{"id":28291,"date":"2021-03-18T12:51:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T12:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/?p=28291"},"modified":"2022-03-29T10:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T10:20:08","slug":"get-more-followers-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/get-more-followers-on-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get more Followers on WordPress \u2013 everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/get-more-followers-on-wordpress\/#The_Stuff_You_Know_about_a_WordPress_Blog\" title=\"The Stuff You Know about a WordPress Blog\">The Stuff You Know about a WordPress Blog<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/get-more-followers-on-wordpress\/#The_Stuff_You_Dont_Know_about_Growing_your_Blog\" title=\"The Stuff You Don\u2019t Know about Growing your Blog\">The Stuff You Don\u2019t Know about Growing your Blog<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/get-more-followers-on-wordpress\/#How_to_make_your_Blog_popular_enough_to_stop_worrying_about_new_Traffic\" title=\"How to make your Blog popular enough to stop worrying about new Traffic?\">How to make your Blog popular enough to stop worrying about new Traffic?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/get-more-followers-on-wordpress\/#How_to_earn_from_your_WordPress_Blog\" title=\"How to earn from your WordPress Blog?\">How to earn from your WordPress Blog?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/get-more-followers-on-wordpress\/#Equip_yourself_with_the_Right_Tools_for_Success\" title=\"Equip yourself with the Right Tools for Success\">Equip yourself with the Right Tools for Success<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Stuff_You_Know_about_a_WordPress_Blog\"><\/span>The Stuff You Know about a WordPress Blog<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28296\" src=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Stuff-You-Know-about-a-WordPress-Blog-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"The Stuff You Know about a WordPress Blog\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>You have a WordPress blog on your hand. You created a website using WordPress and want to grow your site on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>In short, you want more eyes to view, and more minds to process the stuff you\u2019ve self-published on your website.<\/p>\n<p>By now, you might have realized that traffic doesn\u2019t simply arrive at your website.<\/p>\n<p>You need to accept it \u2013 you have a lot of competition. <em>Tough<\/em> competition.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Stuff_You_Dont_Know_about_Growing_your_Blog\"><\/span>The Stuff You Don\u2019t Know about Growing your Blog<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28295\" src=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Stuff-You-Dont-Know-about-Growing-your-Blog-300x204.jpeg\" alt=\"The Stuff You Don\u2019t Know about Growing your Blog\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/>So, how will you survive in such a world, where almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogtyrant.com\/why-99-percent-of-blogs-will-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">99%<\/a> of blogs are unsuccessful? How will you make sure that your blog is attracting a big audience? And most of all, how will you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seekahost.com\/how-to-start-a-blog-and-make-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earn from your blog<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we will tell you how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukmagz.co.uk\/blog-post-increasing-traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get more followers on your WordPress blog<\/a>. We will tell you about the <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/courses\/blogging-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secrets of blogging<\/a> which you need to implement if you want your blog to become a success.<\/p>\n<p>Now I know what you\u2019re thinking \u2013 <em>\u201chow can I trust you?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s understandable. If we\u2019re giving advice, you\u2019ll be looking for reasons to believe us.<\/p>\n<p>Well, let us give you the reasons.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SeekaHost University<\/a>, we specialize in digital marketing and WordPress Blogging.<\/p>\n<p>We know the answer to this question you\u2019ve been having \u2013 <em>\u201c<strong>how to increase traffic to my WordPress blog<\/strong>?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We know how you can promote a WordPress blog.<\/p>\n<p>We know how you can advertise a WordPress blog.<\/p>\n<p>And in this guide, that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ll be discussing.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_make_your_Blog_popular_enough_to_stop_worrying_about_new_Traffic\"><\/span>How to make your Blog popular enough to stop worrying about new Traffic?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/seo-certification-training-courses-pros-and-cons\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28294\" src=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/How-to-make-your-Blog-popular-enough-to-stop-worrying-about-new-Traffic-scaled-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"How to make your Blog popular enough to stop worrying about new Traffic\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>SEO<\/a> &#8211; the boring, yet accurate answer.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a blogger, domain owner, or webpage handler, these three letters ought to mean the whole world to you. They can help determine the success or failure of your blog. In short \u2013 it will determine your income.<\/p>\n<p>SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It\u2019s what gets you success in your website\u2019s <u>organic ranking<\/u>, the order in which web pages rank in the search engine according to the user\u2019s search query.<\/p>\n<p>Let us explain further.<\/p>\n<p>The search engine browses your content for keywords. It will \u2018read\u2019 through your blog and scan for relevant keywords. By relevant, we mean keywords relevant to the user\u2019s search query and your content.<\/p>\n<p>The more relevant the keyword is to the search query, the higher its value. Keywords are thus classified into two categories \u2013 high-value keywords and low-value keywords.<\/p>\n<p><strong>High-value keywords<\/strong> are most relevant to the query being searched. The more high-value keywords one includes in their webpage, the more is the chance that their webpage becomes a success.<\/p>\n<p>While <strong>low-value keywords<\/strong> are sometimes unavoidable, stay away from them as far as you can. Because the more low-value keywords you add, the more you risk keyword loading without any prominent results in SEO.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, SEO aims to include as many high-value keywords into your blog as possible. And that way you avoid keyword loading, whilst also directing internet traffic towards your page. This will inevitably help your blog be one of the top results in organic ranking and you can keep track of this with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manuelawillbold.com\/seo-tools-for-content-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEO analytics tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because the SeekaHost experts understand the importance and value of SEO in combination with managing your WordPress website they have developed and launched the first unique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seekahost.app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP &amp; PBN Hosting Control Panel<\/a> that offers analytics tools inside to keep track of all websites hosted with SeekaHost. See the video below to get an idea of how it can help you with growing your blog:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starting A Blog in 2021 What You Need To Start A WordPress Blog Fast With SeekaHost.app\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05JQSlxzCVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, a blog with a higher ranking will get more audience traffic. And subsequently, more money.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, then, we hit the next question.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_earn_from_your_WordPress_Blog\"><\/span>How to earn from your WordPress Blog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28293\" src=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/How-to-earn-from-your-WordPress-Blog-scaled-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"How to earn from your WordPress Blog\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The first step, of course, is making your blog famous.<\/p>\n<p>There are two methods that we recommend for that:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use SEO <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress plugins<\/a> to ramp up the search engine friendliness of your blog \u2013 By definition, SEO plugins are \u201cextension modules for content management systems\u201d. But we don\u2019t need to get into the details.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All you need to know is this \u2013 SEO plugins will affect the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search engine optimization<\/li>\n<li>Web analysis<\/li>\n<li>Online marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Nurture a reputation that Google\u2019s bots respect, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fernandoraymond.com\/top-100-guest-posting-sites-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guest posting<\/a> aka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manuelawillbold.com\/successful-writing-techniques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guest blogging<\/a>, which is an SEO technique. In this, you will write an article about <em>your <\/em>blog on someone <em>else\u2019s <\/em>blog. This will go on to give you more exposure and your link to your website will be distributed better.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It has everything you would want to know about SEO as the owner of a new domain.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s talk about the earning aspect of a blog.<\/p>\n<p>Your primary income will be through \u2013 advertisements.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it be <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/courses\/google-adwords-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Ads<\/a> or paid sponsorships, most of your income is going to come from ads.<\/p>\n<p>This is why it\u2019s so essential to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukmagz.co.uk\/blog-post-increasing-traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get more traffic to your WordPress site<\/a>. The more people your site attracts, the more will third-party sites want to advertise themselves on your blog.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Equip_yourself_with_the_Right_Tools_for_Success\"><\/span>Equip yourself with the Right Tools for Success<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28292\" src=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Equip-yourself-with-the-Right-Tools-for-Success-scaled-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Equip yourself with the Right Tools for Success\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The above knowledge must have left you in a whirl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seekahost.com\/how-to-start-a-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starting a blog<\/a>, getting more readers on a blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seekahost.com\/how-to-start-a-blog-and-make-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earning from a blog<\/a> \u2013 all this is <em>not easy<\/em>. And you\u2019re slowly beginning to realize that.<\/p>\n<p>The crux of the matter is this \u2013 you <em>need <\/em>someone to help you out on your journey to establishing your career as a blogger. Otherwise, things are going to get nastily difficult for you.<\/p>\n<p>And you don\u2019t want your blog to end up amongst the 99% failed ones, do you?<\/p>\n<p>So, first thing\u2019s first \u2013 you need to start learning more about SEO and how it works. And we\u2019re not just talking about surface-level knowledge. You need to absolutely <em>master <\/em>SEO.<\/p>\n<p>Consider setting 5-10 hours a week aside to learn the basics of SEO. It\u2019s easy when you have the right learning material &#8211; the sorts we\u2019ve put together for you in our <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/courses\/seo-training-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEO course<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This, along with other <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free SeekaHost digital marketing courses<\/a>, will teach you about the ins and outs of online traffic, keywords, and net advertising.<\/p>\n<p>With our vast level of knowledge in this field of digital marketing and SEO, we offer several online courses that will help you gain surprising insights into <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/courses\/blog-profits-blueprint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to make a blog a success<\/a>. It\u2019s a goldmine for bloggers and domain owners, and you are sure to thank us later.<\/p>\n<p>Our many reliable and dependable SEO \u00a0and marketing experts know all there is to know about <strong>how to advertise a WordPress blog<\/strong>. We know <strong>how to promote a WordPress blog<\/strong> and get more traffic to the blog from the internet.<\/p>\n<p>So, make the right decision. Enroll for a course (or several) so that you are prepared with all the right tools required for success. Simply <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/account\/?action=register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register with SeekaHost University<\/a> and if you have any queries, questions, or doubts, we\u2019ll be more than <a href=\"https:\/\/university.seekahost.com\/guides\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress plugins<\/a> them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stuff You Know about a WordPress Blog You have a WordPress blog on your hand. You created a website using WordPress and want to grow your site on the internet. In short, you want more eyes to view, and more minds to process the stuff you\u2019ve self-published on your website. 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