After being personally inspired by The 30 Day Blogging Challenge I feel like sharing a similar idea of my own. Firstly let me just say that everyone should be striving to complete the 30 Day Blogging Challenge, which entails posting at least once every single day for 30 days.
My idea is building upon the benefits of posting consistently, and taking advantage of networking opportunities. It should also train you to read more blogs, and participate in blogging communities.
So to do the challenge you must:
Leave a quality comment on 10 blog posts each day. Try to do this on different blogs where possible, and definitely don’t spam.
Post 10 times per day on related forums. This may not sound like a lot, but 10 posts per day is a lot without some kind of motivation. It’s very easy to forget to post or simply not bother, hopefully this challenge will help you to become motivated. Try to make quality posts, and help others out wherever possible.
Comment on EVERY blog post that you read. If you’ve taken the time to read a blog post then why not get a backlink out of it? In my eyes it’s entirely pointless skimming a post and then moving on without commenting. You’re never going to meet other bloggers that way. Even if you didn’t like the post say why this is the case, don’t just say nothing.
Try one new promotional strategy each day. Most bloggers have a list of promotional strategies that they’ve been wanting to try out. Well this is the time! Experiment with new social networks (I need to look at Squidoo for example), start a contest if you haven’t already, try paid advertising…
To sum up… all of these things are entirely possible, and a week really isn’t a long time. However, think of the benefits of:
70 comments on other blogs
70 forum posts with a signature link to your blog.
A general increase in your blog commenting
7 great new promotional strategies.
I will be posting about how I get on with the 7 Day Blogging Challenge. I’d really appreciate comments from those who like the idea and are going to participate. Please post the results on your blogs and try to gauge the success of the challenge.
Tom, great post! I’m up for the challenge! I’ve already taken the 30 day blogging challenge you’re talking about, I’ve started Feb 29, and so far am sticking to it. Your challenge seems a little harder to me though (a lot harder). I have no problem with posting every single day (I would even twice), but commenting on so many forums and sites seems hard work, and I don’t always have the time. But I will try it, document it, and let you know if I made it…
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Thanks Anca, I really think that it might be a great way to drive considerable traffic to your blog. I mean posting is all well and good, but commenting particularly on NICHE forums/blogs that often should put you above most other bloggers. I find that the easiest thing is to have a list of forums ready so that you can simply go through them and post systematically.
I too have been doing Alan’s 30 day challenge, but think I failed as on 1 day I literally didn’t have a spare minute to post
You’re very right Tom, commenting more on my niche is something on my top list of priorities. I know now this is the real way to bring in some traffic. The thing is, I could not really find so many forums, or even sites in my niche, where I would comment…Well, I’ll keep looking
I’m really interested in everything that means blogging tips, tutorials, marketing strategies, and there are many good sites about that, thank God, that’s why I’m more active on these…
Yeah I guess your niche is a little more limited than ‘blogging’ for myself… I would suggest finding just one niche forum and posting a lot there to start with. Perhaps try Google blog search to find blogs within your niche.
It’s very possible if you’re a student with nothing better to do, but if you have a job which takes up most of your day, go to the gym 3 nights a week, eat, do your chores, what time does that leave?
Certainly possible if you’re a pro-blogger or do nothing else in your spare time.
Hey Matt. I actually work on university stuff well outside of job hours, plus I have the job of being a web designer. Sometimes I’m so busy I wish I could just do one or the other. I also go to the gym, eat, and have chores like most people. I’m not saying it’s easy but in my eyes it’s certainly possible, it just takes a pretty large effort. I’ll be posting soon about how I manage to keep on top of my time with ventures like this though if you’d be interested in reading?
Thanks for commenting
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