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Entries Tagged as 'Blog Promotion'

15 Ways to Get Exposure for Your New Blog

The biggest challenge all new bloggers face is getting people to notice them. Even the highest quality of blog posts won’t do you any good if no one is reading them. Building a large audience for a blog takes time, but fortunately there are a number of different ways to quickly gain […]

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62 CommentsCategorized: Blog Promotion | November 5th, 2007

Running a Blog Contest: Learning from the Experience of Others

Contests are extremely popular in the blogosphere right now. A lot of bloggers are using them to reward their readers, gain new subscribers, improve the community environment of the blog, and so on.
If you are thinking about running a competition of some sort you will probably benefit by getting some advice from bloggers who have […]

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27 CommentsCategorized: Blog Promotion | October 3rd, 2007

99 Ways to Promote Your Blog for Free

LINK BUILDING:

Exchange links with other bloggers
Use BlogRush
Submit to RSS directories
Submit to blog directories
Submit to general directories
Start a 2nd blog and link to yourself
Create and give away blog themes (with a link to your blog in the footer)
Create free plugins
Create link bait
Participate in blog carnivals
Comment on DoFollow blogs
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157 CommentsCategorized: Blog Promotion | September 18th, 2007

Standing Out in a Crowded Blogging Market

Many of us, myself included, blog on a particular topic that has thousands or even millions of other blogs. When readers have that many choices, it’s difficult to stand out and be noticed. By taking a look at some of the most successful bloggers you can see a number of different strategies that allow them […]

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17 CommentsCategorized: Blog Promotion | September 11th, 2007

Using Outbound Links to Improve Your Blog

You probably have read a lot about how linking out to other blogs is an effective way for new bloggers to get noticed. The idea, of course, is that when other bloggers see they are getting a link from you they will visit your blog and hopefully like what they see. If they do, maybe […]

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49 CommentsCategorized: Blog Promotion | August 27th, 2007

Blogging for Service Providers

Blogs come in all different varieties with different goals. One way of making money (indirectly) with your blog is to use it as a vehicle to sell yourself. This approach works very well for service providers, as it separates you from the competition. Even if you are not directly profiting from the blog, there are […]

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6 CommentsCategorized: Blog Promotion | August 22nd, 2007

A Guide to Promoting Your Blog Through Guest Posts

If you’re looking to increase the exposure of your blog and gain new readers, consider submitting articles to be posted on other blogs. This article will cover the reasons for writing for other blogs as well as the steps required for a beneficial experience.
Why Write Guest Posts for Other Blogs?
1 - It’s one of the […]

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90 CommentsCategorized: Blog Promotion | August 6th, 2007