yourself.
Add Google Analytics to your blog. This is your real site counter. This will help you see who is visiting as well as what site brought them to your blog. You can sign up for that Here. This tool will tell you how many visits you actually have.
Now this is very important! You may see your visit count go very high right of the bat, But this traffic is not real traffic. There is a site called vampire stat that keeps hitting blogs especially blogs through blogger.
these do count as views, but its a bot and not your biggest fan! Do not click on this link, I repeat DO NOT CLICK IT. Just leave it be, it will go away once you start getting real traffic.
So, I think these tips will help you get on the right track with social networking for blogging purposes.
If you need help in any way I am here.
I also do graphic design so if your looking for a logo, banner, buttons, custom follow buttons, backgrounds email me or Facebook message me on my Facebook page!
O.k I am done!
This post was inspired by CiaoBella :).
Have a Great Day!
