15 Ways to Hook Readers into Your Blog [PLUS Facebook blocks news]

Hi Reader

I'm not sure if you heard, but today Facebook blocked content from all news (and many government and commercial) sites in Australia. Even Facebook's own Facebook page is inaccessible here. This was a backlash to the Australian government proposing new laws to get Facebook to pay news outlets for using their content.

Why does this matter to you?

Unless you're in Australia, it probably won't affect you much. But it should serve as a reminder - wherever you are - that you don't own your social media properties, you're just camping there, you must abide by those platform's rules and they can change their rules at any time.

This has happened to me before. I've previously written a broken hearted letter to Adsense and also a letter to Youtube when I suffered from them changing their rules or wrongly (in my opinion) punishing me.

Today's lesson is that if Facebook can play hard ball with a nation's government and shut down an entire sector's activity across their site, then we as bloggers should be very aware of how much we invest in something we don't own.

I often talk about having a home base (your blog) and outposts (like social media sites). For more on this concept, here's my take on Home Bases and Outposts – How I use Social Media in My Blogging.

Read: 15 Ways to Hook Readers into Your Blog

The reality is that most people who arrive on your blog surf away and they’re gone again within seconds. How are you going to hook them? How are you going to keep them on your blog longer? Today's article tells you how...

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