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Permalink Reply by Megan Damron on December 27, 2012 at 9:46am

Building content is what I'm told. I've had multiple sponsor inquiries, and most of them just want more content, and a bulked up site. You already have your own domain, which is want sponsors want. I built my my blog exactly a month ago, and my followers build every day. I share my posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. I have also joined multiple communities on Google +, that are related to my content, and I share my posts there. At this point, it's all about promoting yourself. I went and followed your site, visit me over at Busy, Young, Single Momma Sanity!

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Permalink Reply by Megan Damron on December 27, 2012 at 9:51am

Oh, and I literally just added a members section, so I can show you how quickly I will gain members from promoting myself these ways.

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Permalink Reply by Shauna Quintero on December 27, 2012 at 12:04pm

Thanks for the advice! I followed you back! So are you on Facebook? Or do you get most of your followers from google+? I didn't have a hard time getting Facebook followers but its been a hell of a time getting people to subscribe or follow with friend connect!

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Permalink Reply by Megan Damron on December 29, 2012 at 4:49pm

Mostly from the Google Communities :)

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Atwood on December 28, 2012 at 8:53am

I love the look of your blog Shauna!  Getting followers is really hard.  I've been really working at it.  Increasing my following is one of my goals for 2013.  I've been told that Twitter is really good too, but I can't seem to build up much of a following there.  Building content is the most important part.  If you have good content than others will come.  If you have bad content then nothing else matters.  Of course the other stuff is important too, but content is the key.

I followed you :-).  I'd love it if you'd follow me too.  www.rockabyeparents.com

~Elizabeth

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Permalink Reply by Shauna Quintero on December 28, 2012 at 12:15pm

Thank you! I'm working on it! I followed you on Facebook but do you have a subscribe button or google friend follower im missing? I'd love to follow you there, too! Thanks for following me!

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Atwood on December 28, 2012 at 12:52pm

I'm working on getting an email subscription started.  I do have a button on the top to follow the blog on Goggle+. 

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Permalink Reply by Carica on December 28, 2012 at 11:15pm

Hey Shauna,

I like your page! I am new to the world of blogging and the best advice I can give is to be consistent and keep the good, interesting, and unique content rolling. I've found joining some communities do help and twitter has been great. Building followers is a job within itself. I'd say building content is key, because that is what is going to keep and bring followers.

I am now following you via facebook. When you get a chance, stop my page: Properhoney.com

good luck & happy blogging

Carica

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Permalink Reply by Shauna Quintero on December 29, 2012 at 3:39pm

Thanks so much for the advice! Thanks for following me, too. I'm following you on Facebook! Lots of fun and inspiration on your blog!

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Permalink Reply by Christy Garrett on December 29, 2012 at 8:23pm

Building followers on twitter takes time and patience.  You have to connect with people and build relationships.  I wrote a blog post about my first 30 days on twitter and it should give you an idea on where to start on twitter.  Don't buy fake followers, they do nothing for you other than make your numbers look better.  You can have a twitter account with 1000 active real followers who have far more reach than someone who has 1000 fake followers.  

I wrote this blog post on hubpages, which can actually help you get followers to your main blog too.  What I Learned From Twitter in the first 30 days?

It has taken me a long time to gain followers who read and comment on my blog.  Mine is a few months old.  I had a surge in traffic from Thanksgiving until Christmas, but I was posting my elf on the shelf posts daily.  And he was quite a popular elf.  However, today I am still getting around 150 hits a day.  Which isn't bad for my blog only being a few months old.  My breastfeeding category was moved from another domain and redirected to my new domain.   Keep sharing your posts and content on Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Stumbleupon, Digg, and sites such as this one.  

Another way to get followers to your blog, is to guest post on other people's sites as well.  I have written a few guest posts and am contributor on another blog.   

Variety of links is important if you want to rank in google.  Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Shauna Quintero on December 30, 2012 at 1:42am

Wow! Thank you so much for all the useful advice! I just read the whole article and I'm so glad you answered a big question of mine - What in the heck is a twitter party and how and when should I join one???

And I'm now following you. I just need to sit down and learn to Twitter to my advantage!

Thanks again!

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Permalink Reply by Christy Garrett on December 30, 2012 at 12:55pm

Your welcome.  A twitter party uses a hash tag and they usually give away prizes.  During a twitter party the host tries to get you more familiar with a product. Such as a new matteress from @serta.  They will ask you different types of questions.  It almost seems as if the party is to get feed back on what is important to customers.  And they give away random prizes to participates.  I haven't joined any twitter parties, but I do connect with several groups that have weekly chats using a hash tag.  

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