Starting a new site takes a leap of faith: you believe that somewhere out there, people are looking for what you have to offer, whether it’s your knowledge, your opinion, your products, or some potent mix of all of the above. But how do you find them?
Lifestyle blogger Kaylee Marie Huey launched her Jetpack-powered site earlier this year, and she’s already seen significant growth in her readership. Recently, she shared practical advice on building an audience and discussed the benefits of connecting with communities of people who share your interests:
My first tip would have to be to interact with your readers. If someone leaves a comment complimenting your post or asking a question, reply! Also if someone likes one of my posts or leaves a comment, I almost always check out their blog as well. Chances are if they enjoyed one of your posts, they have a similar interest and may blog about the same topic with posts that you would enjoy. This has helped me grow a following and I’ve discovered a lot of blogs I enjoy reading as well. I do not follow every blog that follows me, I only follow blogs I actually like.
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very nice!!
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Thanks for sharing and Kaylee for the insights. I agree with replying to comments and engaging with the readers. And so much as you, for the bloggers leave a comment on my post, I also go checking their sites as well, and I have been making lots of blogging friends since then because much of the comments are left by the bloggers with the similar niche as I am. I will keep this habit going and look forward to meeting more awesome bloggers in the community.
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Giving proper feedback is key.
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I’m a newbie. This helped a lot. Thanks 🙂
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Awesome advice.
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Thanks for posting! I just started my blog a few months back and this is definitely helpful!
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Just started my blog so will try and follow this advice as much as I can. Thank you.
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That’s very interesting and something that every blogger, new and seasoned, can take on board. Good read.
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This is great advice — I have to put it into practice. Thanks.
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This was a great reminder for me. Thanks for sharing.
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awesome — thanks!
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Just began my blog so this advice comes at a perfect time – thank you 🙂
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Helpful 😊
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Great advice. Thank you.
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Great advice thanks. But I have one question how can I keep my viewers interested?
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I will follow your advice, especially since I am a novice in this stuff … and then the statistics show that you are right 🙂 .. I look forward to other tips ..
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We new bloggers really need this kind of guidance, thank you!
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Thanks for that
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just started my blog this week(still working on it) thank you so much for this advice, will try for sure.
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Really awesome advice
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