How to Grow Your Blog with Viral Content (PLUS How to Work Out What To Focus Your Time On)

Published: Thu, 03/03/22

Hi ,

How's your week going?

Can you believe it's March already?!

If you feel like time is slipping away from yo or that you don’t have enough time to fit everything in, you're not alone. I get asked by readers all the time how to work out what to focus upon, and I also get asked all the time – ‘how do you fit it all in?’

In this episode of the ProBlogger podcast, I tell you how I manage to write, blog, podcast, tweet, live-stream, speak at events, and publish books. What my strategies are, how I’ve learned to resourcefully use my time, and what I choose to say “no” to, so I can say “yes” to something else: How to Work Out What To Focus Your Time On (12 mins 35 secs).

It is not enough to be busy...

The question is: "What are we busy about"?

— Henry David Thoreau

Read: How to Grow Your Blog with Viral Content

By now we probably all know more about viruses and how they spread than we would like. However, this does give us a better understanding of how content and ideas spread across the internet. I can’t teach you how to create content that will go viral, however I will give you one tip that helps me a lot every time that I do it.

Earn: ProBlogger Jobs

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ProBlogger Jobs was recently named THE BEST WRITING JOBS BOARD by Growth Badger's Kyle Byers and ranked #2 in Denise Lim's Make Use of article The 8 Best Job Sites to Find Freelance Writing Jobs Online.

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Create Content Course

Building a successful blog starts with creating GREAT Content. How you do this will vary from blogger to blogger but there are some basic principles of creating great content. Let me teach you the lessons I’ve learned on the topic over the years to Create Content.

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Find Readers Course

It can be quite disheartening when you check the stats of your blog and realise that no one's been reading, let alone engaging with what you’re putting out into the world.

Attracting new readers and building your audience is crucial to sustaining your blog. Here's your roadmap to supercharged traffic with 6 clear steps to find readers.

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There is no single way to build a successful blog, but in my experience a blog really comes alive when there is a community on and around your blog.

Build Community Course distils my years of blogging expertise into clear action points and easy-to-follow tasks that will increase engagement and build relationships with your readers and grow a community around your blog.

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Making Money is the last stage of your journey to building a profitable blog where all your hard work creating content, finding readers and building community literally pays off.

Make Money course will help you understand and take action on:

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What to focus on first to develop your revenue streams

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Hope you have a great end to your blogging week!

Darren Rowse

ProBlogger

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