This is a guest post by Susie Brown from FastUpFront.com.
Who is it that decides who will be the most popular bloggers and who will be left banging their head against the keyboard?
You might think that it is the “people,” or you might even think that Google and the other search engines are the ones who decide who the most popular bloggers will be. Although the search engines and the people do hold a lot of influence, most bloggers who have worked their way up to the Rockstar level got there in a way that might come as a surprise.
Most great bloggers got appointed to their positions of fame by other bloggers, namely the inner circle of bloggers for that niche.
Now, I know that you may not be interested in returning to the high-school social scene where everything was about being more popular. The pursuit of being popular and accepted by “the group” mandated all types of conformities.
For example, you couldn’t be cool unless you conformed to certain dress codes, or in the case of the grunge era, anti-dress codes. People would sprinkle their vernaculars with words like, “like totally,” “sike” and “wazup” in order to show everyone else that they were worthy of being accepted to the popular group.
Although the popularity contest was fun in high school, thankfully, blogging isn’t like high-school, but there is one crucial similarity that you need to be aware of that we are going to discuss. The best way to be popular and to stay popular, in high school and in blogging, is through being in the popular group. And to be accepted to the popular group, of bloggers, you need to jump through the same hoops that the already popular bloggers needed to jump through when they were where you are right now.
Clear a Path
When you are just starting out with no reader base the first step is to have a clear plan of action for the blog. Plan what the main subjects or themes that the blog will focus on, and consider what you are going to offer your readers that is more attractive to them than another million blogs in your niche.
Content is King
Once the plan for the blog comes together, start producing fantastic content. It is crucial to keep your content at the highest standards that you can manage; otherwise, you will surely lose readers who will otherwise browse right through your blog. Finally, don’t announce your blog until it has a considerable amount of content to show to people.
Your New Blog’s Debut
After developing and posting to a blog that you can be genuinely proud about, announce it to friends and family. Make sure to tell them that you would really appreciate it if they subscribe to your blog feed, post articles on their social media sites, and hit the “like” button. Once you have a few readers; it should give your blog some initial momentum.
Guest Posting
If your blog is just starting off with a PR of 0, and still haven’t reached the hundred readers mark, there is no reason to get in touch with the premier bloggers to request to guest post on their blogs, because if they bother responding the answer will be a gracious “no.”
The place to start is with blogs that are of great quality and are still only semi-popular. Send some emails to semi-popular bloggers, and a few will probably agree to have you guest post on your blog. Guest posting on other blogs allows you to generate interest in your blog from readers in your niche, in addition to improving your SEO.
After guest posting keep in touch with your new blogging buddies, help them out, and they will also help you out. By linking to their posts in your blog, and announcing news about them in your social accounts you will keep that healthy blogosphere relationship going, and they will also help you out. As you gain consistently more readership you can guest post on more popular blogs, until eventually you can get in with the most famous bloggers in your niche.
Once you have made it into the inner circle of your niches mega-bloggers your job is to keep being awesome.
Stay Awesome
With all the writing that blogging, and guest blogging requires, it is important to stay awesome through it all. The guest posts need to be awesome to generate interest in your blog, and your blog needs to be filled with awesome content to get your new visitors to stick around.
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Thanks to the wonderful post.
Nice Post Susie for become a rock star you need to make strong relation with blogger I agree that guest posting will support you in that but I think if we add others in Social networks , support and participating in commenting in blogs will help to become pro blogger.
Like many plans, it sounds simple and it is. Implementing it is the key. Nonetheless, it is awesome to have a simple plan. Create great content, become a guest blogger, keep in touch with fellow bloggers, and grow!
Sounds simple…and doable!
Hi Susie,
Really interesting post, I think relationship building with fellow bloggers certainly play a huge role in the success of any blog and getting consistent high quality traffic. Though it does take some time but one should be patience and regular with daily blogging activity.
i still don’t know what should be the niche of my main blog 🙁 i envy how you become successful in blogging world. You are one of my idols since i started blogging. keep up the good job!
It is so true! I have never thought of that but you do become a rockstar blogger by the vote of your fellow bloggers. That is kind of the community you are in.
Nice article Susie! I like that you highlighted not showing your blog until it has good amount content. Lot of people don’t understand and announce it prematurely. You defnitely want to make a good first impression.
No doubt your fellow blogger makes you a rockstar in the field of blogging with their appreciation. Good point to mention!
Interesting stuff. I think the biggest rookie mistake I made from you advice here is that I launched my blog too early with not enough content. It’s much better now but 9 months ago I was struggling because I hadn’t put enough into it at that point.
Hi Matt,
I had the same problem. Coming up with unique content was a big issue at first. 6 months into blogging and I only had around 17 posts. I was stumped, but I stuck with it. When I got into the zone of writing, it became easier, and now I can come up with 3 posts in a week, which takes so much out of me but what needs to be done must be done!
Thanks for the nice informative tips and tricks . but as far as i think that if your content is really good and appealing and relates to what users are looking for than you get all what you want