How do you grow your blog?
At the
mention of how to grow a blog, it becomes almost clear that this piece is not
to address expert bloggers but for newbie who are still searching for every
available means to grow their new blogs.
Having said
that, for you to grow your blog, you really need to treat it as a baby and give
it all the necessary attention it desires.
Finally, just know that there is no set limit that a growing blog can attain; blog growth is a continuous process as far as you keep blogging it out the right way. In the real sense, every well-meaning blogger is growing his/her blog to the next level at every point in time, and I am not left out.
But mind you, pro bloggers can still
grow their blogs too, for growing of blog has always remained a continuous
process.
Many newbie
bloggers today have always failed to understand that their new blog can be
likened to a new born baby that needs nurture, care and all the necessary attention
they require to raise them up gradually to maturity.
Until you
understand the above concept, you will not be able to grow your blog properly
in the right manner.
Blogging
involves series of growth developmental phases, though sometimes I don’t really
blame the newbie bloggers for just wanting to see their blogs turn springs of
living water in few days of starting up a blog, because virtually every so
called pro blogger today was in that same shoe with similar mind set at their
early stage of blogging.
But my
candid advice here, which I want you all to see as precious pearl is just for
you to try and cultivate the habit of
learning and implementation with patience. Since Rome was not built in a day, it is also wise to say that that your want-to-be
rock star blog will not be built in
a day.
Most times,
I overhear newbie bloggers saying they want to monetize their new blogs with
Adsense or other monetization means and I always laugh it off.
Truth be told
here, even if I give you Adsense account with Google Ads for that your new
blog, it might rather get you frustrated and can even make you think of quitting
blogging on starting.
Read also: Is Google Adsense overrated?
So it is
completely useless at this point because you will not even be able to earn a withdraw-able
amount, and neither will affiliate ads do you any good.
Before you
should even think of monetizing your new blog by whatsoever means think first
of how to grow your blog.
Then, how do you grow your blog?
Good
question! I must admit. You can grow your blog simply by doing most of the
necessary things that are required in nurturing a blog like choosing a proper
and simple template design for an individual blog, creating original and good
number of contents, building relationships and connecting with other bloggers, Search
Engine Optimization (SEO) to grow organic traffic and growing your audience
(blog readers/visitors) in general.
Recommended: 10 amazing benefits of blogging
Call them the
prerequisites for new blogs before
thinking of monetization in any way, so there are no short-cut to the
monetization stage. And you will agree with me that those prerequisites cannot be achieved in a day, not even a week nor a
month, but months and some years.
You might want
to ask me to give an estimate of the number of months before monetization, and
I will like to say 6 months and above
as answer to that question.
As I have
continuously mentioned in this post that growing your blog involves treating it
like a baby; give it good food (content), take it serious and work diligently
on those prerequisite to grow it to maturity before thinking of monetization. In
plant kingdom we say nurture it before thinking of harvesting the fruits from
it.
The moment
your blog is ripe or matured for monetization, you will know because you will
get to see it clearly with your eyes.
Don’t miss: Who click on those ads on your blog?
There will
be increased visitors, bounce rate will be low, Alexa ranking will be better,
Google will be tempted to give you a page rank of 1 for a start, and you will notice increased engagement on your
blog.
You can now
see that it is not magic but a straight forward concept that if you do well,
you will see your blog growth.
No need to
be in a hurry, just know that ‘slow and steady always wins the race’. And by so
doing, the moment you begin to monetize your blog, you will begin to see result
almost immediately, other than when you crave to monetize at the nascent stage.
At this
level now of your blog developmental stage, you will then begin to see your
blog grow faster by the day and the cash begins to roll in to some reasonable
extend. It continues growing that way as you work until the sky will no longer
be your limit but a starting point.
Finally, just know that there is no set limit that a growing blog can attain; blog growth is a continuous process as far as you keep blogging it out the right way. In the real sense, every well-meaning blogger is growing his/her blog to the next level at every point in time, and I am not left out.
If you are
happy with this piece, kindly use the comment box to express yourself or if you
want to tell us the rate or level at which you blog is growing, we are all
waiting to see below.
How do you grow your blog?
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