LinkedIn

Now comes the time that you need to settle in to some sort of routine, as the next step, the social media step, is a big one. So you should be somewhat comfortable with writing content and managing your Blog. It’s O.K. to feel comfortable with what you are doing before racing away to do something else that is new to you. So take a month and just write content and work with your Blog and your management techniques.

After a month, it will be time to start to drive traffic to your site. This takes a lot of time and attention, so if you rush right in after starting your Blog, you’re going to get things tangled up and make a mess of things as well as waste a ton of time.

I am going to avoid making any social media recommendations as everyone takes a different path, leading to a different outcome, which helps all concerned as you are going to use social sites that other don’t use and vise versa. That way, we’re not getting tangled up with each other. That way there is enough traffic and market for everyone.

I will make three recommendations that all Bloggers need to be aware of and take advantage of. Those three are: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. These three are necessary for all New Bloggers and you should sign-up as soon as you are ready to begin marketing yourself and your Blog. The rest is up to you. The more social media sites you sign-up for and participate in the more traffic you will see to your Blog. But take it slowly and make sure that you understand how to use the social media platform you have chosen or else you will just be wasting your time.

Social Media 101

For the new Blogger, it is imperative to become part of the Blogging community as soon as is practically possible. Nothing drives traffic like real-time social interaction. It is the ultimate SEO!

When I started out I had a great deal of experience at the computer and Internet thing, but I totally missed the social connection. I still have yet to engage one of the three sources that I mention here.

If you are serious about building and maintaining a blog for profit, I can’t emphasize enough the importance of engaging the Blogosphere with your social presence.

The first thing that you will have to do it to get a Twitter account and start interacting with others. Don’t just let it lay there, by finding a lot of people to follow and wondering why they don’t follow you back, because you never send out any Tweets.

The second thing you need to do is get a Facebook account. I had a hard time at first trying to distinguish between Facebook and MySpace. But after time I could see all of those in my social community of Bloggers had a Facebook account. So I went with Facebook. I think that MySpace can be a benefit to the Blogger; it’s just that Facebook seems to be king.

The Third thing you need to do is get a LinkedIn account. I love the slogan; “Relationships Matter.“ It’s really the most “Professional” of the three, so I have put off signing-up because I want to take my time at working with the site.

I’m going to be discussing the social links or sites that are important to the new Blogger in the future. So stay tune to Jeffrey’s Corner for continued posts. Now, if you will excuse me, I’m going to follow my own advice in this post and head on over to LinkedIn to sign-up for an account.