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It’s easy to start a blog, but it’s hard to get people to read it. Many people think that it’s enough to write great articles, but they often learn the hard way that if you don’t promote your blog, your readership doesn’t expand beyond your grandma and your cat. How can you attract people to your blog when you are still an internet nobody?
Guest posting is the most effective method for promoting a new blog.
“Content is king” is a well-known phrase in the online marketing world. The quality of your posts is what makes or breaks your blog. This sometimes intimidates web designers and web developers who are not very confident in their writing skills. Don’t worry, guys, you don’t need a Pulitzer prize under your belt in order to create great blogposts.
There’s one thing that I’ve noticed when I started interviewing well-known web designers and web developers: they all have blogs.
I’m serious, just think about it: Jacob Cass, Sacha Greif, Chris Spooner, Fabio Sasso, Chris Coyier, just to name a few..
The thing is that having a popular blog can accelerate your career in web design or web development:
It’s all about building a strong personal brand and leveraging it’s power. However, it’s easy to say “build a popular blog”. How on Earth are you supposed to do that? That’s exactly what we will be covering this month:
“Why web designers and web developers should have blogs” – how web designers and web developers can use blogs to build strong personal brands, get more clients, and earn passive income.
“How to write great blogposts (even though you are not a writer)” – how to write hiqh quality content that will help you to grow you blog, even if the last time you wrote something longer than a paragraph was in high school.
“How to get people to read your blog when you are an internet nobody” - how to expand your readership beyond your grandma and your cat when no one knows or cares who you are (yet).
PLUS BONUS MATERIAL FOR OUR E-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY:
“A short guide to building a popular blog” – step by step blueprint that will explain the basics of building a popular blog. Make sure you subscribe before the 25th of February in order to get it!
Stay tuned!
P.S Have any questions about building a popular blog? Drop us a line via the contact form and we will get back to you!
Jacob Cass is a multidisciplinary designer and art director who has worked the gamut of clients, including the likes of Disney, Jerry Seinfeld, Red Bull, Nike and VitaminWater. He currently works as an interactive art director/designer at NYC agency, Ammirati while also freelancing under his business and blog Just Creative. He also runs Logo of the Day, a logo gallery website dedicated to showcasing the best logo designs around the world, and Logo Designer Blog, a blog dedicated to branding and identity design. You can find him on Twitter or Facebook.
In this interview, Jacob:
Chris Spooner is a graphic and web designer from UK who runs two popular design blogs Blog.SpoonGraphics and Line25.
In this interview, Chris shares:
Why he recommends other designers to set up their own blogs.
Interested?
Read on!
