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Neil Pasricha:
Hi Neil, "The Happiness Equation" is my ultimate go-to every time I feel like I lose my way. I'm a big fan of your candid writing style and ability to synthesize large overwhelming concepts into simple-to-follow advice. I've recently launched a blog www.365daysofkindness.com (which was inspired by www.1000awesomethings.com) and was wondering if you had any advice for a new blogger? Thanks!
Neil Pasricha
Congratulations! Three pieces of advice:
1) Write the blog you want to read. There are three types of success -- Sales, Social, and Self. If you focus on Self, then the other two are gravy, and if they come, great, and if not, no problem. If you focus on Sales (hits) or Social (awards) then you're potentially gonna strike out with an 0 for 3 and you don't want that. You need to look back with pride either way.
2) Post consistently. I wrote 1000 awesome things on 1000 straight weekdays with one post every morning at 12:01am. People need to know when you're coming out with new content.
3) Submit your links. My blog went from 50 hits a day to 50,000 in one day when I submitted my post #980 Old, dangerous playground equipment to Fark.com and it made the front page. Yes, that's right, *I* submitted it. That's the part of the story that usually isn't noticed. I was the one submitting the link! I submitted probably 500 links. Maybe 20 of them got on front pages of Fark, Digg, or Reddit. Those 20 created communities of people who found and stayed with the site.
1) Write the blog you want to read. There are three types of success -- Sales, Social, and Self. If you focus on Self, then the other two are gravy, and if they come, great, and if not, no problem. If you focus on Sales (hits) or Social (awards) then you're potentially gonna strike out with an 0 for 3 and you don't want that. You need to look back with pride either way.
2) Post consistently. I wrote 1000 awesome things on 1000 straight weekdays with one post every morning at 12:01am. People need to know when you're coming out with new content.
3) Submit your links. My blog went from 50 hits a day to 50,000 in one day when I submitted my post #980 Old, dangerous playground equipment to Fark.com and it made the front page. Yes, that's right, *I* submitted it. That's the part of the story that usually isn't noticed. I was the one submitting the link! I submitted probably 500 links. Maybe 20 of them got on front pages of Fark, Digg, or Reddit. Those 20 created communities of people who found and stayed with the site.
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