How to become a tumblr famous?

[Jane]

I'm new on the blog, and I want to be famooous!

[Matthew Nelson]

Make your content follow-worthy. Try to post high-quality content as often as you can, within the limits of your blog's theme (if you have one)

If you take your own photos, use as high-quality of a camera as possible.

Process photos so that they match the aesthetic of your Tumblr. Take them with a filtering software like Instagram, or alter them in a program like Photoshop, Picasa or GIMP.

Be meme-savvy. Memes are like inside jokes for the Internet. Knowing what they are (and how to use them) can lure in followers who appreciate your sense of humor. However, overuse of memes will irritate them, unless of course you run a meme-themed blog.

Reblog interesting content. Some Tumblrs are aggregators, meaning that they pick up content from different places and repost it in one feed. Your Tumblr doesn't have to consist entirely of reposts, but a few can't hurt. Check out Flickr, Thrilld, weheartit, and (of course) other Tumblrs. If there's a click-through link to the original version of the picture, don't take it off. Whoever took that photo deserves the credit for it.

Don't take long breaks. People want to follow Tumblrs that are active and posting a lot of new content. Taking a month-long hiatus could ultimately cost you a lot of followers.

Choose a theme that reflects your personality, as well as the aesthetic of your Tumblr. Because Tumblr's generic are so common, something fresh and original will make yours stand out. Search for themes online, or (if you're particularly good at coding) design your own.

Get your name out there. Promote your Tumblr in the following ways:

Follow other people. Sometimes they'll follow you back!

Follow good blogs and Tumblr famous blogs. Every once in a while you may get a follow-back. Or you may get them often if the person checks out their followers' blogs and yours happens to be really good. Try to make friends with Tumblr famous people.

Tweet about your Tumblr, and invite your Twitter followers to follow you there. You can set up your Twitter feed so that it will post an update and a link every time you post on Tumblr.

Talk about your Tumblr on Facebook. As with Twitter, you can set up your account to notify your friends and post a link when you've posted on Tumblr.

Have a URL that's easy to remember and relates to your Tumblr. The URL is what you type in at the address bar to get to your blog. Make it cool or different.

Usually Tumblr doesn't allow hyphens in the beginning or end of your URL, but there is a way to cheat that. Type your URL somewhere that's not where you change it, copy it and paste it into where you change it.

Know how to respond to criticism. Chances are that you're going to get some nasty hate messages. Know how to deal with them calmly. One great route to take is to be sarcastic and use funny gifs or picture as your response. They'll look like idiots and it'll probably make your followers laugh.