Bloggers are as difficult as ever to find these days.
Some bloggers use AI to get the “job” done. Others treat social media like the plague. Genuine blog commenting is still a thing but went the way of the dinosaur as a means of powerful scale.
Before explaining where to find new bloggers you need to know: why?
Why Search for New Bloggers?
Meeting new bloggers is the simplest way to achieve exponential growth.
New blogging buddies can open doors for you. One Facebook share here, one X share there and a quality backlink amplify your reach.
I rank in part because fellow bloggers direct their sites to Blogging From Paradise Dot Com. I certainly do not drive page 1 Google traffic through careful optimization.
Follow these tips to find new bloggers.
1: Targeted Google Searches
Create a list of popular keywords from your blogging niche.
A blogging tips blogger may choose:
blogging
blogging tips
blog tips
for Google searches.
Query each keyword. Find blogs related to your niche. Connect with new bloggers via this simple method.
Search Google thoroughly. Query a high volume of competitive to semi-competitive keywords. Exhaustively dig deeper into results to uncover new bloggers.
Reach out with a hand out. Assist these folks. Ask for nothing in return. Earn trust. Build relationships.
2: Facebook Groups Related to Your Niche
Query competitive keywords aligned with your niche on Facebook.
Scroll down to click on the Groups tab.
Join a few Groups.
answer questions
share helpful content
begin genuine discussions
I meet new bloggers through Facebook groups. The sheer volume of group members boggles the mind. We are talking 5 billion people, folks, as a potential group member pool.
3: X Hashtag Searches Aligned with Your Niche
Query hashtags related to your blogging niche on X.
Scroll through updates to meet new bloggers.
Click links pointing to blogs. Share helpful blog posts, using the quote option to add an engaging comment. Publish a helpful comment within the blog post itself to fortify your bond.
Make the @reply button your best buddy to both find new bloggers and to organically allow new bloggers to find you.
4: Blog Comment Discussions Aligned with Your Niche
Find new bloggers via the comments section aligned with your blogging niche.
Engaging commentors are the right bloggers to befriend because chatty individuals tend to help you grow traffic and profits as you do the same for these individuals.
Check out this post for a helpful guide on how to find blogs for commenting:
Before writing and publishing your comment, click through to blogs run by fellow commentors. Comment genuinely on their blogs. Send them an email asking how they are doing. Bond through this engaging medium to meet new bloggers frequently.
Stick to blogs from your niche.
Meet interested bloggers not random folks.
5: Comment Section on Your Blog
Scour your blog comments.
Like ET, go home.
Check home base. Read blog comments. Meet and greet new bloggers.
Click through to their blogs. Drop authentic comments. Click through to their email. Send appreciation. Start chats.
The Most Important Strategy
The way to meet new bloggers persistently consists of two words:
Go Deep
Going deep means being all in on the above tactics.
Do simple things for an extraordinary length of time.
I don’t mean networking for three weeks. Follow the tactics for three years. Commit. Meet new bloggers consistently. Be dogged. Never give in to the “nobody blogs these days” myth because it isn’t true.
Millions are out there.
Now it is your job to find them.
Finding by Being Found
Create and connect.
Be found to find bloggers.
For example, 700 plus blog posts exist on Blogging From Paradise. Bloggers may find BFP because 700 plus BFP blog posts dot the online world. I find these folks after they find me via email. Sometimes it is spam. Other times legit bloggers reach out to me with questions.
My genuine blog comments, guest posts and social media updates drive people to my blog.
Blogger outreach puts you on the radar screen.
Some bloggers reach out to you before you find them with a hand out.
Two Warning Signs
you are not lazy
you do not need to search places to find new bloggers
Bloggers mistakenly admit to outreach laziness as being a prime cause of not finding new bloggers. But their mistake is not laziness; it is a lack of awareness.
Most of these bloggers do not go deep enough to uncover new bloggers. You are not lazy but unaware that searching page 6 of Google results for a semi-competitive keyword reveals a blog yielding 5, 10 or even 20 new bloggers to meet.
Do not search for more places to meet new bloggers. Search deeper into the few spots where a high volume of bloggers visit daily.
Bonus Question: How Do I Find Local Bloggers?
Finding local bloggers can:
boost your morale during difficult blogging stretches
increase referral business through influencer marketing
The simplest way to find local bloggers is to query:
“bloggers in (insert your location)”
through Google.
Easy peasy.
Meet and greet locals to create a sense of community.
Enjoy the fringe benefit of referral traffic and business.
