1) Generally, I tried to increase my overall social media exposure by linking my blogs to different pictures and even featuring articles that I had read in some. I also used a title that has some meaning and shows a little bit of my character so that it would entice people. I used the handle: "UsingMediaForGodsGlory" because it shows that I am a Christian and would maybe increase interest and media exposure.
2) Other than the required titles and labels, I didn't really use any keywords. I did use a hashtag (#Entrepreneurship) once and this may have helped link my post to any search engine.
3) I used social media by posting a link to my blog on both Facebook and Twitter, which I hoped to bring more traffic to my page, but in fact, it was mostly ignored. When I look at the views for each of my blogs, I see that they increased during the days following my post, which mean social media did help bring some viewers to my blog.
4) The blog post I had that went the most viral was "Celebrating Failure" with 28 views. The reason this post had the most amount of traffic was because the title is counter-cultural and makes you really think about how much our society values success over all things and almost makes us believe that failure isn't natural or necessary, which it is.
5) Unfortunately I didn't use key words so I wasn't located on the first page of google searches, but when I searched "God blogs" I was on the eleventh page. So I guess my blog's handle acts as a keyword in this situation.
Hey Walter, great job on your blog post! I enjoyed learning about how you attempted to increase exposure and attract readers to your blog over the past semester. I thought it was interesting that your "Celebrating Failure" post got the most traffic, but after reading your explanation it kind of makes sense; it is probably not a topic that is very often written about. It's great that you were able to find your blog even after searching such general keywords; all things considered, showing up on the eleventh page is not too bad. Props to you for finding a way to apply your faith to this entrepreneurial challenge. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIf you would like to check out my "Google Gold" blog post, you can find it by following this link: http://entrepreneurshipbyisa.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold-week-14.html
Hi Walter,
ReplyDeleteBased on reading your post I can see how much effort that you put in to increase the amount of people that visit your blog. On the other hand, I kept my blog as discrete as possible because its purely for the sake of this class. It's great that you can be so open and kept the blog open for peoples. Here is the link to my google gold, http://jzent3003.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html, check it out if you have time.