How To Get More WordPress Followers
I know many WordPress bloggers are more focused on creating content rather than growing their site. And that’s wonderful. However, I know many bloggers would also like to grow their blog and that’s great too. Having a larger following can help a lot if you are hoping to make an income off blogging, sell items on your site, attract sponsors and more. That’s why I decided to write todays post on “How To Get More WordPress Followers.”
One thing I dislike about a lot of articles I have read about gaining followers is that a lot of them encourage spam-like techniques. For example, things like posting very often, leaving your link in the comments of other blogs, following every blog that follows you etc. These methods will get you followers but not authentic ones and these techniques don’t work in the long run. They often just get you spammy followers that will never interact with your site again.
That’s why, in this post I want to show you how to get more genuine followers. Followers that will actually interact with your posts. For me, one of the best parts of WordPress is the interaction and I think that’s what keeps blogging fun. Plus, if you are hoping to make an income through blogging it helps to have genuine and interactive followers rather than spam followers. Here is how you can get more authentic WordPress followers:
Quality Content
The most important thing, in my opinion, is the quality of the content you publish. Your content really makes or breaks your site. If you have original content, content that people genuinely enjoy your followers will grow organically. Make sure your content is easy to follow, easy to read and easy understand. Write in a language you are comfortable writing in. Writing in a popular language like English won’t help grow your site if your post is filled with grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.
Another big no is stealing other peoples content. I know multiple of my posts have been stolen over the years and so have posts by other bloggers on WordPress. And not just stealing of posts word to word, but also stealing parts of their posts, ideas etc. No one wants to follow an unoriginal post filled with stolen content. If you can’t come up with original content maybe you shouldn’t be blogging right now. Wait till you’re ready to produce your own content.
SEO
SEO is really important for your site if you are hoping to grow it. Although SEO targets Search Engines which means more followers outside of WordPress it also helps get followers from WordPress. I have noticed that the WordPress algorithm relies heavily on how SEO friendly your post is. If your post is SEO friendly, WordPress is much more likely to push it on WordPress as well.
I won’t get into too much detail about SEO because it’s a long topic. Instead, I’ll just add links to the posts I have created on how to make your site more SEO friendly. Feel free to check these out. And if you feel like you don’t have enough time to make all these SEO changes yourself, feel free to view my services page (linked at the end of the post). I offer multiple SEO services and can do the hard work for you.
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Find Your Niche/Niches
Having a niche or niches is important. I am not a firm believer in having just one niche and sticking with it even when you no longer feel called to create content for that niche. I do however think that it helps to have some direction for your site. If you have a multi-niche blog make sure you have categories for each niche because not all your followers will be interested in every niche you write about. And maybe have a specific day for each niche, don’t just post random posts on random days. As someone who does have a multi-niche blog, I can assure you that this will help a lot. You will be way more likely to get followers if your blog looks put together and is user/reader friendly.
Have A Schedule
Having a schedule that works for you helps a lot with growth. Most people will not follow or remain active on a blog that posts randomly out of the blue. They may not realise when you have posted or whether you’re even going to post ever again. Because that happens sometimes, people just stop posting and abandon their blog.
Having a schedule will let your readers know when to check your site or at least what day. It’s okay to miss your schedule once in a while but try to stick with it as much as possible. Even if you post just once a month, try to post on the same date every month.
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Conclusion
I hope you found this post “How To Get More WordPress Followers” helpful. As I mentioned in the introduction, I wanted to focus on methods that will get you genuine followers. Not just followers that follow you and then you never see them again. Interaction is what makes blogging fun and I think thriving for a more interactive blog is always a good idea.
Did you find this post helpful? What are some methods you use to grow your site? Do you use any of the methods I mentioned? Have they been helpful? Let me know in the comments below because I would love to hear from you or simply stop by and say hi!
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