How to Develop a Plan to Grow Your Readership
Today's episode is about developing a plan to drive new readers to your blog to grow your readership. Many bloggers I talk to think that if they write great content, readers will just show up. This simply isn’t the case. Almost every successful blogger I’ve met has spent significant time on proactive activities that will grow their readership.




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In this Episode
You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today we talk about:

How trying to grow your readership without a plan is hurting your blog
How to work out who your ideal readers are
How to find where your ideal readers are spending their time
How to connect with your ideal readers
What I learned from meeting Tim Ferris
The secret magic of the 'servant heart'

Further resources
Further Reading:

Finding Readers: Strategies for Building Your Audience in 2015
How to Find Readers for Your Blog
5 Ways to Attract More Readers to Your Blog: Social Media Examiner
No Blog Traffic? Here's a Simple Strategy to Seduce Readers: Copyblogger
How to Get the People to Your Blog: Fat Mum Slim
Tim Ferris' podcast where he talks about growing an audience (the podcast is a Q&A but the part I refer to starts at about the 5 minute mark)

How did you go with today's challenge?
What new ways will you try to connect with your ideal readers?

I'd love to hear what you have planned in the comments below.
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