Make and Promote your BLOG – Best Blog Promotion Tips

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• Submit your site to the main web directories – you’ll find a good list at Directory Maximiser

• Make sure that the whole of your blog is indexed on the main Search Engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN/Live

• Get a Google Sitemap on your blog to help to get it fully indexed

•  Participate in online business networking sites such as Linked In, eCademy and SoFlow

• Make it easy for your readers to bookmark your blog on the social bookmarking sites such as Digg, Del.icio.us, Furl etc.

• Make sure you submit your blog to the main Blog directories (Good list here and here)

• Also submit your blog to the main RSS directories

• Ensure that you automatically ping the main blog Search Engines and Directories such as Technorati and IceRocket to get instantly indexed – good list of pinging addresses

• Join a number of relevant online communities or discussion groups for your market area

• Maximize the design of your own blog: highlight posts or subjects that will attract and retain readers

• Add comments – relevant, useful comments – to other peoples threads or blogs

• Use Pay per Click (PPC) advertising like Google Adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing

• Advertise on sites such as Gumtree or Craigslist

• Make sure that you run an ezine (e-newsletter) alongside your blog and make the two work together

• Make sure that you link out to other blogs in your blog posts and, for special recommended blogs, in your BlogRoll

• Set up a social network part of your blog with Ning

• Write your own e-book (perhaps using content from your blog) and give away free chapters to encourage  visitors or subscribers

• Start your own meme or viral networking idea

• Attend local networking groups such as BNI, BRE etc – tell them about what you do and reference your blog

• Set up and develop a profile on online social networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo etc.

• Interview people for your own regular podcast – perhaps you could make it like your own online radio show

• Contact other relevant ezines and offer to write articles for them

• Submit your articles to article directories (Ezine Articles, Article Alley etc.)and link to your blog in the  signature

• Submit your own ezine to ezine directories such as Ezine Directory or Best Ezines

• Include podcasts as part of your blog to distribute interviews, informational pieces etc.

• Convert some of your existing articles into podcasts

• Create a lense at Squidoo

• Distribute and syndicate your articles and podcasts via your RSS feed

• Offer free white papers or specialist documents which are branded with your blog and RSS details

• Set up teleconferences or tele seminars focusing on your main content areas

• Write a review of books on Amazon.com linking back to your blog

• Distribute press releases via online news services such as PR Web or Press Box

• Add a poll or survey to your blog and post/distribute the results – try OnlineSeoFrim if you are a WordPress 

• Read other blogs and leave your own comments on them

• Use trackbacks when you reference other bloggers posts

• Create podcasts of your best posts and syndicate them, as well as submitting them to iTunes and other podcast directories

•  Sign up to Feedburner and include the Headline Animator in your email signature and the one you use when you post to forums

•  Make sure you include your blog address on your business cards and company stationery

• Customize and improve your RSS Feed using Feed burner – include special offers, sign up opportunities and make sure the feed delivers the full post

• Increase RSS feed sign ups by offering a sign up bonus to subscribers – how? Just ask!

• Offer readers the chance to sign up via email (Feedburner and Feedblitz offer the service

• Put files and follow ups to presentations, conferences and seminars on your blog for attendees to read and download

• Offer to become a Guest blogger on other blogs and invite Guest bloggers to write on your own blog

• Make sure to submit articles to and participate in Blog Carnivals (more on Blog Carnivals here)

• Optimize your blog where possible and particularly the Categories, Title Tags and Meta Tags

• Participate regularly in conversations on other blogs

• Post answers on LinkedIn Answers and Yahoo Answers

• Try Link Baiting using controversial subjects or opinions be careful though!

• Contact the main bloggers in your market area and introduce yourself or send details of a particular post that might interest them