Since I first started blogging two years ago, I have learned/researched a lot. I want to share with you all, five tips that helped me build my blog!
Let me first tell you, that I don’t do this full-time. I am a Wife and a Mom first, and I work as an RN second. Blogging is something that I have to personally schedule time in my day to do, or it won’t get done. I have to be efficient with my time management, and write blogs that are interesting to my readers!
So let’s get started with the five tips that every blogger should do:
#1 Take engaging pictures. I invested in a Canon EOS Rebel T5 series about a year into my blogging, and it has made such a dramatic difference! Readers want pictures that are distinct, clear, and something that they themselves can relate to.
#2 If you don’t have a nice expensive camera, and you only have your phone to take pictures with, you must learn how to properly edit your photos with certain apps that make it look like your pictures were taken from a nice camera. Here are some great apps to use:
ºSnapseed
ºFotor
º VSCO
º A Beautiful Mess
#3 Share on social media. This is KEY to spreading your blog and reaching a lot of people, at one time. Share on all the social media, that you can. My favorite ones to share my blog are:
ºTwitter
ºPinterest
ºFacebook
#4 Engage with your readers/other bloggers. The blogging community is HUGE and it seems like everywhere you look, you will find another person starting up their blog. It is SO important to respond to every.single.comment and engage with your readers as much as possible. It’s equally as important to comment on other blogs that may inspire you, or maybe just had a great topic and you loved what they wrote about. Let them know! In this community feedback is so important! Both good and bad! Never forget that. 🙂
#5 Write about topics that you LOVE. I never knew I would love to write poems and make every Monday a new post with a poem that I wrote, or on Wednesdays, that I would have ever loved photography as much as I do and came up with Wordless Wednesdays where I just show examples of my photography skills! Write/show readers what you love to do/about your life (especially if you are a lifestyle blogger, like myself).
**Bonus: Always remember to do this because you love to do it, not because you are wanting to get famous, or rich by doing so.
Please let me know if you found these tips helpful or if you think I should add more tips to this post?? Thanks for reading and I hope to see you all on social media!! 🙂
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