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I would love more readers!

I have been pretty casual about my blog for a while now, but I would love to get more subscribers and viewers. Any tips on building my audience? Please advise.

Thanks,

Drey

www.mommylessons101.com

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Permalink Reply by Rosilind Jukic on October 21, 2012 at 3:19am

Blog hops and week-long blog parties. I do both and I have greatly increased my readership. In my right-hand side bar I have about 40 or so blog hops that I participate in at one point or another...I also host a blog hop each Friday called Mommy Teaches. www.littlerandr.org. The trick is, though - when you link up your blog post you ought to visit at least 1 or 2 other linked up blogs and leave a comment. Twitter is also a great resource.

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Permalink Reply by Donna Franklin on October 21, 2012 at 7:09pm

I checked out your blog. Very nice. I like the Halloween post. I liked your fb page. Please like mine. If you have time please check out my blog.

Thanks,

Donna

http://slimsopinion.com

www.facebook.com/slimsopinion

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Permalink Reply by Her Mommyness on October 22, 2012 at 2:12am

Can you please tell me what blog hops are? How do they work?

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Permalink Reply by Rosilind Jukic on October 22, 2012 at 2:20am

Absolutely! A blog hop is where a blogger's post allows other bloggers to link up a post from their blog. If you go to the bottom of my post here you'll see that several bloggers have linked up their post.

http://www.littlerandr.org/2012/10/mommy-fall-fun-mommy-teaches-fri...

You'll see below their pictures bold blue font that says, "Click Here to Enter" - you click on that and it will walk you through.

Some blog hops are for specific types of posts: recipes, DIY projects, photos, homeschooling, spiritual themes...some are general (like mine) and allow for any topic. Be sure to read their instructions before posting. For example, I allow a blogger to link up as many posts at they want on an G-rated topic - but no giveaways. Some bloggers are very strict and will actually delete posts that do not comply. I'm more lenient and will let it slide - as long as one blogger doesn't do it consistently.

I hope this helps. :) My blog hop is still going on until Thursday - link up with me! :) If you need more help, let me know. Also, my right sidebar has links to all the blog hops I participate in. So, be sure to click on some of them this week, too.

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Permalink Reply by Amanda Rutherford on November 3, 2012 at 11:41am

I am following you now. <3

myfourlittles.blogspot.com

facebook.com/myfourlittles

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Permalink Reply by Donna Franklin on November 3, 2012 at 1:00pm

I am following you as well. I enjoyed reading your blog. <3

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Permalink Reply by Her Mommyness on November 3, 2012 at 2:38pm

Thanks so much for this reply! I would love more help and will ping you directly for it. I am pretty much having the same issue: I dont know how to move beyond my immediate circle of people i know for more readership.

Looking forward to chatting with you about blog stuff :)

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Permalink Reply by Rosilind Jukic on November 3, 2012 at 3:29pm

That's the same problem I was having. When I started blog hopping I began to "meet" some really wonderful people...we are all each other's faithful readers now. :) It really does work.

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Permalink Reply by Her Mommyness on November 3, 2012 at 8:05pm

Just linked up to your blog hop. Yaay! My first ever. Thanks so much.

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Permalink Reply by Rosilind Jukic on November 4, 2012 at 2:49am

Awesome!!! I can't wait to read your post and visit your blog. :) Did you see the blog hop buttons on my right side bar? There are hops from Monday through Friday. :) Eat your heart out! haha! It is a lot of fun. I look forward to blog hopping every week.

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Permalink Reply by Tess Moody on November 5, 2012 at 10:04am

i would love more readers as well. lets network together!

www.sixfeetunderblog.com

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Permalink Reply by Portia Shepherd on November 8, 2012 at 6:22pm

Hi Drey! I feeling the same way. I'm looking for ways to create traffic for my new blog. Please follow me at www.twitter.com/mommatude478 and on my website at http://mommatude.webs.com and I will return the favor. I look forward to reading your blogs! Have a great day!