I read this post about people who give up on blogs. I want to dispute the fact that you can’t make a name for yourself in blogging overnight. I did it in a single weekend. On the weekend of the Vanessa Hudgen’s nude scandal, I not only became a B-List Blogger, I also became an SEO specialist. So, I wanted to show you some ways that you can make the chance of making a name for yourself in blogging overnight, less rare.
Ten Ways to Make a Name for Yourself Blogging
1. Abuse Google Trends whenever Possible.
2. Study SEO paying particular attention to keyword usage.
3. Create a Video Blog like this one. He’s most likely corporate but he’s got charisma and a professional opening. I am still working on supping up my video blogs. Right now they suck. My viral videos have done well but my video blogs are crap partially due to lack of experience and partially due to crappy equipment. My DV is in LA and my microphone is buried in a storage locker.
4. Create good viral videos. Viral Marketing is the only form of marketing that shows tangible results. For example: George Bush Tap-dancing earned about 4000 page-views which is a nice introduction to the Media Production Blog.
5. Become a content provider. Blogs that provide content like Movie Web or Reelz will rise to the top the pack the quickest. If you have a crappy-blogger blog like me, you have to work twice as hard to make it popular. Although there are a lot of advantages to having a blogger blog that is related to the second item on this list. Blogger blogs are actually very superior but are inferior in the layout.
6. If you know how to do something share that knowledge. Resource Blogging is among the most popular forms of blogging. If you can establish yourself as an expert in your field, you’re opinions and articles will become highly valued.
7. To a lesser extent, Blog Carnivals can be a great way to bring traffic to your blog and get high PR links. Plus the blog carnival community is amazing. I have never met nicer people.
8. Find new social networks early and become a regular contributor. The internet is extremely trendy and of if you jump on the social bandwagon early you can dominate that particular network. Look what Tila Tequila did on MySpace. She had no distinct talent beyond having the most friends on YouTube. Now she is a Star Personality with her own TV shows.
9. Master the Art of Public Relations. Hint: Last fall, rumors abounded that I was to appear on Oprah. I never went on Oprah but it did bring a lot of traffic. There is no level of Fame that you can’t achieve through good marketing and mostly PR.
10. Blog Dangerously.
Those were the strategies that I took towards making a name for myself blogging. I know that it is a small list and that there are probably more of them. Those are the 8 ways that I know to make the most noise on internet in order of effectiveness (for me). If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear your input.
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2 comments:
Your article was posted in the "Bringing more traffic to your blog" - 3rd Ed. Blog Carnival:
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Appreciate your participation.
11. Make a top ten list.
hahaha,
I submitted stuff to the carnival!
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