What's the trick to getting blogs read here?

TheGoblinRoad

All of you fantastic bloggers-- how do you get so many people to read your blogs? I don't have that kind of success!

TheGoblinRoad

bump. haven't gotten a response yet so i think the post got lost in the storm of other posts.

feistymoon

Either that or nobody knows the answer! Good luck

ryno0618

I've never been a blogger myself. But I do read quite a few pals' blogs. So maybe the secret is having a bunch of mfp friends who see ya post the blog message.

cygnetpro

Some of my friends with successful blogs on here seem to have a lot of friends, and every time they post a blog, it comes up on my feed. So they naturally have a bunch of built in readers who just have to click a hyperlink.

Plus, they do tend to plug their blogs a lot, and thank us all for voting for them. I think you need to do a little old fashioned marketing. Good luck! :-)

QueenJayJay

Notice the little thing below it where you can vote for it? The ones with a lot of votes get featured.

ItsMeRebekah

yes i think its just that they have tons of people on their friends list.
i try and go around to all the blogs that dont get replies and post!! i hate that they tell you what blogs are getting all the comments, but leave all the others in the dust. i want to reply on the ones nobody is!

ganesha303

Making your profile public might help. Posting interesting topics with provocative titles and fr3einding lots of folks would probably help.

TheGoblinRoad

Some of my friends with successful blogs on here seem to have a lot of friends, and every time they post a blog, it comes up on my feed. So they naturally have a bunch of built in readers who just have to click a hyperlink.

Plus, they do tend to plug their blogs a lot, and thank us all for voting for them. I think you need to do a little old fashioned marketing. Good luck! :-)

Funny, you're probably right, but I'm not really into promoting my blogs here that much. I do that with my regular blog, off-site, but here it was more of just wanting to share. I enjoy making people laugh, at least a little.

TheGoblinRoad

Making your profile public might help. Posting interesting topics with provocative titles and fr3einding lots of folks would probably help.

I thought it was, and you're right- it wasn't. No wonder I get friend requests without messages when my profile clearly asks that they be included. D-oh moment.

gaylelynnbell

I have about 75 friends that usually give me enough votes to get me featured. Sometimes I give it a plug on the forums if I think I've been particularly brilliant that day!!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/gaylelynnbell

TheGoblinRoad

yes i think its just that they have tons of people on their friends list.
i try and go around to all the blogs that dont get replies and post!! i hate that they tell you what blogs are getting all the comments, but leave all the others in the dust. i want to reply on the ones nobody is!

That's a great practice and shows you're all heart.

ItsMeRebekah

Making your profile public might help. Posting interesting topics with provocative titles and fr3einding lots of folks would probably help.

I thought it was, and you're right- it wasn't. No wonder I get friend requests without messages when my profile clearly asks that they be included. D-oh moment.

LOL

TheGoblinRoad

I have about 75 friends that usually give me enough votes to get me featured. Sometimes I give it a plug on the forums if I think I've been particularly brilliant that day!!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/gaylelynnbell

Does this mean you were particularly brilliant today? I'll go look...

dsjohndrow

Well, I used to put mine in message boards under the appropriate topics. Now I have a good readership, and I am in the Top Posts a lot of the time.

TheGoblinRoad

I have about 75 friends that usually give me enough votes to get me featured. Sometimes I give it a plug on the forums if I think I've been particularly brilliant that day!!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/gaylelynnbell

I'm gonna plug. Hold on to your seat...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/TheGoblinRoad

Whew.

tig_ol_bitties

Make it interesting!

TheGoblinRoad

Well, I used to put mine in message boards under the appropriate topics. Now I have a good readership, and I am in the Top Posts a lot of the time.

I haven't decided if I want good readership. I know I don't want poor readership, like 5 people. Maybe 26 would be nice. Or 27.

No, 26.

TheGoblinRoad

Make it interesting!

That's impossible.

gaylelynnbell

I have about 75 friends that usually give me enough votes to get me featured. Sometimes I give it a plug on the forums if I think I've been particularly brilliant that day!!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/gaylelynnbell

Does this mean you were particularly brilliant today? I'll go look...

LOL...haven't blogged today! Just giving an example of how to get readers.

gaylelynnbell

I have about 75 friends that usually give me enough votes to get me featured. Sometimes I give it a plug on the forums if I think I've been particularly brilliant that day!!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/gaylelynnbell

I'm gonna plug. Hold on to your seat...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/TheGoblinRoad

Whew.

It worked! I read it and gave you a vote. I didn't get the option to leave a comment though. Love humor...it keeps bringing people back.

TheGoblinRoad

Is it a setting I need to change, to allow comments from anyone? Or something to do with your platform?

TheGoblinRoad

And all this talk inspired me to write another blog post.

ItsMeRebekah

Is it a setting I need to change, to allow comments from anyone? Or something to do with your platform?

no its the color.. i thought i couldn't comment either until i noticed that its a crazy color that hides itself well!

TheGoblinRoad

fixed, i think?

TheGoblinRoad

Apparently the trick to getting blogs here is: post a topic titled "What's the trick to getting blogs read here?" because I got more readers today than I have had in the past year or two combined. Who knew?