Online Reputation Management For Dummies

Jump-Starting Your Blog

Now that you have a better understanding of how Facebook’s EdgeRank works and how to get the most out of your activity on there, I’m ready to share my Blogging Jump-Start Method.

The method’s general idea is to create a group of people willing to share other members’ posts with their own online audiences. Since true social media influence is about inspiring people to take action and reaching out to audiences with audiences, this method enables you to build Google ranking and Facebook EdgeRank very quickly, not to mention getting lots of new visitors to your blog, which is the primary reason to jump-start your blog.

To use the method, first create a group of five to eight people who want to fully participate with you in this blogging jump-start project.

Details are important here to ensure that you have a system that works to everyone’s mutual benefit. Here’s how the method works:

1. Either join an online community of bloggers or begin approaching other bloggers whom you like and respect.

This is essential because you are going to be sharing their content with your friends. This demands a lot of credibility . . . and just a little charm. It’s always more enjoyable to share something uplifting and useful.

2. Decide whether this will be an ongoing project or whether you’d like for it to last for a fixed period of time.

You may, for instance, plan to do this ...