Share Your Blog Post 1-Week After It Goes Live

The work of promoting your content isn’t done just because you hit the publish button. There is still work to do. This time, around you’re going to branch out a bit to get in front of more people.There are billions of people in the world and some of them are praying for an answer that only you can provide (of course, in your blog post). Now, I’m talking to me just as much as I am to you. Sometimes I kick and scream, but I still force myself to get out there.

Are you enjoying the Traffic Map series? Have you started using the strategies? If you are, by now you should be seeing some results. Let me know your results in the comments below.
My Traffic Map 2016: Post 1- Preparation | Post 2 - Before You Hit Publish | Post 3 - Share on Twitter | Post 4 - Share on Pinterest | Post 5 - Share on Facebook | Post 6 - One Day After | Post 7 - 1-Week After | Post 8 - 2-Weeks After | Post 9 - 1-Month After.

First, I’d like to introduce you to Periscope. You’ve probably heard of this new social platform that was bought by Twitter last year. Big names like Kim Garst (social media), Darren Rowse (blogging), and Chris Ducker (in the Virtual Assistant world) are rocking it like 1999 (too corny huh?).

Last year I participated in a challenge (see my scopes) where I posted 30 “scopes” (that’s what a live broadcast is called in Periscope speak ^_^) in 30 days via Melissa’s Periscope with Purpose Challenge. Let me tell you, if this ‘fear of people’, overweight mama who can’t say a sentence without the word “um” can do this, so can YOU.

I know it’s scary, but what isn’t? Bite the ‘bullet’ as they say and hop on.
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Blog Shares One Month After Your Post Goes Live

Getting blog shares right after your post goes live is fairly easy. The problem occurs when your post is more than one-month-old. Previously you’ve shared to social media, with your mailing list, via comments on other blogs as well as contacting influencers directly. Your promotion schedule looks something like this:

1. Post to social media again – use different calls to actions and copy this time OR check your stats (see step 6 below) to see which versions of your posts did well and use those again. (see Daily Social Media Plan)
2. Create a quote image - add a tip or quote from your post, share on sites like Pinterest, WeHeartIt, Flickr, SlideShare, Tumblr, and Instagram. To make your graphics use Canva or PicMonkey. (See 10 more ideas here OR 15 ideas here)
3. Comment on more blogs – find more blogs to comment on. Be sure they are specific to your audience aka your content answers the questions they have
4. Email your post to a few more people – select a few more influencers to email your post to. Politely ask to for them to share it.
5. Remind your list about your post – let your list know one more time about your post (How to Promote Your Blog)
6. Review traffic to post (where did it come from? What copy returned the best results?) – check your analytics as well as the shortened URLs stats. Remember the URL builder? See who clicked on those links. (Traffic Generation Tips)

My Traffic Map 2016: Post 1- Preparation | Post 2 - Before You Hit Publish | Post 3 - Share on Twitter | Post 4 - Share on Pinterest | Post 5 - Share on Facebook | Post 6 - One Day After | Post 7 - 1-Week After | Post 8 - 2-Weeks After | Post 9 - 1-Month After.

My Traffic Map Progress - Check It Out Here

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