How to Use 2 Types of Content to Find Readers for Your Blog
Today’s episode is the second part of our series on how to find new readers for your blog.
It’s the question I get asked most by bloggers, so this is the second of several podcasts on this topic.
In part one we looked at two really important questions to ask before you go hunting for readers to read your blog. Today we talk about one other thing you need to consider before you go hunting for readers – the content on your blog.
In This Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today we talk about:
- How to Create a Blog that is Worth Being Found
- How to Create Great Cornerstone Content
- The Key to Creating Shareable Content
Further Resources For Finding Blog Readers
- How I came up with ideas for the first 200 posts on my Digital Photography School Blog
The successful series of cornerstone content I published on the Digital Photography School blog about exposure:
- Introductory post – Learning about Exposure – The Exposure Triangle
- Introduction to Aperture in Digital Photography
- ISO Settings in Digital Photography
- Introduction to Shutter Speed in Digital Photography
Also relevant to this topic:
- 5 First Year Blog Posts that Led to Over 6 Million Views
- The Ultimate Guide to Creating Amazing Content that Draws Readers Into Your Blog
Hi, this is Darren Rowse from ProBlogger and welcome to episode 34 of the ProBlogger Podcast. Today, we’re continuing our series on finding readers for your blog. You can find today’s show notes at problogger.com/podcast/34.
Now, I would encourage you to listen to the updated 2024 mobile phone number data last episode, episode 33 before you listen to today because, in part one of this series, we looked at two really important questions to ask before you go hunting for readers for your blog. Those two questions (briefly) were, who do you want to read your blog and what change are you trying to bring in those readers’ lives. These are really important questions, and we’re going to build upon them in the next episodes in this series.
Episode 43 of the ProBlogger podcast is part two of the Q&A series I’ve been doing on how to create great content for your blog (episode one is here). In it, I answer your most recent questions from the callout I put on the ProBlogger Facebook page about:
- What are my three best blog posts Rolul Java Outsourcing în transformarea digitală ever and why they worked
- What type of content I find most resonates with my audience, and whether I think video or the written word is more important and why
- When I first started taking on paid writers, how I recruited them and how I added them to the schedule
- What I think the pros and cons of outsourcing blog content are
- Whether or not I believe there an optimal length or word count for a blog
I hope the answers are useful to you – I cover agb directory the post I almost didn’t publish but garnered more than 700,000 views, posts that get high traffic and how I keep them going across social media over time, my thoughts on video and audio content (especially in terms of audience and SEO), how I feel incorporating writers both brings value and dilutes your brand, the system we use for hiring new writers and editors, and the length of posts we’ve been publishing that make the most impact on our readership.
