How I Gained Over 7k followers and over 3 million reads on Wattpad Part One

When I was 15 years old I made the independent decision to join an app called Wattpad, a place where you could read and write books for free. I’ve always loved writing- whether it be poems, short stories or the plot of a juicy novel.

By joining Wattpad I found a place where I could explore by reading various books and I realized that this might be the platform I needed to share the stories I had whirling in my brain. I began to put my inner thoughts on paper and created stories out of them. What I am basically saying is that opportunities may come in the most unexpected ways but it is still an opportunity to succeed.

I will be establishing key techniques that you can follow to become gain success on Wattpad. For now I will just list them as in my upcoming post I will be going in depth on each technique. These techniques include:

1. Make your profile inviting.

2. Respond to posts on your profile.

3. Respond to comments on your book(s).

4. Keep on reading.

5. Follow other Wattpadians.

6. Advertise on the internet.

7. Be interactive.

8. Be consistent.

9. Have a good story line or plot.

10. Ensure your story is neither too long it too short.

Those are the ten techniques that I follow to ensure persons read my books.

Let me know if you’ve tried any of these and whether or not they have worked for you.

In my previous upload I listed the top 10 things that you should do if you want to grow your account and be successful on Wattpad. Today we’re going to go in depth on them. We are going to explore why you must have an inviting profile and why you should always respond to posts on your message board.

You should ensure that whenever a person comes across your profile they are interested by the overall image you portray. From the profile picture to the cover picture, to how you treat persons who message you publicly and how you display your books. This may not seem like something that will help you gain reads but it all adds up in the end.

When I first started writing I didn’t pay much attention to how my profile looked to others, that was a mistake. After about a month of uploading I noticed that I wasn’t getting as much views on my book as I would have liked. I started to get frustrated because in my head my content was pretty good so I should be getting the reads I want. That’s when I started to do my research. I began to browse the profiles of other writers on Wattpad who were doing quite well. Two of these persons were Neilani Alejandrino also known as sweetdreamer33 and Camille also known as sweetblunch. Their profiles were organized, they had a distinctive profile picture that I could recognize anywhere and their book covers were beautiful.

When I say their profiles were organized what I mean is that the about me section is aesthetically pleasing, all their stories were inserted into the order in which they were written and/or where they fall within a series. They both had one set profile picture, for example if I ever forgot the name of sweetblunch I knew all I had to do was type in the name of one of her books and look for the distinctive profile picture that I knew so well. One think I loved was how their book covers always looked like it was professionally done. My book was definitely lacking that. After I identified these three things I started to do things differently on my own profile and that’s when the reads started coming in and I couldn’t be happier. My most popular book has now received 3.4 million reads and I now have 7,353 followers on Wattpad.

For all who don’t know this there is a section on your Wattpad profile that says conversations, that is were your friends, family and readers can leave a public comment.

You might wonder why doesn’t the person just send you a private message. Though effective you have to remember that you don’t know them and they don’t know you. Your practically strangers, so they would feel more nervous contacting you personally than just making a post that everyone can see. Also Wattpad has no read receipts so you can never really tell when someone has read your private message. The same applies for posts on your profile you can’t tell when the reader reads them but more than likely they will see it. For example, whenever I visit Wattpad the first thing I do is to check my profile, mostly to monitor the progress of my books but also to quickly scan through the messages on my profile.

As I’ve mentioned before you don’t know each other which is why it is important to respond to as many of the messages as you can. This is to help build a relationship between you and the reader, so he/she feels as if your more than just strangers.

Sometimes when I respond persons are very surprised and also thrilled that I took the time to talk to them and it keeps them coming back for more. This also helps to unite persons who visit your profile. For example, there are times when I comment on a message left by a reader and a completely different reader ends up joining in on the conversation. It is amazing and rewarding to be interactive on your profile. No one likes a stuck up or mean person.