Standing Out Can Be A Good Thing
How do you feel when you walk into a place and you don’t know anyone?
Do you…
1. Approach a stranger, smile and introduce yourself
2. Wait for someone to approach you
3. Wish you could disappear
Starting a new blog can be like that. If you don’t already have a following no one really knows what you are about, and at times you can be overlooked. For some bloggers this can be extremely frustrating. It seems as though everyone knows each other, and there you are the new person wanting to join in but perhaps unsure of your approach?
With my new website, I purposely didn’t talk about it here on vegan momma because well I wanted to go through that newbie experience again. Two of you found me, and I was impressed. Many thanks to Catherine from the Business Advice Blog and Pete of My GPS Camera Phone for stopping by and welcoming me properly to my new virtual home. What impressed me was they did a tiny amount of digging to locate me. That is something I would have done. I did leave some clues.
As a new blogger or a person with another new website you might have to work a lot harder to get people to stop by your virtual home. Although I’m not doing anything differently than I do here on vegan momma what I do usually gets some type of attention. When I visit others I make sure I read the post before commenting and only respond if I truly have something to contribute. It’s not a race to me. I’m not trying to rack up enough comments so I can appear on their Top Commentators list (if they have one.) I comment because I want to. I even responded to other commenter’s with my replies.
I don’t need an incentive. I always notice well thought out post from others, and you better believe I’ll click on their name. Naturally people will do the same if you leave similar posts. Looking at my stats every website I commented on I received referrals. I even had some people leave comments. I imagine people wanted to see who was behind that catchy title.
Currently my new website is averaging 30 visitors per day. That’s not bad for a website that will turn two weeks old tomorrow. I’m slightly surprised because well I’m new to freelancing it’s not like I’m writing ground breaking info they’ve never heard about before. They’ve been there.
Although new I went out of my way to be friendly. I didn’t wait for people to make me feel welcome. In the past few weeks I’ve received five link backs from people. I didn’t expect any of them but it was definitely appreciated. That brought more people to my new home and I’ve chatted with a few via email. They’ve been extremely helpful and have been more than willing to answer the questions I’ve asked. The freelance writing community has been very friendly. I appreciate that.
Not Everyone Can Become A Great Writer But A Great Writer Can Come From Anywhere
I’ve always written, but I’m new to freelance writing. I realize that there are certain rules you should follow if you want to be a successful freelance writer. Of course, I want to be a success. I’m learning as much as I possibly can. In order, to do well I believe I need to read as much as possible about the topic an also interact with those who are already doing it.
Yes I know that anyone can write, but that doesn’t mean that a person can sell what they write. I want to do a great job. I want my clients to be happy with my work. Realizing that I can always improve I decided to purchase books on the subject and frequent freelance hangouts.
[tags]freelance writing, My GPS Camera Phone, Catherine Lawson[/tags]