{"id":6086,"date":"2024-06-17T11:16:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T04:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=6086"},"modified":"2024-06-17T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T04:30:19","slug":"how-to-start-and-grow-a-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/how-to-start-and-grow-a-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start (And Grow) a Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: <\/em>Starting and growing a successful blog involves strong positioning, creating power posts, professional design, building an email list, and engaging with your audience.<\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;How to Start (And Grow) a Blog&#8221; by Brian Dean<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4X4OgMV9dJs?si=Fn-g6DHRGwtJOMOi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"37ebfd60-75ba-46a4-abf6-26348c13645f\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Nail Your Blog&#8217;s Positioning<\/strong>: Clearly define what makes your blog unique to stand out from the competition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publish a Power Post<\/strong>: Create highly valuable content that puts your blog on the map and attracts readers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step Up Your Design<\/strong>: A professional design is crucial as it impacts visitors&#8217; first impressions more than content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Write an Origin Story<\/strong>: Share your blog&#8217;s backstory to connect with readers and differentiate from competitors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Execute a Post-Promotion Plan<\/strong>: Spend significant time promoting your content through strategies like pre-outreach and email sharing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Build Your Email List<\/strong>: An engaged email list is vital for promoting new content, products, or announcements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Convert Homepage to a Landing Page<\/strong>: Design your homepage to encourage email subscriptions rather than displaying a blog feed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Create a Lead Magnet<\/strong>: Offer valuable content in exchange for email subscriptions to grow your list.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reply to Comments<\/strong>: Engage with your audience by replying to comments to build a community around your blog.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Form a Blog Alliance<\/strong>: Connect with other bloggers to share tips and support each other in growing your blogs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-1 flex gap-3 empty:hidden juice:-ml-3\">\n<div class=\"items-center justify-start rounded-xl p-1 flex\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg text-token-text-secondary\">\n<div class=\"px-0.5 text-sm font-semibold tabular-nums\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting and growing a successful blog involves strong positioning, creating power posts, professional design, building an email list, and engaging with your audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo","category-41","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6086"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6089,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6086\/revisions\/6089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}