Seriously just try to get bookmarked in any bookmark sites that you use yourself. If you think it is good, other people like you will think it is good to. Any people that the bookmarksite sends over will then I guess be a little bitr more likely to like your content then people sent over from a random bookmark site.

But concentrate on leaving comments.I think more people read the comments of blogs compared to the number of people that use bookmark sites. And if you comment on blogs that youread yourself, you are more likely to bring over likeminded people.

Take it from the guy that get´s 5 hits a day :)

” Just When You Thought You Had Me Figured Out: Links in a Entry ! ”

Looks like he’s reading AND a quick study.

He also states, ” You know that I throw links around like manhole covers, so three for one person is a new record. :-) ”

At least he has a sense of humor to go with all that talent and ability.

Good for you, Guy. You’re learning. I’m glad Darrens blog was the impetus, as it couldn’t have been all the comments I made over there. Takes a big-timer to teach a big-timer, I guess.

Of course, if he were not as talented a writer as he is, he wouldn’t have all those readers, of which he deserves every one.

I’d say the progress ( learning ) he’s done betwwen the start of his blog and the 120 day mark show that he’ll be okay.

As for the email addy thing, I’m with you and am looking at finding a large database of like minded names to send an email to. I believe that will rocket the growth of a blog like nothing else, including a news release.

Maybe a service that has a list of sales minded names will be available and reasonably priced.

I’m always trying to find new ways to bring in traffic. Right now my new site gets between 200 to 400 unique visitors per day. It’s nearly a week old.

I’ve read your articles about promoting your blog and what not. Can you perhaps point me to the discovery of new traffic building techniques?

I’m writing a blog on Reiki (holistic healing) and also one on playing the guitar. They seem to be my two with at least some potential profit. I’m not really sure how one would go about promoting them. I often write at forums, and I have a lot of free guitar lessons going around on-line that display my link. I’m also doing the things I mentioned in my last comment as well as submitting to reprint directories.

Thanks for your help, pal.

Cheers,

JP

My own strategy for building traffic is multi pronged and would include both strategies you mentioned as well as many others.

I also think traffic generating strategies need to vary from blog to blog.

doesn’t really answer the question but I would be hesitant to only go for readership from any one method.

It’ll be interesting to see how he takes it to the next level though if your comments are true. I suspect his loyal fans will help with that process quite a bit and take those posts that he does write with quality content (like this post) and spread them to the rest of the blogosphere – critical mass is a wonderful thing when it works in your favor.

This is such an insightful blog. I really feel like I’m “learning from the master” sort of speak. It definitely appears you’re pouring your knowledge out on each page. I’m always recommending this blog to everyone I can.

I tell all the bloggers at my site to read ProBlogger. In fact, if you have the time, it would be like having a celeb at WriteNiche if you dropped a line or entry about blogging. Maybe you could write something about niche blogging? I hope my invite isn’t too strong or anything…

Thanks for your helpful info!

Cheers,

JP

He doesn’t really Blog Roll well, most of those are places that aren’t aligned with his topics, just HIS favorites. He does mention that he hasn’t done this well and now kinda knows how he should do it….he doesn’t comment a lot on other blogs or follow up on anyone elses posts…doesn’t use a lot of internal links in posts…doesn’t respond to many comments, as he doesn’t have to. If you disagree with anything he says, the commenters over there will eat you alive ! Kinda like here sometimes.

In fact he said, about 3 weeks ago, ” I don’t get this “exchanging links” thing. IMHO, you should link to a blog if you believe it’s good for your readership. The other blogger should link to back your blog if she believes it’s good for her readership. In a perfect world, linking is about quality, not reciprocation, with all due respect to Dr. Cialdini. ”

That doesn’t sound like someone who is linking back and forth, internally or in a Blog Roll. Actually it sounds selfish, elitist and plain dumb.

His posts are a lot of copy and paste out of his books, so it’s not like he’s doing a lot of deep thought on current affairs…just using previous deep thought and making it available with this new medium – blogging.

You or I could do the same with a book from the Public Domain, one we’d wrote or bought the rights to. Not exactly cutting edge thought processes there ?

All in all though, it’s good info and I never miss a post. He’s on my Blog Roll, I’m a subscriber to his RSS feed and I’ve Trackbacked and Pinged his posts ever since I found his blog. I’ll continue to do so, but I doubt he’ll ever acknowledge it.

I actually emailed and asked him to contribute to my turn hosting the Carnival of Marketing and he did allow me to use one of his posts, BUT in his elitist way, he would not tell his readers about it and send them over.

He’s not a great blogger per se, but he’s a GREAT writer.

He could learn a lot by reading the post he inspired on my blog :

http://simplenomics.com/how-much-for-a-link-trackback-or-a-ping/

I’ll go quietly now…everybody who worships Guy can feel fre to flame me, but what I said is true.