How to Host an Blog Hop What You Should Know to Know

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Contents                                       Toggle

•            What is a Blog Hop?
•            How Does a Blog Hop Work?
•            How to Host a Blog Hop Step-by-Step Process
•              Step 1 Planning Everything
•              Step 2 Recruit the Right Bloggers/Brands
• Step 3 Promote Your Blog Hop Event As Many Ways As You Can
•              Step 4 Executing The Event
•              Step 5 Follow-up with The Participants
•            Monetizing Your Blog with Member
•              Create Content that Only Paid Members Can Access
•              Multiple Ways to Accept Payments
•              80+ Integrations to Make Your Job Easy
•            Start Planning Your Blog Hop Event Today!

That's where the blog hopping comes in. Blog hopping is an innovative approach to increase the number of readers who visit your blog, attract new readers, and collaborate with other bloggers.

Blog hops are an event in which bloggers compose blog posts that share a theme, and they link to each other's blogs. This creates a loop for readers to navigate from one blog through the other. And, if you host one of these events, your backlinking game can change for the better.

But if you don't understand the concept and what to consider before creating the blog hop, then this blog will help. This blog will discuss the concept of blogging, how it works as well as how to create a blog hop.

What exactly is a Blog Hop?

Blog hops are occasions where several bloggers post about the same subject and then link to their blogs to create a constant loop for readers to go between blogs to get from one to the next. Since all bloggers operate together as a group the process is beneficial to everyone who participates.

The collaborative effort increases visibility and engagement for all participating blogs and allows each blogger to be exposed to other audiences. However, that's not the sole reason why everyone participates in a blog hop.

There are many goals of blog hops. To name a few:

• Get new readers to join through tapping into the readerships of participating blogs.
• Foster a sense of community among bloggers and readers.
• Showcase diverse perspectives on a specific subject or theme.
• Improve search engine optimization through more backlinks.

If you are able to meet the goals you set and successfully, you'll reap a number of advantages. Here are some:

• The reach of audience has been expanded and so has blog traffic.
• Enhanced engagement with readers through comments and shares.
• Strengthened relationships and networks within the blogging community.
• Improved SEO with additional links from blogs.
• The chance to display your knowledge and establish authority in your area of expertise.
• Possibility of collaborative opportunities as well as possible partnerships with bloggers.

What is a Blog Hop? Hop What is the process?

Although the idea of a blog hops sounds simple but it's actually a series of key steps. The first step is to need to select a topic over which your website has great authority. In the next step, you'll need to hire bloggers with an interest in the same topic in addition to your event.

Then, each blogger will post a blog that is based on the theme, and then connect to other bloggers. To make the most of this opportunity, all participants is able to promote blogs via the use of social media, emails and so on.

Are you still unsure of the way it functions?

Now imagine that you're organizing a blog tour around the "Healthy Summer Recipes" theme. You've researched the topic and reached out to 10 or fifteen bloggers within this niche who agreed to be part of your blog tour.

Now, each writer will compose a post about their most healthy summer recipes and include the links to other bloggers' blogs that are participating in the competition. The reader begins with one blog, reviews the recipe and then follows the link to the following blog, continuing through the sequence until they've been to each blog.

It increases the amount of traffic and interaction for each blog while providing readers with many different recipes that they can try.

How to host A Blog Hop: Step-by-Step Method

Host a blog-hopping event is both beneficial and demanding. There are many steps must be completed for a successful blog hop event. Do not be concerned when you aren't sure which step to perform in what order, or even where to begin.

We've done our study and have compiled a checklist of actions you must take. Following these steps it is possible to organize successfully a blog hop.

Step 1: Organizing Everything

Organising a blog-hopping event requires a lot of preparation and study. It is important to choose a topic in which you've gained authority and then locate the most appropriate bloggers for your event. The planning process can be divided into three groups:

1. Selecting a Theme Select a theme that is compatible with the niche of your blog as well as your readers' interests. This will help you to create a blog hop with lots of interesting content that is useful to your visitors.
2. Goals to Set: Knowing the objective of your event will allow bloggers to choose whether or not to participate. Goals could include increasing the number of blog visitors and fostering engagement with the community, or providing a variety of perspectives on a specific issue.
3. Timeline Creation: Develop a schedule which outlines the key events like participant registration as well as promotion times, along with the event date. Give enough time to each stage to allow for the smooth running of.

Step 2: Recruit Brands and Bloggers who are the right fit

After you've crafted your strategy, it's time to find the most appropriate bloggers for your occasion. You can do this by looking at the bloggers' demographics, geographic location and so on. If you can find bloggers who have a similar readership, you can reach out to them with your proposal.

There are only two tasks you have to do in order to locate the most effective bloggers to host your event:

1. Choose Your Participants: Choose bloggers who are in line with the theme of your blog and who have a loyal audience. Send them a message with an explanation that explains the blog hop's theme as well as the goals and timeline.
2. Communicate and Coordinate Use email or social media groups to inform participants and keep them in sync. Set guidelines for content creation, link sharing, as well as publishing times.

Step 3: Advertise Your Blog Hop Your Event in as Many Different Ways As You Can

As soon as you decide to host a blog hop and begin to generate buzz about it on social media, your website along with other social media platforms. More you promote your event to the greater number of bloggers you'll attracted.

Here are some suggestions on how you can promote the blog hop you are hosting:

1. Social Media, and Email campaigning In order to build excitement, create a series of emails and posts leading towards the date. Use engaging visuals and compelling text to grab interest.
2. Hosting a Giveaway: Use the RafflePress plugin to host an offer. It encourages sharing and liking thereby increasing the number of people who participate and reaching. Offer attractive prizes that are pertinent to the theme you are promoting to entice participation.

Step 4: Concluding the Event

Now that you've created buzz and all bloggers are now ready to join, it's time to execute the event. Be sure all participants post their posts simultaneously and the links work correctly.

When everything is up and running, be sure to monitor the process closely for any technical problems.

Step 5: Follow-up with the Participants

Once you've successfully hosted the event, monitor the various indicators to find out which bloggers had the most visits. Look for metrics like page views, shares, comments, etc.

So it will give you an idea of whom to invite for your next blog tour. Also, you'll know which blog hops are worthwhile to join. Maintain the connection through connecting via various social media platforms and through the follow-up emails.

Making Money from Your Blog by Using Member

Once you've hosted the blog hop it's likely that you'll see an increase in readership on your blog as well as your website. How can you leverage this popularity to further increase the amount of money you earn from your blog?

While some of your blog content is open to everyone, you can restrict access to certain pages for members only. It is also possible to implement the pay-per-post model, in which customers pay a cost for viewing specific content. Or how about creating an unadvertised version of your site for frequent visitors that prefer a smooth and uninterrupted browsing experience?

All of this using Member, a WordPress plugin designed for managing subscriptions and memberships. What can you do with the Member plugin.

Make Content that only paid members can access

When you've established your site's popularity, you'll have an increasing amount of traffic to your website. This is the chance for you to make money off the blogs that you host in your website. Using the Member content protection option, you'll be able to set up rules about the people who are able to view certain posts.

It is possible to create different types of membership levels, and based on those established, you can define who will be able to view your certain posts, pages, etc.

You can also make any page a pay-per-post page.

Multiple Ways to Accept Payments

How will you accept the payment?
       
       The Member platform allows you to accept payment in multiple ways.

You can integrate this plugin with the most popular payment processors including Stripe, PayPal, and many more. In fact, Member is the one with the largest number of integrations for payment of any membership plugin. That means you'll be able to take payments from anywhere in the world with ease.

80+ Integrations to Make Your Job Easy

Integration options aren't done at that point. Member offers more than 80 integrations with apps and other plugins to help make the growth of your blog.

• Service providers for email like Active Campaign will help you to automate the communication process with new customers
• SEO tools, such as The All In One SEO (AIOSEO)
• Simple analytics tracking tools such as MonsterInsights
• Page builders like Elementor

How can this be done for to make your blog even more profitable:

• Tools for optimizing affiliate links, such as Pretty Links as well as ThirstyAffiliates loaded with tools to increase the conversion rate of affiliate links.

Start Planning Your Blog Hop Event Today!

Blog hops are the ultimate solution for you in the event that you're struggling to acquire new visitors, a low amount of number of backlinks, a lack of traffic etc. This blog should be useful in educating you about blog hops and how you can host one.

Remember to implement the steps that we have mentioned when hosting your blog's event. Take care who you invite to your blog hop, and keep regular communication with them. There is always the possibility of taking benefit of members later on should you choose to earn profits from your blogs.

Have you been a host or part of a blog hops in the past? Let us know about it in the comments. If you enjoyed this blog, be sure to Follow Us via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Also, be informed about feature updates, upgrades, and more in our newsletter!

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