Who doesn’t want more readers?
We might say,
I do it for self-satisfaction,
for thought-liberation,
to improve the language,
or create worded memories.
Right and agreed.
But has anyone ever felt they don’t much care about having an audience?
Having an audience to appreciate your work never hurt anyone.
As writers, all of us crave readers.
As writers, all of us want to know what readers feel about our work.
As writers, all of us wish that our words stay with our readers.
As writers, all of us wish to inspire other writers.
So, in the quest for knowledge, we seek answers to such questions.
But there’s one catch
Read no matter how many articles. Refer to no matter how many resources.
Speak to no matter how many experts. Share with no matter how many friends.
No one’s going to tell you this.
If there’s any rule to attract more traffic to your blog,
then it’s this –
Write More
And this, my dear friend, comes from experience.
My blog stats speak volumes about this trick.
Now, you wouldn’t want me to get into the titbits of it.
(Believe me, the numbers are truly embarrassing.)
So to overcome this, I resolved to publish about 4-5 posts each month.
So far, for the past 3 months, this has worked all right for me.
Getting me more readers than expected.
And trust me, having more readers to share their wonderful thoughts
is so much more fun and motivating.
It’s a sea of good people out there, and we know only a handful.
If you too wish to treat your blog right,
Write every day. Write more, each day.
Your thoughts deserve to be heard.
Your words deserve to be read.
Your blog deserves the traffic.
Happy writing till we meet next.
Until then, carpe diem! 🙂
~~~~~
© Asha Seth
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Thank you so much for giving me the link to this post. I am going to aim to post more regularly, because towards the end of last year I was posting probably 1-2 times per month. This is such a great post 🙂
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Very to the point. It will be Definitely helpful for all initial stage bloggers like me.🤗🤗
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Awesome tips. I just happened to find this blog! Keep writing 😀
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Hope you find these helpful, Radhika. You can peek around my ‘From the Writer’s Desk’ shelf to find more stuff around writing. Happy December. 🙂
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Okay, I surely will! Thanks! Happy holidays!
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And to you! Enjoy fullest! 🙂
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Excellent tips, I will use them, but please give me some feedback about my blog https://lmvaldezsite.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/second-project
If you could repost it that would be great
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I failed to understand most of it; I’m not construction savvy. Pray tell me more about it. Will you, Valdez?
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This has been my observation from experience too. Writing more is the only key. Earlier I couldn’t give much time to the blog, although I wrote professionally. Recently I’ve revived the blog like never before with a minimum of one post a day and I have reaped its sweet results. More than numbers and statistics, I have found the most interesting and inspiring writers wanting to collaborate on different projects and their appreciation has been such a morale boost. I like your straightforward approach to things. I am enjoying sifting through your posts. Oh and thanks for following, I’m glad to have reached you through this shared love for words.
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Likewise, Avani. I’m glad to meet you too. I hope to catch up with your posts soon. How ve you been holding up?
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All too well actually. Just finished an unusually long and uninterrupted reading session. What bliss! Off to bed now. Good night!
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Reblogged this on Orthografia.
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Well said.. a little appreciation from readers does helps in motivating the writers.. 😃
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Welcome and thank you. 🙂
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Amen to that. I enjoy writing too. Please check my blog and see.
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Oh thank you and welcome you are here! I shall check your blog soon. Caught up with house painting. How do you do?
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Am good. Going great. I pray that you are too..
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Yes, thank you. 😉
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I completely agree Asha.
It’s your writing only which can bring traffic to your writing i.e. your blog. There is no other way. 😀
Also, I have nominated you for an award – “The Black Cat, Blue Sea award”.:)
If you want to participate, have a look at full post here https://aditisharma37.wordpress.com/2016/08/15/the-black-cat-blue-sea-award/
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Thanks for the great advice. As you said, I crave for more readers and their opinion about my posts.
Following you!
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good idea for more blog traffic.it is tru dt we want more true audiemce.
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Thank you, Aruna.
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Well said, Asha. I agree with you. We all crave to know what our readers think of our work and, I think, blogging is not only about expressing thoughts and pouring down emotions, it’s also about interaction. 🙂 ….
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Yes, rightly said, Maniparna. If not for the interaction, you are always just walking through the dark, with no light. The blogger interactions are like that to me, guiding me in the right, to do yet better. .👣💓
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Absolutely… 🙂
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Here you get one more follower!
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Thank you for following, Vivek. 🙂 Hope you’re doing good.
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Yeah!!
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Nice 😉
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I write a lot.
Sometimes I write half my posts
in my mind only to never
post them, never even remember
them, ever.
Sometimes I write in a tongue
called life to keep the kettle
on boil in good
and bad weather.
Sometimes I read but don’t read
the fuzz
and lather.
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So.much said in so few words. Sir. Glad to see you around here, after almost what seems like ages. Hope you’re doing well.
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‘God’s in his heaven
All’s with the world!’
~Robert Browning (Pippa Passes)
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Perfect!😃
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I missed “right” in that quote —
All’s right with the world 🙂
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Haha. Okay.😃
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I agree
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Arv 🙂 Happy to have you here.
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🙂
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Asha, your schedule is similar to mine, I too had decided to post at least 4-5 posts a month! Still lot of work to be done, but this is great advice.
But I never thought that my blog would have over 250 followers in just two months of starting my blog! I’m really happy meeting all the wonderful people here on WordPress too. Cheers 💕
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Oh good. Keep up the practice. And in no time you’ll have floods of comments and readers to appease your taste for words with plenty of scribbles to follow. 🙂
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You’re 100% accurate about that Asha! ☺️👍👍
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Flattered! Advaita. 😜
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😂👍
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It’s lovely when one finds a blogging schedule. It took me a while to find mine and then I realized that once a month worked well for me. You have a charming writing style!
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Charming, Letz😉 It’s working all right for me right now. 😃 Happy to have you here. 😍
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I love the big preamble and then ‘write more’ 😅 It is so obvious but sometimes I forget and let my productivity decline. Nice one.
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That’s a usual, Fionn.😝 We, writers, live so many lives that being fair to one becomes impossible. Glad to see you around here. 😃
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So simple. So true. Perhaps difficult to do. (How’s that for a poem :-))
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Perfect! Maybe you could write one. Ankur 🙂 Happy to see you around. How are you?
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Will surely give it a try some day 🙂 Am well. Thanks for asking. And sorry about responding late 😦
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All of the content states true for me, at least. We all want more traffic, more followers, and Asha has posted something useful. Thanks for sharing. I’m looking forward to see more posts of yours.
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Ahh! Thank you! 🙂 And I’m looking forward to seeing more of you around here. 😛 😉 Shadey, eh!!
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^_^
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Yeah.there is more traffic on blog.bt any one who like to read u he/she will search u at last.
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Bravo clap clap clap bravo you are speaking the truth all the way and yes the more you write the more …people read the more the opportunities exist to inspire current and future readers. Excellent post!
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Hey, Jerry. I have been quite happy in the past few weeks having met so many more awesome writers. Couldn’t wait to share the happiness. So I wrote about it. 🙂
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There you go. It’s true about what we as writers do we look at our numbers and then we look to see who is reading . I get inspire for you and others for sure
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I don’t mind if what I write leaves people awestruck or not. But that they share what they feel on having read my words, serves the purpose for me.
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Excellent point so….when are you writing a book?
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That’s surely a plan. Haven’t begun yet though. How’s your novel coming by?
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I am trying to figure out characters and a plot that will go all the way through
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https://bklynboy59.wordpress.com/2016/07/21/tender-touch-of-love/
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Have a nice day …you too
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Great advice, couldnt agree anymore – Cezane
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Thank you, Cezane. Maybe you could add your suggestions here. That’d be great. 🙂
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I think being a humble blogger is the Key, do not expect anything from others, from your stats to gaining more readers.
Its about one thing and one thing alone, to give more than you can take…
In other words, understand your position and know your not alone in this fight to success, so just go out there and help others more than you expect them to help you…
You will succeed through time, pure success in the name of love..cheers! 🙂 – Cezane
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Brilliant observations these are, and some I follow to a tee. I am sure these will help many out there find solace in the struggle against writing and satisfaction. Cezane. 🙂
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It is wonderful to see you writing more my friend, you always have a lot to say and write it in the best of ways. I too have upped my game recently aiming for ten posts a month and the traffic is getting better, so much so that I may even write a book review soon. Write on, my friend, I always look forward to your next post.
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J, my friend. 🙂 You inspire me immensely with your consistent writing habits that you keep up with. I try to follow in your shoes. To have more to read from you, only means more cups of hot tea and my day is set to roll. ❤ Knowing you're there, well, isn't that exciting? And also that you'd delight me with your stream of thoughts. Perfect! 😉
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Well, I shall do my best to keep that up! I will be commencing book reviews soon again and I hope to add to your list and give you plenty to get excited about.
You inspire me with your writing too, I wish I could write as well but I will always try and be encouraged through your words and posts.
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Dreaming of the week end ☺ …right now in college canteen enjoying an ice cream treat given by a friend
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That was a nostalgic moment. College days. 🙂 They say you miss the water only when it’s gone. So true that for college days and the memories made. What I’d not give to have them back! 🙂
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I feel these sweet memories especially of school and college are like a guldasta (bouquet) of flowers whose fragrance is everlasting..it would very nice if you share it the form of a very sweet post…but its not a compulsion ☺.
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Oh yes, that’s a brilliant idea. My mind’s already set to work. 😉
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All the best Asha 👌👍👍
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Wow. How do you do these emoticons?? They’re lovely.
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Readily available on keyboard
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Ah. I’m quite primitive when it comes to keyboard shortcuts for such stuff.
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It doesn’t matter ☺..learning is a never ending process.
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Haha. You motivate my lazy brain cells. Kiran. 😛
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Ohhhh!! you made my day Asha ☺
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Super! 😉
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Thats very nice of you Asha to reveal your innerself , your thoughts, emotions by way of writing. I feel proud to be your fan and follower too. Your posts are source of relaxation, inspiration and motivation to me.
Writing is a very powerful tool. PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN SWORD as quoted by Edward Bulwer Lytton holds perfectly true.
Its a wonderful experience for the writer when people share thier on on his/ her writings.
The joy of bieng aprriciated by readers has no bounds …but criticism should also welcomed with an open heart as it also serves as a source of improvement.
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Perfect observation, Kiran. Pen indeed is mightier than all other weapons put together. What wars can be won in peace, if words were the warriors.<3
Fans and critics both are 2 sides of the same coin. None can be ignored. 😛
Well, how do you do today?:)
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Well summed up 👍
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Thank you, Radhika. 🙂 How was the weekend? Wish you a blogsome week ahead. 😛
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Had a good weekend Asha. Thanks and welcome🙂. Enjoy your day 👍
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Yes, thanks. I’m catching up with lovely comments from readers like yourself. That sure makes my day. Love. ❤
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good word work
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Thank you, and how goes the weekend?
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went to meet friend had nice south Indian food.. its nice. what about you?
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That sounds fun. Was working today so weekend only starts tonight. 😛
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