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After I read Nathan Barry's Authority: http://nathanbarry.com/authority/ http://nathanbarry.com/authority/ I started writing a blog to build my personal brand

After I read Nathan Barry's Authority: http://nathanbarry.com/authority/ http://nathanbarry.com/authority/ I started writing a blog to build my personal brand. The problem I am having is driving traffic to my blog. I get like 5 views in a day. So, any ideas on marketing the blog will be helpful.

leerob 9y ago
Would you mind sharing your blog? I'd love to give it a read and give you some feedback. For me personally, it's easiest to write about things I'm passionate about. That might be related to my career or to my life in general. Each one has a different target audience. Understanding that audience is key. Websites like Hacker News, Reddit, and others provide you with a platform to have your content seen. That doesn't necessarily mean it will succeed, though. I think the biggest hurdle is producing work you would consider high quality. Your readers need to feel like they've learned something valuable by the end of the article. It's difficult to accomplish that while still keeping their interest and not writing a book. Hopefully this helps answer your question a bit.
- thisisit 9y ago
  Contact email?
  - leerob 9y ago
    lrobinson2011@gmail.com
  - FlyingCocoon 9y ago
    How will you get readers if you are sending it only by email. Unless you are good at email marketing
whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Share the link to your blog, especially when you have a highly ranked comment on a site like HN that gets over 10 million visitors a month! If you're trying to build a personal brand and drive traffic, why don't you even have a link to your blog in your HN profile? You've been here for years and have thousands of karma.
Alan06 9y ago
As I've been blogging for 2 years now, I started to realize that I can grow my blog traffic by publishing sponsored articles via content marketing platforms like Adsy https://adsy.com/ https://adsy.com/

leerob 9y ago

Would you mind sharing your blog? I'd love to give it a read and give you some feedback. For me personally, it's easiest to write about things I'm passionate about. That might be related to my career or to my life in general. Each one has a different target audience. Understanding that audience is key. Websites like Hacker News, Reddit, and others provide you with a platform to have your content seen. That doesn't necessarily mean it will succeed, though. I think the biggest hurdle is producing work you would consider high quality. Your readers need to feel like they've learned something valuable by the end of the article. It's difficult to accomplish that while still keeping their interest and not writing a book. Hopefully this helps answer your question a bit.

thisisit 9y ago
Contact email?
- leerob 9y ago
  lrobinson2011@gmail.com
- FlyingCocoon 9y ago
  How will you get readers if you are sending it only by email. Unless you are good at email marketing

whatyoucantsay 9y ago

Share the link to your blog, especially when you have a highly ranked comment on a site like HN that gets over 10 million visitors a month! If you're trying to build a personal brand and drive traffic, why don't you even have a link to your blog in your HN profile? You've been here for years and have thousands of karma.

Alan06 9y ago

As I've been blogging for 2 years now, I started to realize that I can grow my blog traffic by publishing sponsored articles via content marketing platforms like Adsy https://adsy.com/ https://adsy.com/