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How to Start a Successful Blog [Tips & Tricks]

Learn how to create a free blog and start blogging right away with the easiest blog builder
available on the internet. Here are our secret tips…

How to Start a Blog in Three Simple Steps

1. Create your Blog.
Go to SimpleSite.com and set up your blog in less than 3 minutes.

2. Choose the Design.

Select a design you like. You can always change it later.

3. Start Blogging.
You’re done! Now it’s time to write your very first blog post!

CREATE A FREE BLOG!

Deliver Original and Creative Content for Your Blog

In order to be successful with your blog you need to deliver something unique for your
audience. There has to be a reason for them to follow you. Keep in mind that you should
write about things that people find either useful and/or entertaining. But most importantly:
blog about something you are passionate about and feel like sharing with others.

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You should not only decide on a topic for your blog. You should also choose the main
purpose for your free blog. Is it to teach people something about your chosen topic? Is it to
provide your audience with the latest news and trends? Do you want to inspire people or
make them laugh?

You might want to make a brainstorm of topics to write about and then organize your ideas.
Surf the internet for inspiration and be creative with your posts. Don’t stick to one way of
presenting your content. SimpleSite lets you add videos, pictures, links and citations to your
blog posts to make them more engaging and vibrant. Your followers will love it.

Get an Audience for Your Free Blog

The success of a blogger is often measured by the number of followers she/he has. Getting
a big audience doesn’t just happen overnight. You require clever promotion and patience.

Here is what to do:

Let your friends and family know you have started a blog and ask them to follow you.
Ask them to come with critical feedback so you can make up for any initial mistakes you
hadn’t thought about yourself. Make them engage with your blog on social media, and
encourage them to share your blog posts with their friends.

Be social. Create dedicated accounts for your blog on social media, and make sure to let all
of your friends and followers know when you have published a new blog post. This is easy.
On your free SimpleSite blog you can easily share your new posts on social media by using
the social media sharing bar on the right side of your blog.

Don’t forget to become a member of online forums that are related to the topic you
blog about. There are many benefits: The forums are great sources of inspiration. You can
get a really good idea about what topics people are actually interested in reading about. This
way you are guaranteed that you are writing about relevant and hot topics for your blog. But
you can also use the forums for promoting your blog and achieve a larger audience.

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Be Consistent with Your Blog Posts

Plan ahead. Decide on a posting frequency that is realistic and stick to it. It is also a good
idea to always publish posts on the same day of the week. This way your followers know
what to expect from you and when.

At the moment you might think that you could easily post a blog post every single or second
day. Your mind is full of great ideas for topics to write on. But be realistic. In the future, when
your everyday life creeps up on you, will you really be able to post a well-prepared blog post
that often?

Here is how to go about it: Make a plan with topics to write. If possible, write your blog posts
a week or even weeks in advance so you always have a new post up your sleeve. Give
yourself time to really elaborate your posts and re-read them after some days. You can use
Microsoft Word or Google Docs to write and store your planned blog posts, and when it’s
time for posting you just log in to your SimpleSite blog and publish it.

When you consistently deliver good blog posts, which exceeds your followers’ expectations,
chances are that they will stick by you and maybe even recommend your blog to their
friends!

Happy blogging.

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