I got an email today, it read “I love this blog thing, pls how can I have something like this? How will i be able to attract people to my blog?” My reply has turned into this post. Please join the conversation if you have more tips.
- Start simple. Register with one of the free blog providers like blogger or worpress. This means you don’t have to worry any of the technical wits of setting up the blog.
- Focus on a few topics. No point repeating BBC news every time. Try to put an angle on the news. Your audience will be interested in what you think. Take Bella Naija for example, she focuses on African fashion, Naija music and celebrities.
- Do your research. This is important. Don’t write stuff you can’t back up. You’ll quickly lose credibility. Chippla does his research and it reflects when he writes.
- Read other blogs and be inspired. Contribute comments to posts on those blogs.
- Join webrings or groups of common interest. e.g Nigerian Bloggers and 9rules
- If you think others will find your post useful, post it on Digg or Muti.
Keeping writing, someday someone will realise how amazing your blog is and you will be popular.
Mama Junkyard tagged me.
-Post six weird facts/habits about yourself. These cannot be used against you later on.
-At the bottom name the six people you will tag next.
-Leave them a comment to let them know they’ve been tagged and to read your blog
I saw an Optician when I was 15. I came out with glasses and was amazed at how crystal clear life should have been. I had spent the last 15 years with blurred vision and didn’t even notice. I refuse to wear contacts; the idea of my hand touching my eyeballs is not welcomed.
Never bought tapes. Tapes were only used to dub music from RayPower 100. The first CD single I brought was Jagged Edge’s Gotta be from A Jagged Era. The first album was Kci & Jojo’s Love Always. I can’t even stand the album. Although I did use some of the song lyrics in a few love letters I wrote. I know. I used to write love letters. I appreciate you can’t and refuse to imagine this but please work with him here.
I got my driving licence when I was 18. I can count the number of times I have driven a car.
Please don’t give me Titus (Mackerel) with/without water. I would rather enter the ground and be buried alive. I have eaten enough Titus to last me a lifetime and now it makes me sick (literally).
I didn’t know David Hasselhoff existed until recently. It seemed I committed a great crime when I told somebody.
In an ideal world, I would love to be a Naija moive star.
Who’s next: Obi, Toritseju, Mona, Monef
