This post was most recently updated on February 23rd, 2014
If you want your Blog to get attention, you must start Syndicating.
I took a quote from Wikipedia that explains Web Syndication as follows:
“Syndication benefits both the websites providing information and the websites displaying it. For the receiving site, content syndication is an effective way of adding greater depth and immediacy of information to its pages, making it more attractive to users. For the transmitting site, syndication drives exposure across numerous online platforms. This generates new traffic for the transmitting site — making syndication a free and easy form of advertisement.”
Syndication is a free form of getting traffic to your blog. Time and energy is involved by going to someone’s blog, reading it, leaving a good comment. Then Facebook sharing it and Re-tweeting it. You can also go to bookmarking sites such as Digg, StumbleUpon and others. This is the most common way of creating a steady flow of free syndication.
If you go to someone’s blog and syndicate it, they are most likely to get back to you and return the favor.
But where do you start?
I used to hop around the internet and find blogs that had to do with my niche. Wow, that took a lot of time. I would look at many great blogs and didn’t see any comments. They were out there alone in cyberspace and were not getting the attention they deserved, while getting absolutely no exposure.
That was all before I joined my Tribe less than a year ago. My ratings sky-rocketed since then. When I joined my tribe, I became part of a group of people that syndicate one another.
Moral of the story: If you want to get noticed, you need a Tribe! Not only did my blog get more attention, but so did my Facebook and Twitter, and even my Linked-in. People are contacting me every day because when I comment on a person’s blog, someone out of my loop will see that comment and jump on to my blog and syndicate it. I do the same.
My tribe is not only set up for Syndication, but so much more. Here, I am just pointing out the importance of syndicating your blog. When you join a group of people that are go-giving, you surely will drive more traffic to your blog.
Thanks Donna for this awesome tip! Now time to find my tribe.
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If you ever need to be introduced to a fab tribe, let me know Alex. I belong to two that really rock.
Donna
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Thanks so much for the offer! Will do! 🙂
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Hi Donna!
We complete agree with you. Being part of a tribe is not only great for syndication, but it’s so interesting to read and learn from other people’s blogs.
We are currently part of 2 tribes and we are loving it!
Thanks for your post!
Donna, you are absolutely right when it comes to syndication and following a tribe. This is so important in branding yourself and your business.
.-= Gerri Stechschulte´s last blog ..How to Take Your Business From Zero to Hero in 100 Days =-.
Oh yes Richard….when I see those one phrase comments on someone’s blog, it is a clue that it is a generated system that doesn’t add anything of value. Thanks for your awesome comment.
Regards,
Donna
.-= Dona Merrill´s last blog ..What Happens When Life Throws You A Curve Ball =-.
Hi Donna,
No question that collaborating with others can kick start your blog’s growth. Blog traffic boils down to two things to master: #1 is keywords and SEO and #2 is generating social buzz.
Both are interactive but the blogger needs to learn and then do different things for #1 and #2 and “tribes” is one way to learn and then do something about #2.
I think of collaborating in tribes as:
–better to have six horses pulling the stage coach than 1.
–better to have 20 mules hauling the canal barge than 1.
–better to have a rope tying up a freighter than a thread.
Love the conversation about QUALITY comments here too! Those one-phrase comments don’t add much content to the post or conversation.
.-= Richard Goutal´s last blog ..Marketing Tactics Mastermind Open to a Few People =-.
Hi Donna,
I used to look at people’s blogs and wonder how on earth they were getting so many comments and then I found out about tribes….phew! 😀
Since I joined a Tribe, I no longer see tumbleweed blowing across my blog. Definitely something all bloggers need.
Denise
.-= Denise´s last blog ..5 Important Points to Consider When Using Facebook For Marketing =-.
Not only that Denise, but the comments are specific. When I see blogs with too many comments, like great job! Awesome, etc, I know it is a generated comment group.
Our tribe reads the blogs and learns from them. Then give good comments. I like quality instead of quantity.
Another good point you raise is that without a tribe you don’t see those tumbleweeds!
Blessings, Donna
Oh yes, those ‘great job!’ and ‘awesome’ posts are definitely fake. If not, it’s people who are just out to get backlinks.
.-= Denise´s last blog ..5 Important Points to Consider When Using Facebook For Marketing =-.
Although it may sound like an online RPG game approach, it’s true that the main strategy to get attention throughout the blogosphere is through tribes. Hence, getting connected with a good tribe increases your chances of being known online while it’s vice versa if you chose otherwise. The bottom line is even if you’re establishing your independent business, dominating the net with a group is by far the best move you can do.
The most important thing about our tribe is that it is comprised with people who actually READ each other’s blogs and post good comments, thereby learning and sharing in the process. Not only that, but the support and learning curves on the tribe reinforces people. The mastermind groups that are created help people in certain interest groups. It has a strong foundation with healthy syndication!
Awesome post here donna, you seem like a person that comes with the value 110% of the Time my Friend. This is my first time on your blog and I am honored that I found your blog. I will be back for more info because i see you packet it in. Check out my blog and get me your feedback.
Welcome Kareem! I am trying to blog basics so that people who are coming into Internet Marketing will find it easier to understand.
Donna, I couldn’t agree more with you about the benefits of joining a tribe. I recently joined the Tribe and I am so grateful for the boost to my blog because of syndication and for the relationships and learning that I’m enjoying. The way I see it, joining a tribe is one of the best moves a blogger can make 🙂
.-= Dena-Lynn´s last blog ..Persistence- The Make or Break of Entrepreneurship =-.
I so enjoyed working with you in the tribe Deana. We can measure each-others progress, help each other connect with people, etc. I have seen you grow in leaps and bounds since you came into the tribe. Go Girl!
.-= Dona Merrill´s last blog ..Web Syndication- Is Your Blog Getting Attention =-.
Hello Donna! Yes you are absolutely right…if I didn’t have my tribe it would be cricket city at my blog, no doubt! It’s a feeling of not being alone, having people to ask questions of and exchange ideas. I haven’t been a part of my tribe very long but I’ve already made some great friends that I would’ve otherwise never have met.
Thanks for being there.
Your friend, Kim
.-= Kim Jensen´s last blog ..Graceful Chaos =-.
I agree. I’ve been with the tribe for a year now, and before that I was lingering in cyber-space!
Donna,
I so agree with you on the power of the Tribe! I joined in Feb. to learn who to build and operate my blog. Since then, things have sky rocketed! Without the support and encouragement of the tribe, I might as well write in a journal. The benefits of connecting with a good tribe go way beyond syndication. A world of Go-Givers is what I found! You are one of the top ones too!
Val 😉
.-= Val Wilcox´s last blog ..Staying In Integrity =-.
Yes, I certainly agree with you Val. It is a world of Go-Givers and without it we might as well just have a journal out there floating in space. Thank you, Donna
.-= Dona Merrill´s last blog ..Web Syndication- Is Your Blog Getting Attention =-.
Hi Donna,
Yes, yes! As a newbie to all this stuff, I can’t find enough words of appreciation for what the Tribe is bringing to my world. Not least of which – and so importantly – visitors!
Thanks for putting it out there. It’s good news for everyone with a blog.
Tricia.
.-= Tricia Karp´s last blog ..Please tell the truth- Ms Potter =-.
Thanks Tricia,
If you read some of my blogs, they are all set up for newbies!
I took what I have learned and tried to make it simple.
Thanks for visiting,
Donna
Getting syndicated is important, but your site still has to convert visitors into customers or distributors.
Oh yes, and that is another whole series of blogs. lol
Thanks Don. Yea..I went to Wikipedia because I wanted a “definition” of Blog Syndication. And there it was. I was surprised it was there actually.
Since I found the Tribe Syndication model, It changed my life too.
Thanks,
Donna
.-= Dona Merrill´s last blog ..Web Syndication- Is Your Blog Getting Attention =-.
Hi Donna,
About a year ago I was new to blogging and had never heard of syndication. I had seen blogs like you mentioned that had great info but were like ghost towns. It was easy to tell they weren’t getting the message out.
Shortly after coming online I found the Tribe Syndication model. It completely changed my blog and it’s life. Through syndication I have come to know many more people. All who have valuable information to share and through syndication they are thriving too.
Thanks for putting it in dictionary terms. I would’ve never thought to go to Wikipedia. LOL!
.-= Don Enck´s last blog ..We Are Family… =-.
Joining a tribe is something I have not done before. Perhaps it’s time that I get serious about it. 🙂
It is awesome! Think about it and let me know if you ever want to join. We have great people here.