By Sara Urquhart. Photography by Lime Lane Studio. The Alt Channel was born out of repeated emails I received from people who couldn’t come to Alt for a number of reasons: their kids were too young, they couldn’t get the time off work, or they weren’t ready for the financial investment. I understand all those […]
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By Monica Lee. Listen in today as Joy from Oh Joy shares her thoughts on finding a unique niche in today’s blogging world.
Read MoreThree Goals For a Blogging Conference
By Victoria Hudgins. Photography by Roman and Williams.
The first time I attended a blogging conference it was so scary! Preparing for the conference really helped my experience. I scheduled a coffee date the first day with a favorite blogger, and connected with my roommate before we ever got there. Here are three goals to have in mind when preparring for Alt.
TO LEARN
Going with a posture to learn is the single best way to attend a conference. You will learn about sponsorships, how to make posts more efficiently, how to organize your online life, how to engage readers and keep them coming back, the best upcoming blogs, and so much more. Be an oversized sponge walking in, and you will walk out with loads of tips to improve your site/brand.
TO NETWORK
Plan to meet and make friends, instead of just hoping it happens.
How to Grow Your Blog
By Victoria Hudgins. Photography by Aram Bedrossian.
While devouring recent conference recaps, I came across these tips for growing blog readership. I especially loved Jenny’s points about having a good preliminary idea (so you know where you are going!) and being able to capture new readers. Both are vitally important.
Preliminary idea
Set goals and maintain the right prospective. What is the end goal for writing your blog? The most traffic possible? A book deal? New friendships? New clients? Build your blog and develop your posts with your end goal in mind. Reevaluate often; “Am I getting closer to or further away from my goal?”.
Capture new readers
Most of you found this blog through a blog roll. That is great! Let’s all share the blog love and keep up blog rolls of our own. If you are intimidated by the sheer number of people who want to be on your blog roll, consider having two – a favorites and a rotating list of new to you blogs.
Building An Online Community
By guest contributor Disney.
The most important part of building a great online community is letting people know that you’re there. After all, the neighborhood can’t be close-knit if the houses are all empty! At first, getting followers can seem really intimidating and even a little hopeless. Luckily, there are many steps you can take to boost your traffic and get people to notice you. Here are three tips to get started with:
1) Provide great content
While it may not seem directly related to gaining followers, the first step is making sure you have great content. Find out what you excel at (it will likely be what you enjoy doing and sharing most) and perfect it. Do your best to take interesting photos with lots of light, and aim for a simple, uncluttered blog design. When people see that you have something of value to offer, they’ll tell their friends!
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