101 Ways to Promote a New Blog. By Guest Author This is a guest post by David Turnbull. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Promoting a new blog can be quite daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. As you might expect, breaking down blog promotion into small, actionable tasks eliminates the mental road block you’ve probably experienced when trying to wrap you head around how to get people’s attention.
You don’t have to do everything in this list, and some items will have a greater effect then others, but every tactic will at least drive some traffic, and any traffic is better than no traffic. Content 1. Facebook 10. Fundamentals 15. Online Video 28. Other Blogs 36. Paid 45. People 49. Podcasting 51. Search engine optimization 54. Social networks 59. StumbleUpon 80. Su.pr 84. Twitter 89. WordPress 98. David Turnbull is a Buddhist blogger, Apple fan boy, lousy musician, designer, book worm, simplicity freak and dedicated computer geek. Wanna make money with your own website? How To | Promote your Blog | Bit Rebels - Flock. Everyone that has started a blog and wanted it to become the next rad thing on the Internet have struggled with the one fact of how to get the word out there.
It’s not such a complicated endeavour as one might think but it takes time and hard work. When first starting Minervity.com (one of my other blogs) I really wanted it to become just as successful as all the other design blogs that I had looked at and in awe gotten inspired fast. But what I quickly discovered was that there are no shortcuts. The main thing you have to do is to work hard and write good articles that really inspires people. That gives people what they want. And it is right here where it gets tricky. Bit Rebels was really another thing as I already had the initial “influence” on Twitter and people kind of wanted to see what this new blog was all about. So the pointers here are really just to work it. Images are also a great addition to your articles. How to make your blog stand out in a saturated blogging niche -
There is such a huge increase in the amount of uploaded content today. Ads don’t work so all brands are trying to be content publishers in order to get heard. It is getting much harder to stand out and get eyeballs to things you create in such an overcrowded content space. There’s just too much going on. It is no longer enough just to write 300 words and get pageviews. An increase in quality of content is contributing to escalating time and resources needed for content production.
Even the distribution is no longer free and the promise of organic “viral” marketing reach doesn’t exist any longer. How do I differentiate myself from other sites in my field? Finding the purpose of your blog Let’s be honest, most sites are boring. But in their content they are answering questions nobody’s asking. It is your passion that makes you worth following. Defining your target audience and competitors You need to know who you are targetting before you can figure out how you will do it most effectively.
100 Ways To Improve Your Blog - Flock. The Basics: 10 Ways To Bring Traffic To Your Website « The Rise. Let’s assume you have a killer website. Ready to engage customers. Ready to entice newcomers. Ready to make a sale, provide information, delight with content, or entertain. Ready to make an incredible impression about you and your business. Your hope is that customers and raving fans will come flood your website causing so much traffic that your head spins with dollar signs and would then get down on your hands and knees on the way to the bank to thank the wide, wonderful world of The Internet. (Insert Pause) But they don’t come.
Time to check reality. Sort of like a direct mail piece that was never mailed. But how do you capture that highly targeted traffic you were hoping for? There are a few tried and true ways to build traffic and keep it coming like a dog to milk-bone. One thing to keep in mind, is marketing your website is only one piece of the puzzle. 1. Offline: Traditional advertising some might call it. Online: Banner ads, Video ads, other non-pay-per-click forms of advertising. 2. 3. 13 Ideas to Inspire Your Blog Content | Social Media Examiner - As a blogger have you ever thought, “I don’t know what to write about!” Or “How am I going to come up with fresh content for my blog three times a week?” This article will provide you unique ideas that will help you keep pumping out great content. The following 13 content ideas are designed to help save you time and stimulate some new ideas. By the way, if you’re following the blogging basics outlined here, you’re well on your way to creating and maintaining the kind of content that will keep readers coming back for more.
And if you’ve been blogging for any length of time, you know that when you don’t post on your blog for a few days, your traffic takes a nosedive. Here’s ideas to get you going. 1. With Google Alerts, you can set up alerts for topics and subtopics in your niche to see what’s making news and what’s being said by others. 2. In the context of blog outreach, I mentioned Technorati and Alltop in my article on The Secret to Growing Your Blog Following. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.