18Sep 2021 by Luke Harkness
FREE and cheap Promotions and Giveaways to Increase Your Social Media Following

FREE and cheap Promotions and Giveaways to Increase Your Social Media Following

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Having a good social media following is crucial to getting an audience to your blog. If you want people to repetitively see your posts and visit your articles, then having a good social media following is a great way to keep them coming back. However, building that social media following isn't easy. There's either the long and patient method, asking people to follow you or one of the most effective ways to increase your following for free or for very little money is by doing giveaways. By doing giveaways you can create rules on how people enter. You should make these rules easy enough for everyone to enter but also an easy way to get your social media platform shared around. I'd recommend getting people to share the post/tweet around…
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10Sep 2021 by Luke Harkness No Comments
22 Post Ideas for Book Bloggers (with suggested titles)

22 Post Ideas for Book Bloggers (with suggested titles)

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Blogging can be great fun. If you have a passion for writing and a passion for what you're writing about, rarely will it feel like a chore. However, there are some days where you're sitting there thinking "what on earth is there left to write about?" Low and behold, below are 22 blog titles you can use as inspiration for your blog. [caption id="attachment_1105" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Pin me to Pinterest![/caption] 1. My favourite {insert genre here} books of all time People often have a certain genre they love most. They'll love to read your favourite books in this genre. Read my Top Five Fantasy Books of All Time. 2. Books with the most aesthetically pleasing front covers This is one I'm hoping to do soon. Some books have absolutely stunning…
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09Sep 2021 by Luke Harkness No Comments
10 Reasons you NEED a Newsletter on Your Blog from Day One

10 Reasons you NEED a Newsletter on Your Blog from Day One

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Starting a newsletter that can grab your audience is one of the crucial elements of owning a blog. Yes, there's social media and if you get a good following on there, it can be a huge win. However, by starting a newsletter, you can retain your audience in a much more personal way and from quite early on. Below are ten great reasons why you should look into starting a newsletter for your blog and promoting it wherever you can. 1. It keeps your audience coming back The number one reason you should start a newsletter from early on is to keep your audience coming back. Whenever you send out an email, you are directly notifying your audience of new content on your blog. If you didn't do this, they…
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11Aug 2021 by Luke Harkness No Comments
10+ FREE ‘This or That’ templates for your Instagram stories

10+ FREE ‘This or That’ templates for your Instagram stories

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Instagram stories are a fantastic way to keep people coming back to your Instagram profile. When you open Instagram, you can instantly see about three Instagram story icons, whereas you can only see one or two posts, therefore, already you've got more of a chance of being seen if you post to Instagram stories. Plus, with Instagram stories, there're so many more ways to engage with people. Hold polls, hold votes, get people to answer things for you, invite people to ask you questions, get them to slide a fire emoji and so much more. The more people interact with your stories, the further up you'll appear in their stories list and then inevitably their Instagram feed too as they begin to interact with your posts too. [caption id="attachment_975" align="aligncenter"…
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07Aug 2021 by Luke Harkness No Comments
110+ Questions for your Question of the Day on Bookstagram

110+ Questions for your Question of the Day on Bookstagram

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I've recently discovered Bookstagram and have realised it's a fantastic community with some genuinely kind and helpful people. It's a community full of people wanting to engage and have conversations about books. Something I've noticed with Instagram though is that you must keep posting daily or it'll throw you out of the algorithm and you'll be lost in the void, not receiving any engagement. [caption id="attachment_948" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Pin me to Pinterest![/caption] Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via these links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you to support the blog.  If you're looking for something to post and don't have any articles or book reviews to upload then something great to do is…
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22Jun 2021 by Luke Harkness No Comments
50 things to know when starting (and running) a blog

50 things to know when starting (and running) a blog

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I started my blog not long ago. I thought it would be quite an easy process. Pick a domain, choose your blog host and start posting your articles. But as you delve deeper into the complexities of making it something where hopefully you'll see a profit and gain a lot of traction out of it, you realise there's a lot more to starting and running a blog than you may realise. (more…)
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