How do you get noticed?
In this day and age, there are tons of people out there starting blogs on every little subject, every niche, and everything you can possibly imagine. If you don’t believe me, google any search term using their Blog Search, and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Being original is a hard task to take on and in it you might find yourself reading other people’s work and being inspired. Inspiration comes from many places and when the time comes, jump on it!
I came up with the Rockin’ Girl Bloggers idea not to get noticed, but to spread some of the love for the ladies out there that work hard on their blogs. It worked in both ways. Not only did I start something fabulous that the ladies out there took and ran with, but I got noticed, as well. People who otherwise wouldn’t have heard my name prior to that day, now know me as that Rockin’ chick who started that badge thing…(or something similiar, I’m sure).
In this wide world of a blogosphere, we have the professionals, the blogging middle class, and the working class stiffs. I’m a part of the working class stiffs….by that I mean that I have a day job, but still manage to post regularly here. The professionals, like Darren Rowse, Seth Godin, and John Chow, won’t notice you, if you stay under the radar. They are not gods. I’ve emailed Darren and gotten a nice quick reply. He answers his emails and reads other blogs, as well. I’m sure sometimes they run out of inspiration as well.
Why not make a blip on their radar? Go on over to Problogger or John’s page and leave a comment or two. Make it thoughtful and in synch with the topic. Let the big guys know you’re out there. They may have high ranking blogs, but they are people, too, just like you and me.
Better yet, maybe stay in your own community and comment on smaller blogs. The point is to get your name out there. Do something special. Nominate others for something really cool. Link to others and spread the love around. Start a really cool meme. Start a blog contest. As long as it’s something that gets the readers involved, then it’s only going to benefit everyone involved.
What do you do to get noticed? Do you want to be noticed?
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I write software (or at least I should). I have modded a couple of WordPress plugins for my own use, and should release them, jus tthey’re a bit of a mess.
Interestingly, I think you’re doing the right thing wiht the “Rockin? Girl Bloggers”, as it’s personable (looking at the My blog log thing to the side, most of them are women), and you stand out because of it. Good work!
As far as making noise though, I think I’d rather 1 link from Problogger than 10 links from John Chow. I dunno, a lot of JCDC readers I find a bit lifeless. I got linked by JCDC and the amount of “Check My Blog” comments I got was annoying (half of them redirected through alexa too), whereas Problogger readers actually seem to contribute to things.
tbh I find most of the ‘famous bloggers’ websites boring! I find some of them (at least) are a little up themselves.
To get noticed I make wp themes but even if I didn’t have a website I’d still make them, I’m addicted to making things!
I do want to get noticed but its not the end of the world if I dont, I’ve been blogging for 6 years and I’m not hugely well known now so who says I will be in the future!
Speaking of starting a blog contest, if you do, please let us know about it at blog-contests.com so we can help promote it for you.
Have a great day!
Haha, I read Han’s comment and I thought “hmmm….sounds like somebody I know’d say that”.
Turns out it was. My delightful ex.
Don’t worry Roberta! We’re cool, we won’t go all Jerry Springer on your blog
LOL you guys are too funny
The superstar bloggers bore me. I like to make my mark in the hallowed halls of those who blog with wit and a smidge of bite
My wife & I have found that by including your website URL in your signature on forums, you can draw a fair number of visitors. An advantage to this is that you’re likely to get visitors who’re involved or interested in the same niche areas as you.
For example, we get a steady trickle of traffic from the NewBeetle.org message boards that Dede frequents. (She’s the extremely proud owner of a VW New Beetle Convertible named Caliente.)
And our Russian Adoption Journal that Dede mostly runs gets quite a lot of regular readers from a variety of adoption & parenting forums and other Russian adoption blogs. In fact, she draws more traffic (slightly) on that ‘niche’ blog than we do on our main blog site.