How To Gain More Of An Organic Following On Your Blog / Social Media

I received a DM from a new blogger the other day, she asked me how I gained so many followers on my blog and Bloglovin' and other social media outlets.


First of all, I'm not an expert and I'm not overly swimming with followers so I felt I could only offer what I have learnt over the years.


Gaining an organic following on social media isn't easy by any means. The only way you can gain a good amount of followers is through your own hard work.

I've made mistakes over the years but have also learnt so much. Not just by myself, but I've learnt through other blogger's online. They're honestly the best people to go to for advice, I follow blogger's who I know have an authentic following and also inspire me to work my arse off. You get nothing in this world without working hard.


Like I said, I've picked up tips over the years since I started blogging and also learnt from my errors. Here are some things I've learnt over the years -

1) DON'T  BUY  FOLLOWERS

Those pages who follow you on Instagram and claim they can gain you 10,000 followers by lunchtime, politely tell them to f**k off. You will never gain much respect from your real and genuine following if you buy followers. Come on guys, don't fall into that trap, work hard to gain an organic following.

2) USE  TWITTER  TO  YOUR  ADVANTAGE

Those blog sharing pages on Twitter? Use them to your absolute advantage. On a daily basis, those blog sharing Twitter pages will tweet a tweet inviting you to share your newest blog posts for everyone to have a read and comment on. For god sake, share your newest blog post, even if you do it on multiple different blogger sharing pages, you're getting your content out there. It's well worth the effort of copying and pasting the links. It can be tiresome sharing the same link all of the time, but it's worth it babes, honestly. Not just Twitter, share the hell out of your blog posts on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and even LinkedIn. It's worth the fuss and time consuming-ness. A brand could see your content and want to work with you. Surely it's well worth it then?

3) CONSISTENCY

Those blogs that provide consistent content and those Instagrammers who provide a new photo on a daily basis are more likely to gain a bigger following. Obviously don't put so much pressure on yourself to do that. Even I struggle to post something on Instagram on a daily basis. Also, your blog only needs to be updated a couple of times a week, or even once a week. I'm one of those people who feels guilty when I don't post a blog post. I like to keep on top of everything regarding my blog, it makes me feel good posting new content every week, plus I enjoy it. 

4) KEEP  ENGAGING

Comment on that blogger's blog post, comment on their newest Insta photo, comment on their latest tweet and save their Pinterest blog photo to your Pinterest. I will always aim to reply to every comment on my blog posts, I like to acknowledge those who have taken the time to read and comment. I also like to reciprocate, it's like returning the favour. I love reading and commenting on blog posts, it's one of my favourite pastimes. It also makes me feel better that someone is reading my content, I'm sure other blogger's feel the same way also. That one comment can make that blogger so happy.

Let me know if you have any tips yourself!