Blogger Tip #1: Go Where Traditional Media Doesn’t

Back in the old days of journalism, beat reporters would sit through Community Board, school board, and city council meetings to cover for their local papers. These days, papers are cutting staff left and right as cost cutting measures. With more attention being paid to newspaper websites, local bloggers are poised as a new source for localized news. If you’re struggling for content or looking to gain new traffic, reporting on local community events at schools, in government, and other civic organizations is a great way to gain attention of bigger media sites and get their referring traffic. And if your blog is in the outside.in system, we will facilitate the syndication of your stories to our media partners. It’s as simple as that!

As a resource for bloggers, we’ll list some tips and tricks of the hyperlocal blogging trade. Feel free to send us ideas or comment below with your own tips that may end up as a post here someday as well (with credit, of course!).

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