If you want to be a successful blogger Youtuber influence our Instagram or Really it doesn't matter if you are Trying to grow your brand here online You have got your work cut out for you And I know it's so easy to look at those Successful influencers right now and Think that they're an overnight success That it came easy to them and if you Just put in a couple months worth of Work you're going to be that successful But the truth is it often takes people a Lot of years and a lot a frickin hard Work to grow their brand online to get That large following so in today's video I want to talk to you guys about how you Can kind of cut through the noise how Your content can be found because there Are so many content creators here online Trying to be found at just like you so How the heck can you be found and how Can you grow your following so I'm going To talk about that in today's video and I really want to talk about what made The biggest difference for me when it Came to growing my blog so if you are Ready to get started let's just go ahead And get into it first things first you Probably want to know my stats so I own A website called the content bug comm And I started it about three years ago At this point I am averaging around 400 People on my website every single day And around thirteen to fourteen thousand
Page views on my blog every single month Now my Instagram following which I gotta Be completely honest I don't strive to Grow my Instagram following that much so My Instagram following right now is Around 1900 people 1900 I'm happy with It My youtube following we just hit a 1000 Subscribers so thank you guys so much I am averaging around 180 new Subscribers every single month so I am Super super happy with that and then my Best platform my biggest platform is Pinterest and I have around 10,000 Followers right now and I am reaching About I think I'm at 1.8 average monthly Viewers on the Pinterest platform so That is where I'm at right now and I Have to say on all of those platforms I Had to start from zero I started from The bottom and I worked my way up when I Created my vlog I had to create a new Instagram account so I had zero Followers when I decided to start my Youtube channel I had created a new Channel for YouTube and I started with Zero subscribers so I definitely had to Work to get my blog and my brand to the Point it's at today and I'll tell you Guys the first few months that I spent Blogging I really struggled to grow my Blog because I didn't know what I was Doing and I really wish that I would Have had these tips to make a big
Difference and kind of propel my blog in The right direction a lot sooner that I Did so let's start by talking about Content because that's really how you're Going to be found that's really how You're going to grow your audience is by Creating content and the first type I'm Gonna give you guys is to create more Content when I first got started with my Blog I was only launching one blog post A week and I was sharing a few Instagram Photos a week and that was it I was not Pushing out barely any content today I Am Sharon at least three Instagram Photos a week of new YouTube video every Three days each one of those YouTube Videos has a blog post that I'm there Promoting on my blog and promoting on Pinterest and I am also launching blog Posts as well and I am trying to just Produce produce produce as much content As possible because the more content I Have out there the better chance I have Of people actually finding me and Growing my audience so if you can create More content I honestly believe that Quantity is better than quality if you Want to be a successful youtuber you Can't worry about creating the best Quality of videos from the very Beginning because your first 100 videos They're going to be crap you're not Gonna be comfortable in front of the Camera you're not really gonna know what
You're doing when it comes to the Settings on your camera with the editing That you do so you just need to create That content and put it out there Because the more you try and the more Content you put out there the better you Get at creating that content and the Better you get honestly it's going to be A lot easier for you to grow your Audience so don't let your fear of Everything not being perfect get in your Way if it is perfect you were probably Spending way too much time on it anyway So just art producing content put it out There and that's seriously going to make A huge difference and growing your Following online a little less than a Year ago I was a bit lost with my blog And with my brand I didn't know what Direction I wanted to take it I didn't Know what I wanted to talk about but I Knew that it was better to put content Out there instead of not creating Content at all I didn't want to risk Losing the audience that I had and I Didn't want to stop my blog from growing So I was just creating any piece of Content that I wanted to create and my YouTube videos were all over the place My blog posts were really all over the Place and I lost my vision and I lost my Purpose within my blog one big change That I made to get over that hurdle was To narrow in on the content that my
Audience actually wanted and to create Content that they were actually Searching for and this goes back to Keyword research keyword research is so Important Understand what your audience is Searching for and the right keyword Phrase to include within your content to Make sure that you are found but beyond Keyword research I really had to step Into my audiences shoes and think about From the beginning what are they Searching for what are some beginner Things that I can create and what are Some more advanced things that I can Create it's actually going to reach my Audience on search engine so this Applies to YouTube and it applies to Pinterest and applies to Google and it Does apply to Instagram because people Also do search the Instagram platform so You really need a thing about what is Your audience searching for and how can You create the content that they are Looking for the third thing that made a Pretty big difference for me it was Being a bit more real with you guys and Being myself if you go back to my old Videos here on my youtube channel Stories obviously oh my goodness I was So scared I was so worried and I mean it I I wasn't being myself I definitely was Not comfortable in front of the camera And like I said you just need to get
That content out there so I'm so glad That I did it but I felt like I was Sharing content just because I had to Share it I wasn't really passionate About the content that I was sharing and I felt like I was sharing tips that Everyone else was sharing and it wasn't Helping to grow my blog and it wasn't Helping to grow my youtube channel so to Really work to be more comfortable in Front of the camera and I draw a lot of YouTube videos that you guys never even Saw but just practicing talking to the Camera I've really made a big difference And then making that shift from just Sharing content that I thought I had to Share like three tips to achieve Whatever I ended up sharing more real Stuff with you guys like the business Side of blogging that is like my Favorite YouTube video that I've ever Created because I felt like I was just Real with you guys and raw and I was Just sharing my thoughts and my opinions And that seemed to resonate with you Guys as well as when I shared my Struggle with making money blogging oh My goodness the reaction that I got was Amazing I was so afraid at the beginning To open up to you guys and once I did There were so many people that reached Out to me and said that's so relatable You know I've been in the same spot as You or I'm currently in that spot and I
Need to find my way out and being more Real being myself created a better Connection and by creating a better Connection I ended up getting more Followers and subscribers so if you are Really struggling with being comfortable With your audience and being yourself You know you just have to remember what Someone else thinks of you is none of Your darn business so are you going to Hold yourself back just because you're Worried about what other people are Going to think are you going to continue To create that content because you have This bigger picture and this bigger goal In mind now outside of creating content Because creating content honestly is one Of the best ways that you are going to Be found and the best ways that you are Going to grow your audience but you also Need to think about other strategies on How you're going to grow as well and the Next tip I want to give you guys is to Collaborate with other bloggers other Influencers other people within the Platform that you are trying to grow on And do guest features do guest post do Whatever you can to get in front of Their audience and this is something That really worked so well for me for Awhile I was applying to do guest blog Posts on a lot of websites and I was Really trying to get my name out there And once I was featured more and more
And more I started to grow my following Because I was reaching people in a Different place so if you can Collaborate with other people I 100% Recommend that you do it because you are Going to grow your audience that way tip Number five is probably the second Biggest tip that I have to give you guys The last tip I'm going to give you guys Is the one that made the biggest Difference for me but tip number five is To work on projects that are actually Going to push your brand forward it is So easy to work on projects that keep Your brand where it is taking Instagram Photos sharing those Instagram photos Talking on Instagram stories if you're a Youtuber launching YouTube videos every Single week if you're a blogger Launching those blog posts every single Week but those are the tasks that you Need to do just to keep your brand alive Those are not the tasks that are Actually going to grow your brand so When you over serve the time to work on Those of the bigger picture things that Are actually going to push your brand Forward just like those collaborations That's not a typical thing that you need To maintain your blog but it's something That you need to grow your book so when You reserve time for those projects as Growth you are actually going to see Growth and that's exactly what leads me
To my last tip the one thing that had The biggest impact for me when it came To growing my blog was learning Productivity and time management Honestly I feel like people don't want To hear this they ask me how do I grow My blog and one of the things I tell Them is better manage your time it's not Something that a lot of people would Think about a lot of people would think Oh you need to join more Group boards oh You need to join facebook groups so you Need to interact with more people on Instagram but for me honestly what I Learned how to bed Manage my time and feed my days and be As productive as possible I was able to Get the stuff done that I needed to do Just to maintain my vlog I was able to Get it done so much faster and reserve Time for those future projects and for That marketing and for that automation And for creating paid products for my Blog that were actually going to push it Forward and ultimately make me more Money so when I learned that Productivity and time management I'm Telling you it made the biggest Difference for me and if you are really Struggling and you feel like you have so Many things that you need to get done in You're barely treading water with the Tasks that are already on your plate Learn how to better manage your time and
I have got so many productivity tips for You guys so many time management tips For you guys and I also have a few Resources about how I properly manage my Time so I'm able to get everything done That I need to get done during the work Week so I will include those resources In the description bar down below for You guys if you're interested and that Is it for this video I feel like I could Have told you guys that you need to Encourage people to follow you you need To link to like your accounts on your Website and your YouTube channel and Everything else but I've given you guys Those tips before so I wanted to share Something different in this video so I Hope you guys liked it if you did please Give it a thumbs up make sure that you Subscribe to my channel because I do Share a lot of youtube videos talking About how to grow your audience here Online and I upload new videos every Three days so I'll see you guys back Here really soon bye guys [Music]