HACKER Q&A
📣 marto1

Is anyone trying to make their blog go big?


Do you have a small blog that you're trying to make popular ? If so how are you trying to do it ? Guest posting ? Link building ? Some exotic SEO strategy ? Have you found some popular strategies that simply don't work ?


  👤 h2odragon Accepted Answer ✓
Why do you want to "go big?" you want lots of advertiser revenue? Does that actually happen? You want to sell lots of junk through affiliate links? You're kind of doing even more of the advertising job there, with less options.

Do you have a product you're trying to sell? Is there any point in showing it and bragging about it to people who aren't interested? Very few people want life sized inflatable dragons; but the ones that do could be loyal readers and a fun blog community.

Do you just want to share your admiration of a subject you love? Then don't worry about being big, worry about being good; and enjoying the things you're writing for rather than doing things seeking attention. Many "fandoms" have a high proportion of "zero sum" thinkers who cheerfully attack anything not theirs, anyway; so seeking feedback is of debatable value in some fields.


👤 PaulHoule
Worthwhile content. If this was your blog

https://www.righto.com/

you wouldn't have to work hard to promote it.


👤 stevenalowe
Highly recommend Jon Morrow’s blogging course

https://smartblogger.com/about/


👤 kleer001
Provide one of a kind pleasure to your readers. Everything else is basically cheating.