7 Strategies to Get More Followers on Tumblr

Tumblr is one of the biggest online phenomena; it effectively combines social networking and blogging. With it, you can share breathtaking photographs and digital art coupled by sensible text posts. While creating an account with Tumbler is fairly easy, getting more followers can prove to be a challenge. For one, it does not work like other social networking sites. But if you do things properly, you can possibly gain hundreds of followers. Below are some suggestions. 

Make an excellent presentation with a logo

A simple photo or an excellently made log can catch a significant amount of attention. And this is what you should aim for. When users see the representation, they will be enticed to know more about you. So, be as eye-catching as possible in your presentation.

Pick a name that has recall

Another strategy that you can apply has to do with name selection. The name you select should be in accordance to what can be expected from your blog or your personality. Creativity can pay off if you manage to come up with a name that captures the interest of other users.

Create a neat profile theme.

Being creative does not mean bombarding your account with confusing details. It is all about creating an experience, one that potential followers would like to stay on and keep revisiting. As much as possible, you should keep a neat and flawless profile theme without restricting your creativity.

Get exposed with the Tumblr Train

The Tumblr Train can prove to be helpful in exposing your profile to potential followers. You can simply check out the users on the train and follow one of the passengers. The person you followed may follow you back. At the same time, you become much more visible to other users on the train.

Advertise your Tumblr account

Facebook and Twitter can be used as effective advertising tools to boost your following on Tumblr. Make your presence on Tumblr known to your own network in these social networking sites. It is quite possible that most of your friends on these networks are Tumblr users at the same time. That means they have more reasons to follow you since you are already associated in social media.

Follow the popular

This strategy can be used in Twitter and it can be applied to Tumblr too. Check out the most popular accounts who may share the same interest. With a massive following, it is possible to get attention from the followers, which increases the chances of them following you too.

Promo exchange

You can also work with other users by agreeing to promote their blog on yours. In return, they can promote your blog in theirs. It is a simple arrangement that an increase your Tumblr following.

These are only a few strategies you can apply to expand the number of your followers on Tumblr. Another challenge is to keep your followers interested. So, make sure you consistently make quality posts. Keep your content fresh and up to date so you can keep increasing your numbers.

How To Get Tumblr Famous!

• Have an interesting URL/username which makes people want to click it. Mine isn't particularly interesting but I haven't changed it because I want to keep all my current backlinks. If you're making a new one though, give it a name which makes people so intreagued they want to click it!
• Literally ask people to follow you. This used to work really well (if you sent them a nice, not too obvious message) but tumblr have now got new spam measures in place meaning that even if you think you're sending loads of messages, they might not even get delivered so this is a waste of time on a large scale now. A couple a day is good though.
• Submit quality pictures/videos/posts to popular tumblr blogs in your niche. If they're good, they'll post them and people do click the link back to your blog.
• When reblogging, change the source to your URL and if it's a picture, set the click through link to your site. Changing the source gives you all the advantages of reblogging as opposed to saving and uploading (not pissing people off, having your link in the notes of people who've previously reblogged it) whilst also having the benefits of being the original uploader (when people reblog it from you, it'll say you're the source).
• Get a nice theme, simple is usually good and make a nice logo. If you look at mine, I made a nice logo and used a theme which allows me to have big pictures which is important for my blog.
• Mass follow people in hope of a follow back. I don't do this personally because I only follow blogs which I actually want to follow and post pictures I might want to reblog but I've tried it on other blogs and it works to an extent.
• Use the queue feature. It means you don't have to spend nearly as long blogging and you can automate it to an extent.

Gain Tumblr Traffic Without Buying a Bot

I've read through all the Tumblr posts about how to gain followers with bots & proxies, but I wasn't ready to spend money on this yet so I have another method that's completely free.

1. Create a Tumblr account & verify your email    address.
2. Design your page to go with the site you're    trying to attract people to. (I made my Tumblr    page look like my Ecommerce store & added a    fixed HelloBar at the top to collect email    addresses)
3. Find relevant hashtags people are using in    your niche
4. Go to iFTTT & create an account.
5. Select the recipe for Instagram to Tumblr    posts.
6. Configure the recipe so every time a photo is    posted to Instagram with your selected hashtag    the image is then posted to your Tumblr Page.
7. Add html to the "photo caption" area of the    recipe that will link people to your site.
8. Select 'Start' & just wait.

There are a few catches with this method:
You will have to manually go back to your posts on Tumblr & add a click-through link for the image. You can only set the click-through as a caption currently with IFTTT
Tumblr will only let you post 100 photos a day on an account.

But if you do this right you can start to get real traffic to your site & quickly build up an audience. I've had this running for about two weeks now & I'm up to 600+ Tumblr Followers, 50+ uniques a day, & plenty of likes & reblogs on Tumblr itself.