So! Tumblr is becoming ALL the rage….
And chances are….
You’ve thought about marketing on Tumblr too.
Good news is that done *well*, it’s a grand opportunity to brand yourself but done POORLY…you’ll be up the proverbial paddle without a creek!
And if you’re a newbie to the platform….
Well then, without any further ado, I present to you:
Top 10 Tips For Marketers NEW to Tumblr!
1.) There are 100s of free Tumblr template customizations!
Feeling challenged by changing how your brand new Tumblr tumblog looks and feels?
Not to fear!
- webseasoning.com/technology/free-tumblr-themes/1239/ (top 100!)
- technologytosoftware.com/tumblr-themes-free-download-2011.html (100 more!)
- stylishwebdesigner.com/200-best-free-tumblr-themes-for-an-amazing-blogging-experience/ (200!)
And of course, you can always visit:
From the link above, search for the theme you like and then click “Install.” Easy!
Next:
2.) Officially, you can only comment on people you follow
This is to cut down on drive-by bot spam. Sad, but true. So….if you want to start engaging your audience you need to be actively following them.
However, if a person has enabled an “ask box” (you can change the settings for this, such as permitting anonymous comments, in Customize> Community) then you can leave that person a question.
Also, if the person has Disqus installed…you could comment as well if you’re logged into Disqus.
shows you how to add Disqus.
Next, you’ll LOVE this as a marketer:
3.) You can get an RSS Feed from your Tumblr!
This…is HUGE.
A tumblr RSS feed is simply the Tumbr address followed by ‘rss’ – ie, this list of 2013 Tumblr Tumblogs to follow!
- 9-eyes
- adventures in ice cream
- animals being dicks
- animals talking in all caps
- animals with stuffed animals
- art in my coffee
- awesome people hanging out together
- awkward stock photos
- bake it in a cake
- ca$hcats
- cas’ blog
- cfda
- create the group
- dads on vacation
- design related
- dresshowyouwanttodress
- eliseos
- elle
- erin fetherston
- esquareda
- fell down the rabbit hole
- feminist ryan gosling
- from me to you
- fuck yeah eyegasms
- giambattista valli
- gooseppie
- hard graft
- hello bauldoff
- hipster tracks
- honey i’m home
- hungover owls
- i love charts
- inspire me now
- josh beggs
- kate spade ny
- katuriankaturiankaturian
- kim jong-il looking at things
- laughing squid
- marking’s
- matthew buchannan
- mcq
- milk made
- morgan levine
- music + pixels
- nasty musings
- newspaper blackout
- offpistepursuit
- oh so coco
- omg that dress!
- onion-like headlines in real life
- oscar pr girl
- peaches and rainbows
- pixeled
- pleated jeans
- prettify
- pretty colors
- pretty colors
- rachel zoe
- review of my cat
- scandy bars
- sesame street
- spotify
- startup quote
- texts from bennett
- the burning house
- the daily what
- the final sentence
- the fluffington post
- the only magic left is art
- the style student
- things organized neatly
- this isn’t happiness
- tumblr staff
- unhappy hipsters
- vogue
- what i wore
- whatever eva wants
- wizkid
- wordboner
- xynthetic
Yes, all those links have ‘rss’ tacked after them.
You can add your Tumblr RSS (or other marketable streams RSS) into a feedreader, you can re-blog them via autoposting, you can send them to Twitter or Facebook….TONS of stuff you can do!!
Woot!
Hope you enjoyed these first 3 Tumblr marketing goodies – sign up below to get the complete series, and then be sure to hold onto thy socks! It’s going to be a wild ride. 🙂
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Grow strong,
Barbara Ling
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