How do you get people to look at these things?
May 16th 2008 03:21
I'm sure if you are reading this you are appreciating the inrony of the title now,but let's ignore that for a minute. I'm having some real issues when I receive an Orble email that says I've had a hit count of 7 people. What's the deal?
What can I do to entice people to read? Reading is generally not popular in modern culture and just because I'm at uni studying English teaching I know people don't share the same love of reading as me!
Also, has anyone out there (not OUT THERE, obviously there will be people in the world who can answer affirmatively to this question) but has anyone reading this ever written a screenplay? If so I would love to hear about it, I'm working on my first First draft at the moment and am about halfway through so I could use some success stories or motivation.
Do i need to post more regularly? Is that a thing?
I don't want to resort to writing about celebrities and putting shiny pictures on my posts but is that the way this world works?
Help me out, I'm a man in need... a pest.
The Bone.
What can I do to entice people to read? Reading is generally not popular in modern culture and just because I'm at uni studying English teaching I know people don't share the same love of reading as me!
Also, has anyone out there (not OUT THERE, obviously there will be people in the world who can answer affirmatively to this question) but has anyone reading this ever written a screenplay? If so I would love to hear about it, I'm working on my first First draft at the moment and am about halfway through so I could use some success stories or motivation.
Do i need to post more regularly? Is that a thing?
I don't want to resort to writing about celebrities and putting shiny pictures on my posts but is that the way this world works?
Help me out, I'm a man in need... a pest.
The Bone.
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Comment by Justicia
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As for the screenplay, that sounds really interesting so good luck with it. I would love to write a novel one day, but I'm not sure about a screenplay. I definitely love to read and I think you'll find Orblers tend to love reading also.
Welcome and have fun with the topics you choose to write on!
Comment by RubySoho
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Another tip is to leave comments on other blogs so people know who you are and remember to check into your blog too.
Good luck. I'll try to revist you.
oh, yeah, I'm writing my first feature length screenplay now too. It's bloody hard isn't it?
Comment by AmyHuang
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The secret apparently is to keep going. Search engines favour blogs that are older than 6 months. I enjoy reading about literature and that so I'll definitely come back to visit
It is frustrating but at the six months mark, you'll notice a lot more traffic coming in.
Comment by jon
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You may also need to add the email address admin -at- orblemail.com to your address book in order to receive Orble admin emails in the future.
Thanks,
Jon.
(Orble Admin)
Comment by Kleonaptra
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Just keep going. You've got style.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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2. to get traffic from within the orble community you really should try to include a pic on your post (even if its some clip art or a landscape or pattern etc) and make your title sound like a newspaper heading . . . also fill out your profile with a pic and a blurb so people get familiar with you, and as Ruby said, comment wherever you can to build a rapport
3. always fill in your tags and fully label any pics you include as they are all searchable
4. if you have myspace, facebook, msn etc then post links to your blog there and encourage your friends to comment anonymously if they dont want to join
good luck with it all!
(oh also, when people comment your blog post you should respond to them in your own comments as soon as you can . . . it becomes conversational and everyone who has commented gets an email notification to visit the page again to see what else has been said)
Comment by Ann 2
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Comment by jon
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Being able to hang in there while you are waiting for the search engine traffic to kick in seems to be the biggest hurdle for new bloggers.
Most of your traffic will come from Orble to start with, however in the long run most of it will come from the search engines. To get more SE traffic see this post and the rest of the Blog Adviser posts.
To see how much traffic the typical Orble blog get's over time see this post.
Having fun and writing about topics you are interested in is always a good idea as well, as it will help you last the distance and you will enjoy yourself more.
Comment by Kdthestrange
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