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Simbly Bored
from Chennai |

Hi!

I'm fairly new to Indiblogger but I've been blogging for 9 years now. I took a break for a while and obviously, I lost most of my readers. Looking at the comments on my older posts, a lot of the bloggers who were in my network are now quite inactive.

So any ideas from ppl how to go about building a new network of like-minded bloggers? I'm sure everyone agrees that it's no fun to blog without comments...

My blog is personal and I write mostly about women's issues, parenting, book reviews, and a lot of random stuff.

Any suggestions on content/design are also most welcome :-) http://www.simblybored.com

Thanks!

Simbly Bored

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Anunoy Samanta
from Bardhaman |

Wow... glad to meet a veteran... you'll catch up with new bunch of readers bro...

Ranjith
from hyderabad |

The thread creator is a woman, not a man. Tongue out

Simbly Bored
from Chennai |

Thanks! Minus the bro part for the reason @Ranjith has mentioned below :-)

Abhishek
from Allahabad |

One thing that always works is to collect emails. Your readers stay with you this way. I follow Neil Patel's advice and here is some of his articles regarding buislding readership:

http://www.quicksprout.com/2014/10/24/how-to-get-your-first-1000-blog-readers/

http://www.quicksprout.com/2014/12/31/how-to-keep-your-readers-on-your-blog-longer/

http://www.quicksprout.com/the-complete-guide-to-building-your-blog-audience/

If you are serious in blogging, I would advise to follow Quicksprout for first hand advice.

Simbly Bored
from Chennai |

Sounds interesting Abhishek. Thanks for the advice. I'll head there and check it out.

I'm not a professional blogger but at the same time, I read somewhere, if we didn't want to engage with other people, we would maintain a diary not a blog!

Sweta Biswal
from Bengaluru |

I have been blogging for 6 years and I took a break from 2012 to 2013 when my son was born. Lost a lot of readership during that time and quite a few of my blogging frnds have gone into hibernation but I still carry on. Beacoz there are always people who are looking to read good content. Pick a trending topic and you would find it easy to connect with the audience. But it takes some time to get things back into the groove.

Simbly Bored
from Chennai |

Sweta, Thanks for the advice. It looks like we have kids around the same age :-)

SloWord the Author Playwright Blogger
from the Tundra |

follow some people, comment on their blogs. Some will come over to your blog to read, and hopefully, comment.

I make it a point to comment if I do read....

Nikita aka Njkinny
from Ghaziabad |

Write good content..Visit other blogs and comment and try to be active on social media...

I also have a blog (http://www.njkinnysblog.com/) and it is always a struggle to connect with people...:)

BTW I visited your blog, loved your post and have subscribed to your updates...All the best :)