SEO? Social Media? PPC? Link Building? How do I promote my blog?
You might have spent days, weeks and even months creating a stunning blog with nice graphics and good content but then you realise no one look at your blog! A blog is just like any other websites. Of course sometimes people stumble upon it but that is not enough. You need to have strategies to promote it. Below are a few key strategies:
1. Optimise Your Blog For Google
- Use a plugin called All In One SEO Pack to add title, description and keywords to your blog, pages and blog posts.
- Change the permalink setting of your blog post so that your blog post title is included in the url, instead of a number. For example, the url for this blog post is http://www.ketsangtai.com/promote-blog-increase-visitors/.
- Link your posts to other posts in your blog and also to other popular websites
2. Social Media
- Sign up to 10-20 social media sites and use ping.fm to post your latest blog posts to all these sites.
- Participate in conversation in social media and use your blog post to answer questions.
- Ask your social media friends to comment on your posts. More comments = higher google ranking
3. Social Bookmarking
- I use a service called Onlywire to send my new blog posts to various social bookmarking sites.
- Make sure you use appropriate keywords or tag for your bookmarks.
4. Cross Promotion
- Build relationship with other bloggers and cross promote your blog posts.
5. Utilise your contacts and leads
- If you have a good blog post which gives good value, send it to your leads or contacts. Don’t forget to ask them to comment.
- You can do the same if you have a facebook group or fan page.
- If you tweet about your blog post, ask people to retweet it.
6. Post good content at regular basis
- Content is king. The more content you have on your blog, the more google likes you.
7. Blog Communities
- Submit your blog to blog communities like MyBlogLog, BlogCatalog, Blogged and NetworkBlogs. Not only you will get followers, you can get indexed by Google faster.
This list is by no mean comprehensive but it is a good starting point. If you like this article, please comment, share and tweet.
If you are new to blogging and need advice on building your first blog, check out my blogging tutorial at my YouTube channel.
To Your Success,
Ket-Sang Tai
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Excellent post! I have taken away a few key ideas to start implementing. I am going to have to look more into using ping.fm, submitting to social bookmark sites differently than I have been, and submitting my blog to blogging sites. These are all fantastic ideas! Thanks so much!
Great! Nice list of resources. After all, just because you have a website doesn't mean people will see it…
Wow, Ket.. This is a great post with some great resources ! I've used all in one seo, ping.fm, onlywire but i've never done anything with any of the blogging communities. I've actually never even heard of them. Thanks for the tips!
-Adam
Thats a great post,especially for people starting out there own blog…great resources.
Love your work,
Capt.liz
Great content! Tips on what to take action right away.
Keep it coming,
Alecia
Hey Doc. This is a great starting point for newbie Internet Marketers because your blog is the “HUB” of your online existence. I ONLY use Ping.fm to post to all media outlets. It is fantastic!I posted an article about the six keys to success on my blog that I would like if you could check it out and give me some feedback on it as well. To your success! Seth Larrabee
Very nice post. Thanks for your insights.
Great insights as always Ket! Let's cross promote… that's a cool idea.
Hey Ket-Sang, Really nice article with really good tip ts to get started on generating interest and traffice to a blog. I am about to start a blog, so will defo be coming back to pick up further tips and golden nuggets of advice. Best, Lavinia,
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for the informative post!!!
To Our Massive Success
Diane L Fisher
Thanks for all the Great Info. I always enjoy taking away some new tidbits.
Awesome, Awesome article! It's hard to find good relevant information but I've found some here! I am bookmarking this post for future reference! I've found it hard to promote my blog and drive traffic to my blog as well, but now with these tips I think I will find those tasks a bit easier. Thanks a ton!!
I really enjoyed reading your article. You have some great tips. There are so many ideas out there on how to promote your blog. You have it laid out in just a few steps. This article will provide help for lots of readers.
Hi Ket,
I found your article very interesting and it is a great stepping stone for newbies. You are truely a leader in mlm.
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Thank for the great info.I want to learn something here espc. in promoting my blog.
Nice tips for how we can promote our blogs and increase visitors.
Hi Ket-Sang.
Nice timely post. On my agenda today is to submit my blog to blog communities. It's amazing how when your looking to do something, things regarding that topic turn up.
I like the cross blog promoting idea as well. I hope we will be able to cross promote in the near future.
I would also like to add getting backlinks to your blog, especially from high authority sites. This can add some crazy link 'juice to a site'.
All the best
Dwayne
Thanks for your comment Dwayne
Thanks for your comment Dwayne
Great info, thanks for the post. I look forward to taking some of your keys and putting them into play!
Cheers!
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