1. Select 15 other blogs you want to give this award to. Do some digging if you must! Find those blogs. You cannot nominate yourself of the person who has nominated you.
2. Write a post to show off your award! Give a brief story of how your blog got started, and give a piece or two advice to new bloggers. List who nominated you in your post. Make sure to attach the award yourself!
3. Comment on each blog to let them know you’ve nominated them. Provide a link to your award post.
4. Provide a link to the original post on Edge of Night. This way, anyone can find the original post if needed, and we can keep it from mutating and becoming confusing!
How This Blog Got Started:
First, thanks again to Sumaya from Sue’s Reading Corner for the nomination! I started blogging in March of this year when I decided that my author website needed a revamp. I thought blogging would be a cool way to meet other writers and readers who enjoy the genres that I write. Blogging has been much more enjoyable than I had ever expected. I’ve learned so much and had the opportunity to (virtually) meet some awesome people. I’m excited to keep blogging and connecting!
My Advice on Blogging:
1. Patience: You’re not going to magically get a ton of followers overnight. Building an audience takes time, so don’t get frustrated if it doesn’t seem like you have a large readership at first. Just keep at it!
2. Be Social: You know how excited you get when someone comments on your blog? Other bloggers feel the same way when you comment on their posts!
3. Interactivity: Make it easy for your readers to share your posts on social media, and try ending posts with a question for the audience to answer.
My Nominations for this Award (in no particular order):
7. XingSings
12. Anxiwarrior
13. Crushing Cinders
14. Books of Blood
15. Always Me
Have Fun Blogging!
Thanks very much for the nomination! Great advice, especially being social. Getting to know to know others in the blogging community one of the best parts doing this.
However, I have already received the Blogger Recognition Award. You can see my post here. Thanks again though!
Thanks for stopping by, and congrats on being nominated (at least) twice! Happy blogging.
Thank you so much! I like your blogging advice, especially in regards to being social. I love the community aspect of blogging and to get the most of it, it means interacting with other bloggers. One of the best way to do that is to comment on each others posts.
Have a great day!
The community is one of the reasons why I’m so happy I decided to start blogging. It’s been a great way to find others who share some of my interests and has helped me find lots of new reads as well! The comments section of some posts also spark intriguing discussions.
Thanks for visiting!
Ahh, I absolutely agree with your blogging advice, Zed. The first couple of months can be discouraging but patience and interaction is key to a bigger blog, more stats, etc. Plus, it’s really awesome to meet other amazing bloggers with similar interests. Thanks again for the nomination!
Summer at Xingsings
Interaction is definitely important to growing your readership. Not to mention that it’s also a lot of fun! When I first started blogging I made the mistake of writing blog posts and just letting them sit there, hoping that someone would discover them. I think an important part of gaining a larger readership is to start a conversation with other bloggers and people who take the time to comment on your blog. Besides making your blog more successful, it’s also enjoyable!
Thanks for stopping by! Happy blogging.
Thank you so much for the nomination. This is really great advice for people starting out. I definitely haven’t been giving my blog much attention in the past couple of weeks but I plan to start it up again soon. Thanks again!
Looking forward to your future posts! Hope all has been well.