You’re writing, podcasting and videoblogging your face off but no one’s paying attention. You want to get the right comments, and meaningful conversations started, or you want your peers to come and start a lively discourse. With so many blogs being created every day, it’s a mystery to many bloggers how to make their blog stand out.
How do you get your best posts out there in such a way that people will come by and add to the body of work? For those “DIY” companies and individuals interested in practical tips for marketing and optimizing a business blog, try out the following list of blog marketing and optimization tips:
Blog Submissions / RSS Submissions
There are a number of blog directories , blog search engines, RSS feed directories and search engines where you can submit your blog. Some of this sites is presented below:
- http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm
- http://www.rss-network.com .
- http://www.dummysoftware.com, provide you with automated submission software to all necessary directory.
There are a few more tips when you submit a website.
- Select the appropriate category for your blog.
- Use a clear title that is descriptive, details but is not excessively long.
- Incorporate important keywords related to the blog’s in the title and description. By doing this you could bring targeted traffic from search engine.
Create a Post Press Releases and submit it to online resources
Post a press release to announce your blog to the blogsphere and the world. This will provide incoming links to the new blog and get it started on its way to popularity. However, make sure it’s factual.
There are a number of press release directory that allow for press release posting free of charge. Sometime the press release are occasionally picked up by publications looking for information or filler content. There are a few press release directory available at this website:
Make use of Usenet
There are a few Usenet groups allow you to post announcements or press releases. You should search search Usenet newsgroups if your blog is focused on a specific topic. You may wants to consider the following website:
- http://www.newsguy.com to locate groups specific to related topics.
Use Forums effectively
Many forums have sections where you can post announcements. I had listed below forum covered from topic-specific to the general software announcement. Just make sure your post is in the right announcement forum section.
- Favorite Feeds. http://www.feedforall.com
- Your Blog Announcements. http://www.forum4bloggers.com
- Got Blog. http://www.blogomania.com
- Announce Software, Blogs or Relationships Marketing Resources. http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/
Use article directory effectively.
You can write articles, and submit them to article directories. Article directories are a wonderful way to get traffic and backlinks to your website through placement of link at the bottom of the article that lead and point to your website.
- EzineArticles.com
- GoArticles.com
- WebProNews.com
- ArticleDashboard.com
- Searchwarp.com
- Isnare.com
- Buzzle.com
- AmericanChronicle.com
- IdeaMarketers.com
- ArticleCity.com
- www.eHow.com
- www.EasyArticles.com
- www.Article99.com
- www.ValuableContent.com
- AmericanChronicle.com
Fast, short way using social media website to promote your blog
- Bookmark your best posts on Delicious, this will give a chance for someone to find it.
- Stumble your best posts on StumbleUpon. Some folks disagree with stumbling your own work. Why I feel okay because I stumble approximately 10 other people’s great blog posts for one of my own.
- Post an intriguing title and link to the post in LinkedIn’s update message.
- Comment on other post within your specific industry or relates to other great blogs, find a recent blog that talk about the same issue. In the URL part of the sign-up form, put the link to your post, not your blog in general. In the comment body, just offer genuine commentary and share your thoughts and ideas. Important: don’t mention the post. (If your comment is great and worthy, people will click through and check it out.)
- Share your post on Facebook.
- Share your post in FriendFeed automatically, and let the amazing community there decide if it’s interesting.
- Use Zemanta, a blogging tool that allows you to find related stories and post them at the bottom of a post. When you’re part of the Zemanta community, I believe your stories also go into their list of potentially related stories.
- Use Twitter. I also get some traffic from Twitter. When using Twitter don’t ever just post a link, ask questions and inspire comments, etc.
In conclusion for part 1 of 3
You should write blog posts that others will find useful. becuase if your posts aren’t that useful to other people, people won’t care. You need to make it really good, useful stuff, and your reader will come along for the read.
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hey Amin
this is really nice info. I really liked it. I am off to blogging for few days because of some family reasons. but can you mail me contact of some blogger or freelancer who can keep my blog alive?
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