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Hello, dear readers, welcome once again to my blog!
Yesterday, after reading an amazing blog post titled «How to build and audience», by 
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TheMarkyMark's 3 tips on how to build an audience
Offer value
Always offer value when you publish content. (...) To me, value is creating content that helps your reader by entertaining or educating.
Avoid self-centering
Everyone has an agenda and wants to promote something. (...) There are no problems publishing about your life and the things you are interested in and doing, but don't constantly ask your audience for things.
Respect attention
You must always respect your reader's time and attention. Neither are free or in high supply.
My opinion and how I've been applying them
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Offering value to our readers begins with finding those things we are best at, or know most of; the things that no one can share for us and that makes us unique. For me, since writing is my deepest passion, creating stories from scratch and polishing them to cause a great impression in my readers is just pure bliss. Also, there's some knowledge and experience I've gained over the years that might be valuable for some who may have been in similar situations, and I wouldn't like to pass on the opportunity to help and support through words.
To avoid being too self-centered and scaring potential fans and followers away, I try to put myself in other people' shoes. If what I enjoy the most is people reading and commenting on my content, why not take some quality time to do the same for someone else? We might spark a few smiles while doing it, just another cool reason to give some recognition to great authors.
Now, to respect our readers' attention and time, we should really put some effort in making our content reader-friendly. Tools like Markdown and HTML for formatting the text and a lot of proofreading and editing are key to giving our content a shine that will attract followers and make them want to stay.
This point in particular gave me the idea to start a Weekly Planning series, where I will be, first, telling you about what I did in my blog for the last week and what I plan on doing for the next week, and second but not last, sharing some valuable advice and tips on blogging and organizing your content, from other authors and from myself. I wanted to make My Weekly Planning in the form of carrying a notebook, where I will write my ideas in a kind of graphic, fun way. It is meant to showcase the posts written in the last week, as well as presenting some content I'll be publishing in the starting week. Therefore, here's My Weekly Planning #1!
My final suggestion for you
After reading this post, your mind might be overflowing with ideas for your own content, am I right? Well, that's amazing! And I would really like you to take some time to write them down and start planning and organizing. For me, if I don't find a way of ordering and assembling my thoughts, I go crazy. My mind is usually overactive, imagine when I have a new project. So, let's take a deep breath, and begin working towards the future!
If you found yourself inspired as I did by TheMarkyMark's post, or even this one, I'd like to invite you to post your Weekly Planning as well. I'll be really glad to know your thoughts and projects! Please, use the tag #MyWeeklyPlanning and don't forget to mention me, so I can check your post 💜 I promise to give you some positive feedback and a Tweet share so others can join the conversation!
I hope you enjoyed this post about how to work towards building an audience for your blog! 😄 Any questions, comments, or suggestions, see you in the section below ✅ Until next time!
