Written on January 11th, 2007 at 06:01 pm by Tony Hung

How To Market Your Blog in 2007

Blog Promotion, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 403 comments

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It breaks my heart to see blogs with great content languish in utter anonymity, devoid of comments, saddled with a seven-figure alexa traffic ranking, and rotting in pagerank purgatory.

Well, no more, I say!

For those bloggers out there who have decided to start their blogs, or launch their blogging careers, in 2007 I salute you — and present to you with 41 ways to kickstart your marketing efforts. Kick back, grab a cold one, and check it out. And if, in a year’s time, you’ve cracked the Technorati 1000, don’t forget where it all began! :)

Get Your Own House In Order

  1. Write well, write consistently, don’t give up: All the marketing in the world won’t help you if you have a lame-duck blog. In your search for more traffic, more promotion, and more publicity, never forget it starts with great content — and needs to continue with great content on a regular schedule. There’s no question that maintaining quality and regularity is difficult while you’re starting out, particularly if you’re time strapped … but hang in there, because if you sacrifice this, all of your marketing efforts will be for naught.
  2. Become an expert on something: Develop a keen interest, continue to read and write intelligently, and after a while, your experience will grant you this informal title; bloggers will seek you out, your reknown will grow, and it will be easier to be noticed, linked to, and get cross promoted (see below)
  3. Design is more important than you think: Your mother’s right — first impressions count, and they can count for cash money. If you’re serious about blogging, don’t stick with a n unaltered top10 Wordpress theme no matter how cool you think it is. You want to separate and elevate yourself from the blogging masses, and its impossible to do if you look exactly the same as them. Easy to say, hard to do, but absolutely necessary if you don’t have the money to pay for a private ground-up theme: learn CSS and a photoeditor of choice, and learn to tweak your theme yourself, so that your blog looks professional, stands out, and screams “yes, I am worthy of your attention!”.
  4. Get Your SEO On: An entire post in and of itself — get your own domain name, host your own blogging software, enable permalinks, create keyword rich headlines, create unique title tags, enable trackback and ping functionality, ensure your blog pings pinging-services.
  5. Publish full feeds: A controversial topic. Publishing full feeds puts you at the mercy for content scrapers who will scrape your RSS feeds and repost your content, create traffic, and reap adsense bucks. On the other hand, some data suggests that it can also increase your traffic, and a few pundits swear by it. Feed subscriptions are critical; get your feeds burned through Feedburner so you can track how many are subscribing. People who subscribe to feeds rarely unsubscribe, and every single feed subscriber is a potential source of traffic to your blog.
  6. Do interviews with other bloggers: Score interviews with newsworthy individuals (who may be linked to newsworthy content), to create link worthy content, but more importantly, create news on THEIR blog to get back to YOUR blog.
  7. Break important stories: See the post on how to find news. Long story short: if you have an interest in an area, it is still possible to do this as long as you’re willing to put in the time and energy to find stuff. Benefit: being picked up by A-list blogs, mainstream news outlets and more.
  8. Have a contest: Or, have regular contests, which encourage participation and buzz in your corner of the blogosphere.
  9. Publish original research: If you’ve got the time, start with a question, try and figure it out with the data available, and “publish it”. For fun, I asked myself “How many of the Top 30 Diggers actually blog?” And I just went through their profiles and created a table of how many blogged. I then talked about what it meant, and tried to answer the question “why?” [answer: not many do blog, its because being a top 30 digger requires a huge time investment]
  10. Put out Press Releases: Particularly if you have something new, unique, or particularly important to say (such as an important story, or research)
  11. Work your long tail: A tip based on your SEO efforts; there is a free service called Hit Tail that will analyze the search terms leading to your blog traffic, and yank out high quality key words you should be focusing on that you might not immediately think of. This can help you focus your future posts as you are already getting traffic for those key words.
  12. Answer your comments, in your comments, and off blog: Of course you have enabled comments on every post, right? So, when you do get comments, answer as many as humanly possible, and if its an interesting enough issue or question, contact the poster directly for a friendly follow up. Treat every potential poster as a potential subscriber to your feed, and a future friend and contact.
  13. Spend time to create links and trackbacks: In every post spend as much time as you can to create outbound links to relevant and high linking blogs; many blogs automatically have trackbacks enabled, so in their comments section they will have a link back to your blog. If its a highly trafficked and ranked blog, this can mean traffic BACK to your blog, and it can draw notice from the author themselves — because, let’s face it, we’re all vain in a fashion, even A-listers, and we’re all interested in who is linking to us.
  14. Get Your MyBlogLog widget and work it, work it, work it (in a nice way): MyBlogLog — know it, love it, and embrace it. Since its been acquired by Yahoo, it has the potential to explode all over the blogosphere. The two sentence run down is that it offers a free widget that enables you to build a free community around your blog, and to easily see which other bloggers have been to your blog. You can “add” friends, and generate traffic, but more importantly, your own network of like-minded blogging colleagues in a way that is relatively easy and efficient. Just go easy on the unsolicited messages. I wrote a complete review over here.

Getting the Word Out

  1. Join a blog carnival: Where every blogger who joins one blogs about a topic, then each blog gets promoted. Here’s an index of blog carnivals to get you started.
  2. Join blog network: Between 9rules, b5media, and others, there is networking potential, income potential, and a link-a-palooza waiting for you (through the linkroll as every member may have to link to every other member) if you’re able to get into one. Goes back to tip #1 — don’t forget to keep up your blog.
  3. Participate in forums: Forums with tons of pages, huge lists of members, and a responsive community are an easy way to not only connect with other individuals, but an opportunity to tastefully demonstrate your expertise and a link back to your blog
  4. Participate on larger blogs in comments: Like number three, except that by participating directly in another blogger’s comments you a) get their recognition and b) get the recognition of the blogging community. Also, here’s a tip: try and be one of the first few commenters on heavily trafficked sites to get recognized — most people won’t read past the first 10-20 comments. Here’s another tip for traffic: IF (and ONLY IF) you have posted something relevant that is pursuant to the ongoing conversation and IF the blog has a commenting policy that will allow you to do so, post a link back to a post on your own site (”hey guys, I wrote about how we can solve this problem! — check out the link over here, but let me summarize it for you … “). Sometimes you’ll be surprised at how much traffic comes back.
  5. Join Blogburst: Blogburst is a type of “blog network”, which syndicates content across American newspaper’s websites, such as USA Today and Reuters. That’s right, you could get a post syndicated on Reuters. Trust me — it can happen . Highly ranked inbound links + traffic + bragging rights to your mom that your post got featured in a newspaper. Not too shabby. Also on the upside, they have a new revenue sharing scheme. The bad: read their terms of service carefully — you give up certain rights when they republish your content, and the revenue sharing works on the top100 publishers only.
  6. Participate in Darren’s contests: He has enough of them, and often publishes links to all of the participants.
  7. Submit to blog directories: So people can find your blog.
  8. Submit to Google sitemaps: Really part of “get your house in order”, but when you do, Google will be able to find you so much easier; translation — more Google juice, more traffic, higher rankings faster. Tip: for Wordpress fans, this plugin is particularly useful.
  9. Submit to article directories: You might want to submit your favourite posts to article directories, where they will enable you to have a biobox / blurb with a link back to your own blog. Again, demonstrating your expertise, and moreover, the article might get picked up in a ezine or another blog, leading to more traffic and more inbound links.
  10. Get interviewed: If you’ve demonstrated your expertise, or have done something newsworthy, or reported on something newsworthy, try and get interviewed. As long as its done in a fair way (doesn’t need to be a completely puffpiece) by a site or blogger with some reknown, its more traffic for you.
  11. Get listed on a news aggregator, or blog aggregator: Like Techmeme for technews, or Tailrank for blogging news. Hint: some news aggregators will actually accept submissions if you ask them nicely; double hint: try and get listed by linking to a top story within your first 100 words.
  12. Create free stuff for yourself and give it away: Like ebooks, digests of your favourite posts, pdfs, and so on. Make sure to include a link back in the document, back to your site.
  13. Create free stuff for other people: the same, let them distribute it, get a link back.
  14. Pay for pub: Efficient means of using your cash is to buy targeted Adwords, or keywords in Yahoo’s advertising network; you could get other bloggers to write about you using PayPerPost or ReviewMe; or you purchase text link ads through Text-Link-Ads.com

Connect, Connect, Connect

  1. Make friends with other bloggers: Ridiculously simple, but its true. Benefits of “networking” (making friends) include more mentions on other blogs, more requests for interviews, more partnerships in future deals, more “adds” into their MyBlogLog network, more “ads” into someone else’s blogroll (and therefore links back to your blog) — it goes on and on.
  2. Guest blog: Offer to do it for free, and you’ll be able to demonstrate what you know to an entirely new audience. Gives you great credibility, and of course, most will allow a courtesy link back to your own blog. A free foot-in-the-door to some communities as well.
  3. Volunteer, intern, scut-monkey your way into a blogger’s graces: Maintaining a highly trafficked site is a lot of work. Offer to volunteer your time with menial behind the scenes stuff (moderating posts, acting as a bird dog for news) for free and with a smile, and you’ll get a foot-in-the-door with the blogger, their network, and future opportunities.
  4. Get hired: You never know which blog organizations are looking to hire new bloggers; again, an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge, meet new bloggers, and open tons of professional “doors” … because now that you’re getting paid? You’re a “pro-blogger”, mate!
  5. Network in person: Find other local bloggers using services like Meetup, and see if they’re literally getting together to commiserate about blogging or their topic of blogging. If you’ve got the time, there’s nothing that makes an impression as actually meeting someone in person. Tip: bring a business card; Another tip: if you don’t have any, make some; yet another tip: if important people are going to be there, really — try and go. Remember, you didn’t know me before Problogger, but I met Darren in person at a function in Toronto that played a part in me writing this. Think about that.
  6. Join virtual groups: Through Yahoo Groups, Usenet, and more; then bring the conversation off the group with emails and instant messages. Be friendly, be helpful, and it will pay dividends.
  7. Cross promote: Once you’ve gotten to know people, you can kindly remind them to promote posts that you’re particularly proud of; or, vote for your submissions on Digg or your social bookmarking site of choice. Reciprocate.

Make Social Media Work For You

  1. Facebook: Its a social network that has opened its doors behind its college beginnings. Anyone can sign up. Start connecting with old friends and colleagues, like any other social network. But, unlike other social networks (as far as I know), you can import your own blog’s RSS feed, so that your connections can see what you’re blogging. Who knows where that might lead? Update: Myspace also allows this function, i believe.
  2. Join Helium: Helium is a new site that is actively looking people to head new categories of content. Think a paid “about.com” — for its authors. If you have a particular interest that isn’t yet served on Helium you might want to check it out; besides giving you cash for content, it’ll also demonstrate your authority in a topic, and you’ll be able to leverage Helium’s own traffic for your own blog through a linkback on your profile.
  3. Yahoo Answers! A similar idea; but this time, you’re answering questions that people are posting. Yahoo! is quite careful about spam, however, and including a “signature” is a dicey proposition at times. There is a fairly sophisticated registry and voting system that tries to prevent “gaming”, but given how much traffic yahoo! answers gets, AND its inclusion as a separate result area in Yahoo SERPS (Search Engine Results Pages) it might be something worth looking into.
  4. Create a Squidoo Page Lens: On a given related topic to your blog; participate in the Squidoo community; Squidoo has a ton of traffic, and you could funnel traffic and tastefully include links to other relevant sites and perhaps your own blog.
  5. Use MySpace Marketing: Far beyond the confines of this post, but in a similar fashion to Squidoo, the idea is to capitalize on the HUGE amount of traffic MySpace gets (some interesting thoughts over here). Create a profile, create relevant content and links back. Start adding friends. Comment on your friends space. Join groups. Start enjoying the trickle back traffic.
  6. Get Dugg / Netscaped / Reddited / Stumbled upon: Whole articles (and sites) are written about the intricacies of socially bookmarking. Here’s a tip: focus on creating great content, make friends on these sites if they allow you to, and submit your stories judiciously. ‘Nuff said (for now).

[Yes, I excluded "create viral videos", because I thought that extended beyond blogging and into video casting -- which, I'll admit isn't tremendously different, but hey ... gotta draw the line somewhere. ]

And at this point, we open the floor to comments, questions, cheers and jeers. If you have any further tips, share’em so we can all learn together! :)

*Tony Hung is the guest blogger for the week, and he blogs at DeepJiveInterests.com

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403 Responses to “How To Market Your Blog in 2007”

  • Strange Progress

    January 11th, 2007 6:41 pm

    Now that is a well put together summary of successful blogging 101.

    Well done Tony, I’ll be reading this again.

    Matt

  • Terry

    January 11th, 2007 7:06 pm

    Great list of tips Tony! :)

  • Cucirca

    January 11th, 2007 7:20 pm

    Your tips are very good.
    I’d love to use more of them but it’s not that easy as a hobby blogger.

  • Dave

    January 11th, 2007 7:44 pm

    I’m probably right at the point you opened with :

    ” great content languish in utter anonymity, devoid of comments, saddled with a seven-figure alexa traffic ranking, and rotting in pagerank purgatory.”

    Having run my site for 14 months, and beginning to wonder how much longer to perservere, your post has really given me something to think about.

    The problem I have is that although my site attracts a reasonable number of people, and makes a reasonable amount of income for the time I spend on it, its does not attract people to comment, and rarely gets linked to. It may be my writing is off-key, or the content itself rarely merits commenting on, but hopefully some of the tips above will help get me kick-started again.

  • Side-Line

    January 11th, 2007 8:09 pm

    nice post, however, I would like to know if there is actually a platform where people can post their blog but as an RSS which can be searched through then afterwards ? A kind of extended blogsearch with the blogs inside the same system.

  • gbyeow

    January 11th, 2007 8:42 pm

    That’s one very comprehensive list. Gives some really good food for thought (and action).

  • Michael-From-The-Future

    January 11th, 2007 9:52 pm

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    Hi Tony & Gang !

    I have not read all the tips yet, just looked over it and decided to fix myself a cup of tea and return to sit down and really concentrate on this great looking article !

    Thank you for this information Tony, it’s appreciated : )

  • Maksim

    January 11th, 2007 10:47 pm

    Thanks, good report, i’ll translate on russian and will provide…

  • Arun

    January 11th, 2007 10:47 pm

    Thank you. This is one of the best articles I have read on problogger. This year, I am planning to quit my deskjob and go pro blogging and I shall definitely keep visiting here on the process of realizing the plan.

  • Andreas

    January 11th, 2007 10:58 pm

    Hello Tony,
    a very great List - so my year 2007 is planned ;-)

  • Gretchin

    January 11th, 2007 11:11 pm

    Well, unless all checks are mistaken, Google PR was just updated and Problogger - along with tons of other sites - just went to PR 0.

  • Solo Business Marketing

    January 11th, 2007 11:26 pm

    This list is appreciated.

    Blog promotion is a job in itself, especially when you’re passionate about the ideas and info shared through a blog and, at the same time, your “work” is writing and speaking offline (or whatever you do to put dinner on the table).

    I never thought much of my MyBlogLog participation, but I’ll give it another try now that you’ve put a new spin on the category.

  • MattL

    January 12th, 2007 12:10 am

    Fantastic Tony. I will be working through this entire article to apply as much as possible. This is a great overview which has already sent me in 100 different directions looking for even more knowledge. Keep it going!

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  • Jakob Dupont Knudsen

    January 12th, 2007 1:01 am

    This is a great post, and just what I needed!
    It´s nice getting it all together in one post! I thought I was done promoting my page, by I guess I was wrong! Here is enough
    ideas to keep me going for some time now.
    Thanks a lot!

  • Blog4Brains

    January 12th, 2007 1:06 am

    Hey Tony,

    Great, great content! You are true representation of value on the net.

    Thanks for giving us more ideas about how to spread our word.

  • bill

    January 12th, 2007 1:12 am

    When I launched my lucid dreaming blog in November, I “stumbled” it myself. I used the tag of “psychology” when I submitted, which was done at exactly 2:36PM (Mountain Standard Time) on a Sunday.

    Ended up getting roughly 22,000 uniques over the next 30 days or so.

    Let’s just say that I plan to keep my Sunday afternoons free from now on ;)

    Bill

  • Jean MacManus

    January 12th, 2007 1:18 am

    Having just read all of your tips, I am amazed at the number of avenues available for building traffic and networking in the blogosphere. I am relatively new to blogging but I have dived into the networking like coming home. I recently joined MyBlogLog and truly enjoy getting to know people and their communities. Besides building traffic for my own blog, it has enlarged my world and my circle of friends. What a win-win this is!

  • Glen L Johnson

    January 12th, 2007 1:34 am

    wow this is a lot to digest but its great information! Thanks!

  • Eric Berlin

    January 12th, 2007 1:34 am

    Great piece, Tony. I would only add that a *great* resource for folk to become better writers and better-known bloggers is to join Blogcritics (full disclosure — I’m exec producer over there), a place where 1,700 writer-bloggers get fully edited and mentoring advice from a hard-working editorial staff. So writers get the opportunity to improve as writer-bloggers *and* they get exposure to a much larger community and audience than they could on their home sites. So in that sense, joining Blogcritics does many of the above tips for writers in addition to providing thousands of free review materials, access to high-profile interview subjects, events, concerts, and the singularly unique service of empowering online writers to improve and reach the next level.

  • J David

    January 12th, 2007 1:52 am

    Wow. This is an amazing list and just what I was looking for to start promoting my site. Oh, and great intro too; I felt like you were literally talking about me, which is what many low profile bloggers will think.

  • Lynda

    January 12th, 2007 1:53 am

    Greetings,
    What a wonderful post with lots of tips that I will put in use asap.

    I want to invite the readers of ProBlogger to submit their blog to DelightfulBlogs.com, a newish blog directory that we started last summer that currently has 25,000 monthly visitors, primarily women, who use the directory to discover new blogs to bookmark.

    My partner and I review each blog to determine if it is appropriate for the directory and the audience and only approve about 30% of the blogs submitted. If you have one that you think fits nicely with the others please submit it and leave a note that you found us via ProBlogger.

    All the best,
    Lynda Keeler

  • engtech

    January 12th, 2007 2:19 am

    That was very, very excellent Tony.

  • VC Dan

    January 12th, 2007 3:08 am

    Terrific post Tony, and thanks Darren for such a meaty guest blog spot…

  • Jeremy David

    January 12th, 2007 3:19 am

    That was a very, very valuable post. I’m actually in the process of re-designing my blog and am going to use this as a framework. Perfect timing - I announced the change on my blog today a few hours before checking Google Reader.

    You consistently remind me why I am an RSS subscriber and read your blog every day. Keep up the fantastic work.

    Cheers,

  • Shannon Moore

    January 12th, 2007 3:31 am

    Wow Tony, great post!

    I’ve been blogging since June 2006 but can’t seem to get it moving. Now you’ve given me more than a handful (I’d say even three handfuls) of ideas! Thanks again & thanks Darren for having such a great guest!

  • Koby

    January 12th, 2007 3:48 am

    This is a great article on self-marketing. Excellent read.

  • oral seymour

    January 12th, 2007 3:57 am

    To a new blogger like me this information is priceless.

  • Jason Pedersen

    January 12th, 2007 4:13 am

    Wow, great article. Lots of info. Thanks.

  • Ron wilson

    January 12th, 2007 4:24 am

    Excellent. I have just started a new blog. This will give me tons of information to really get it off the ground.

  • Lee Odden

    January 12th, 2007 4:34 am

    Holy crap Darren, this post is fantastic. I don’t mean to sound to fluffy about it, but a smart person could create a business around the suggestions you’ve made. I suspect many have already started. :)

    Cheers!

  • Alex Becker

    January 12th, 2007 4:43 am

    These posts just get better and better.

  • Michelle

    January 12th, 2007 4:48 am

    A fabulous list. This is why I come back every day to see what pearls of wisdom you’ve got.

    As for sitemaps, however, I tried doing that but found that Blogger won’t allow you to put one on your blog. Am I seeing this correctly or am I missing something? Maybe it’s time for me to switch to Wordpress.

    Also, you’re absolutely right about SEO, I started taking it seriously and it’s done wonders. I posted on it myself this week–Ten SEO Tips at:
    http://scribbit.blogspot.com/2007/01/blogging-101-ten-seo-tips.html

    Thanks for consistently good content.

  • Anand

    January 12th, 2007 4:51 am

    I am starting straightaway here on ProBlogger :)

  • Jeffrey Sickles

    January 12th, 2007 4:53 am

    Wow, so much content - I’m going to have to re-read!

  • Jeffrey Sickles

    January 12th, 2007 4:54 am

    The preceding comment was in a positive note. I think the content is great.

  • Lorne Fade

    January 12th, 2007 4:56 am

    Great read, well said Darren.. someones getting added to my blogroll :P

  • Ignat Drozdov

    January 12th, 2007 5:01 am

    Cool. I never thought one can come up with that many ways. Blog marketing has always been a strange field to me. Nicely done.

  • Ankur

    January 12th, 2007 5:10 am

    These are all great ideas.

    Love the blog, keep it up!

  • plugim.com

    January 12th, 2007 5:14 am

    How to market your blog…

    A very good point by point explanation on how to market your blog, get more traffic and a lot of tips that many people overlook when they build their own blog….

  • Brian

    January 12th, 2007 5:21 am

    MyBlogLog link is busted.

  • Johnny

    January 12th, 2007 5:26 am

    I think your first rule “write well, consistently, and don’t give up” is the most important rule to follow when you’re trying to be a professional blogger.

    Me and a friend both started up a blog a while back and he kept up on his and I didn’t. He makes more than enough to quit his job now. If I had just kept writing…

  • MillionDollarJourney.com

    January 12th, 2007 5:36 am

    Wow, great tips for new and experienced blogs alike! Thanks!

    FT
    http://www.milliondollarjourney.com

  • Chris

    January 12th, 2007 5:43 am

    I agree, a great list of tips. Many of these I hadn’t even thought about. I think it might just try a few of these.

  • vrillusions

    January 12th, 2007 5:55 am

    I am glad that the first and foremost thing that you mentioned was create good content. This really is one of the biggest things and the reason so many people complain that no one is reading their blogs. If your content isn’t good, no one is going to read it, or come back to it, plain and simple.

    One other tip that wasn’t really mentioned, post your web address everywhere. Have it in the signature of emails, forums you visit, any place that has a spot for a website, use it. There’s been a few sites that I’ve even found just by clicking on a link I found in someone’s profile.

  • vrillusions

    January 12th, 2007 5:57 am

    and one more thing I just remembered. Make sure your site can handle the traffic you plan for it. If you honestly believe you’re blog will get on slashdot or digg, you need a server that can handle that much traffic. The worst thing you want to do is create this great, well-informed article only to have the server come to a screeching halt because it can’t handle the traffic.

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    January 12th, 2007 5:59 am

    Thanks for the tips, ill take all these into consideration !!

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:09 am

    No worries hip hop ;)

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:14 am

    vrillusions — great points … having a useful signature is no question useful; having to worry about the digg/slash dot effect is what I call a “good problem”. ;)

    Cheers
    Tony.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:15 am

    Chris, milliondollar — thanks for stopping by ;)

    Tony.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:16 am

    Johnny — gotta keep plugging away. Glad to hear your friend is enjoying the success he/she’s had.

    Cheers
    Tony.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:17 am

    Lorne,

    Thanks for the “add”, although I am subbing for Darren this week ;)

    Cheers
    Tony.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:17 am

    Jeffrey,

    I think we know what you mean ;) Glad you enjoyed it.
    Cheers
    Tony.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:19 am

    Michelle,

    Glad you’ve found it useful. Getting your SEO on can definitely reap dividends. Can’t speak for blogger, but self-hosted installations offer the greatest flexibility if you’re willing to put down a few bucks a month.

    Cheers
    Tony.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:21 am

    Lee,

    Thanks for the kind sentiments. If anyone does find any success because of this post we’d love to hear about it — drop us a line to let us know! :)

    Cheers
    Tony

  • Marcus

    January 12th, 2007 6:22 am

    I’ll keep these tips in mind as I continue to grow my blog.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:22 am

    Jeremy,

    Glad to hear that you’re getting the most out of this feed!

    Cheers
    tony.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:23 am

    VC Dan,

    Always a pleasure to help a fellow blogger out — particularly when its such a great opportunity to say “hello” to another community of bloggers! :D

    Cheers
    TOny.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:24 am

    Lynda,

    Thanks for stopping by. How’s Delightfulblogs coming along these days? :)

    Cheers
    tony.

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  • Lorne Fade

    January 12th, 2007 6:35 am

    Hehe, sorry Tony I didnt see that, nice read still btw, and keep up the good work :)

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:35 am

    Dave,

    Great site — let us know how your marketing effort goes … how involved are you in the PSP community?

    Cheers
    Tony.

  • Tony Hung

    January 12th, 2007 6:37 am

    Maksim,

    How do you translate “languishing in utter anonymity” or “rotting in pagerank purgatory” in Russian? :)

    Cheers
    Tony.

  • Martial Development

    January 12th, 2007 6:38 am

    Like you, I thought that submissions to article directories were a good idea. I have since found out that people usually take and reprint these articles without your biobox/blurb/backlink, suggesting they wrote it themselves! :(

  • shadyhaitien.com

    January 12th, 2007 6:49 am

    Great info, I’ll have to read this again when I leave work… I don’t spend much time on my blog, I just share info with my friends but maybe I’ll start really working on it.

    Thanks!

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  • Theo Tonca

    January 12th, 2007 6:56 am

    Great post! I will definitely put it to good use.

  • Jennifer Eubanks

    January 12th, 2007 7:02 am

    Tony,

    Thanks for the interesting and helpful article. I just wrote a post about this wonderful article on my company’s blog in hopes that more people will see it and benefit from it.

    As I mention, I started out thinking “Great, ANOTHER article that lists the same 10 things”, but you go way above and beyond any list I’ve seen in recent memory and provide many new and refreshing ideas for marketing and increasing traffic for your blog.

    Nicely done and keep up the great work! :)

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  • Nick

    January 12th, 2007 7:14 am

    In the first tip you tell us to write well.

    In tip #3, you have a grammar error: “You’re mother’s right — first impressions count, and they can count for cash money.”

    That should be “your”. It took my eyes less than 3 seconds to realize that you were contradicting yourself, and subsequently stopped reading the article.

    *kisses*

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  • bob cobb

    January 12th, 2007 7:20 am

    Thanks for the tips, I am always looking for new ways to get the word out about my site.
    http://www.freestufftimes.com

  • Rhea

    January 12th, 2007 7:42 am

    I had already nailed a bunch of things you’ve suggested, but wow, there’s a lot of new stuff here that I can’t wait to get involved with! Thanks.

  • Valeria Maltoni

    January 12th, 2007 7:55 am

    Tony:

    This is all great stuff. I tried contacting you but do not seem to find your email address anywhere… and did roll up my blogger sleeves on your first post with a long and meaningful comment, which went completely unanswered.

    So, maybe some advice on how to connect with someone who feels swamped? Keep up the great work.

  • Sean

    January 12th, 2007 8:00 am

    Great post. Gave me several ideas to explore. The one thing I have trouble with is spending a lot of time answering comments, and writing responses that are almost as long as the original post. I know I’d make better use of my time researching more and writing more, but I thought it important to build relationships (even sometimes antagonistic ones that keep a poster coming back, heh heh) at the start when a new blog is launched.

    Again, great post.

  • Cage

    January 12th, 2007 8:04 am

    Great tips! There are alot of tips here that I had no idea about.

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  • Kevin Reed

    January 12th, 2007 8:47 am

    Awesome. I didn’t realize you could import your blog at Facebook. The option is under ‘My Notes’.

  • Karen

    January 12th, 2007 8:59 am

    Tony, thank you thank you x100 to the power of 50. This was great - I implemented some ideas last night.
    Plus you’re taking the time to respond to people! Wow :)

  • Anne

    January 12th, 2007 9:14 am

    This is very useful! Thank you!
    I will try some of them out for sure!

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  • nakedpastor

    January 12th, 2007 9:55 am

    i’m saving this entire entry. awesome, and thanks. geez! i didn’t have to buy a book!

  • Hannes Johnson

    January 12th, 2007 10:12 am

    Great post Tony! I just started a new blog a few days ago and this list will be very helpful in getting more readers and subscribers.

    Another tip: Post lists - people like lists and they often get dugg/added to del.icio.us/etc…

  • New Media Blogger

    January 12th, 2007 10:25 am

    Very cool tips - thanks!

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  • Talia Mana, Centre for Emotional Well-Being

    January 12th, 2007 12:24 pm

    Fantastic post. Very comprehensive.

    One question. How does having a free blogspot blog affect traffic and rankings etc? Also does it make a difference if you have a blogspot blog whether it is hosted on your own ftp as a sub page of your own domain or on blogspot hosting.

    Thanks again for the great tips.
    Talia

  • Brad

    January 12th, 2007 12:37 pm

    Wow! A lot of info. in this post - I might just have to print this one off and keep it for future reference!!!

    I belong to a small, but tightly knitted and very active web forum and I have a link to one of my blogs in the signature of every post. I have well over 1500 posts right now - that’s a lot of links! Anyway, I get a lot of traffic from that forum, even if I don’t post for a while. The bad news is, this isn’t my “serious” blog so I don’t post that often. But it still gets traffic and I still get hits on my adsense!

  • Kiltak

    January 12th, 2007 12:45 pm

    Hmm, just a thought about blogburst..

    Reuters published one of our article about the iPhone on their technology page, but since the article appears integrally, readers don’t have to clickthrough to get the full content. On 1000 page views, less then 20 people clicked on the actual blog link.

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  • Guillermo Garron

    January 12th, 2007 1:12 pm

    Hi, Thank you this really helped me a lot, as I am just starting a Blog.
    thank you again, and go on.

  • Talia Mana, Centre for Emotional Well-Being

    January 12th, 2007 1:52 pm

    I’ve had a few articles picked up by Reuters. Not many clicked through to the website (despite it being read by > 100,000 people each time an article was picked up) but I did get a few people clicking through to Amazon to buy one of the products I discussed so I have no complaints. I got free publicity, a small amount of Amazon revenue, and being featured on Reuters put me in the top 100 leaderboard at Blogburst so I also will be getting some money from Blogburst.

    All in all, a happy experience.

  • asiacelebs.co.nr

    January 12th, 2007 2:13 pm

    GREAT TIPS and i doing work it !!!! hope success too… thx a lot

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  • Alex

    January 12th, 2007 2:46 pm

    I think the real value of this post that it reflects most blog trends observed at the end of 2006 and expected to develop in 2007.

  • John M Weaver

    January 12th, 2007 3:11 pm

    Easy said then done right guys :) Hopefully ‘07 brings us all a little bit of blog cash!

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  • Michael Davis

    January 12th, 2007 5:31 pm

    This is one of the best articles about marketing your blog that I’ve ever read. Kudos! I signed up for the hittail.com and I’m looking forward to implementing your other suggestions.

    Hurrah for Tony!

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    January 12th, 2007 5:44 pm

    You broke the bookmarks bank with this one.

  • Alex

    January 12th, 2007 5:49 pm

    Thank you for a great post. We are thinking of moving our blog to its own domain name and you have almost convinced me of that :)

    Best,
    Alex.

  • Alex

    January 12th, 2007 5:51 pm

    Thank you for a great post. We are thinking of moving our blog to its own domain name and you have almost convinced me of that :)

    Best,
    Alex.

  • Glenn Wolsey

    January 12th, 2007 9:00 pm

    Wow, the 100th comment. Just wanted to say congratulations on the great week so far Tony, awesome post.

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    Thanks for Yahoo Answers! and MySpace info. It is very interesting

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    January 12th, 2007 11:32 pm

    Wow… there are so many things that are new to me! Thanks for the awesome sharing. Has bookmarked it for constant reference!

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    January 13th, 2007 1:09 am

    Thanks! Great post!

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    January 13th, 2007 2:16 am

    Thanks for a great article. I am going to implement some of these tips right away with my web site. It’s sort of a blog, and sort of not, but anything to get more traffic is a good thing.

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  • Cody McKibben

    January 13th, 2007 4:45 am

    Wow, great article, Tony! Thanks for all the insightful pointers. I think I might have to make this my TODO list for 2007!

    Oh, and don’t forget to visit my site THRILLING|heroics for some ideas on how to positively affect the world with business! (Had to use your advice! :) Thanks

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  • Russ

    January 13th, 2007 6:04 am

    Tony,

    I just wanted to say thanks for such a great article. I just recently started a nonprofit organization to help raise money to donate computers to kids and i was wondering how i was going to help generate traffic and buzz around the blog. This article gave me alot of ideas and hopefully it will help in the long run. Thanks again could not have come at a better time.

    Thanks
    Russ

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  • Chillbilly

    January 13th, 2007 6:46 am

    Awsome artical man! Just what I as looking for as I change the content and even the domain name of my site.

    I’ve been looking for advice on what steps I should take or the direction my blog should go.

    Gotcha bookmarked now and will be back :)

    By the way…your site looks good man.

  • Charlemagne

    January 13th, 2007 7:36 am

    This one is a bliss! Now, I won’t have to grope in the dark when it comes to marketing my blog this year.

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    January 13th, 2007 12:27 pm

    Excellent list, thank you.

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  • Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound

    January 13th, 2007 4:42 pm

    Nobody has excuses anymore for not generating traffic.

    The only thing sadder than a blog without traffic is a blogger who decides, after several months of hard work blogging, that it just isn’t worth it anymore because there’s no instant gratification. So they abandon the blog and chalk it up to a fruitless exercise.

    Good content delivered frequently, and marketed with the tips you’ve presented above, equals traffic galore.

    I can hardly wait to dig in and start taking action on your tips!

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  • Sergey Kalinin

    January 14th, 2007 3:26 am

    Does anyone know a exact info about relation between MySpace and blog traffic? Kinda for the specified kind of blogs? It would be interested.

  • security business

    January 14th, 2007 5:35 am

    Very nice. Thanks. Also don’t forget free online press release services to promote your blog. It’s near worthless for direct blog promotion, but get backlinks and help your search engine rankings

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  • Clint Lenard

    January 14th, 2007 8:52 am

    Wow, now that was a very nice list, even filled with a ton of excellent resources.

    I’ve really “just begun” Blogging and I’ve been learning a lot… but this list right here just opened up my eyes.

    Thanks Tony! :-)

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  • Don

    January 15th, 2007 12:13 am

    I see some really good blogs on blogger that have not been posted to in over a year. No comments, decent PR and no new post.

    Makes you wonder what happened to the Blogger who created these sites.

    It’s a shame!

    Don

  • Mike in Arkansas

    January 15th, 2007 1:52 am

    I can give testimony to what happens when you stop working on your blog / web pages. In the middle of the 2006, I was getting a moderate amount of traffic — and some income. In the later part of the year, due to a number of different thing, my time for paying attention to my on-line stuff was severly restricted. After about a month, visits to my pages and income started dropping. By the end of the year, I was able to get back to it. Traffic and income are recovering.

    As of Friday last, I am taking all of my 2007 vacation — even though here I sit at my desk in the office, taking a break from finishing up a few things.At the end of February, I will be back to turn in my badge and dosimeter — and go to my retirement ,party. I hope to have plenty of time to work on my Haw Creek Outdoors pages, my civil war pages and my blogs. This article has given me lots of ideas, but my first goal is to put together good content that others will want to view or use. Lots of work to do — but it’s my fun — my retirement — and I’ll be able to do it at a pace I can enjoy.

    Thanks much for the good information!

  • TheAdMad!

    January 15th, 2007 7:58 am

    Terrific advice

    I’ll consider every point

  • Thur

    January 15th, 2007 10:31 am

    Hello,

    Err … is 2007 any different from 2006, or 5, or 4, or …?

    This ‘Making Money’ violence already buried the true concept of weblogging! You can stop now.

    Look at all the forums: it is only about ‘Making Money’, ‘Getting Noticed’, ‘Link Exchange’, ‘AdSense Tips’ … yep, you have an enormous stock of cattle to herd.

    So that IS smart (you found your niche indeed)… and very very very deceptive!

    Yes, well done … great job!

    Regards,

    Thur

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    January 15th, 2007 6:13 pm

    I have one of those unfortunate blogs. It’s sandboxed, but it’s so weird: Sandboxed for soo long kind of creeping up, now GONE from Google. It started after I switched to its own domain name and didn’t redirect correctly. I think I might need to hire someone to analyze WTH.

    Anyway, low visits, low comments, low everything, 7 digit Alexa, soaring successes/$$$ competitors…

    I do a lot on this list.. And I just switched to full feeds..

    A Q-

    - Would interviewing bloggers work with my handbag blog?

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  • Professor Gubler

    January 16th, 2007 2:41 am

    There are some great Ideas there. I will be using many of these ideas in the weeks to come. I hope I can make a difference in my blog traffic.
    Thank you for the post.

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    January 16th, 2007 5:14 am

    Wow, the best blog guide and tips I have ever read.

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  • DH

    January 16th, 2007 8:59 am

    Thanks Darren,

    I’m getting on this train right now. All aboard the Technocrati 1000. And for a good cause too: the damn environment. greenisthenewpink.org

  • Martin Lindsey

    January 16th, 2007 9:47 am

    Thanks for the tips. Yeah I’m five days late but there’s so much to learn from all these great articles. I just created “favorites” folders for article directories, blog directories and blog networks. Those were the types of tips I’ve been looking for to get my name out there. Also, I see I anticipated correctly by starting a myspace account.

    And one of these days I’m going to hang out with you guys at one of those get togethers in Canada. Have an outstanding rest of the week.

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  • Ryan

    January 16th, 2007 6:19 pm

    Wow! Those tips are really great! They really have me thinking about where I’m going to go now with my blogging. Your tips have become an inspiration for me.

    - Ryan

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  • Fred

    January 17th, 2007 1:29 am

    Good stuff. Bookmarked and will put some of your info to good use.

    Thanks!

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    I know Google puts new sites in a sandbox for a year, is this just not very damaging to blogs?

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  • John C Vincent

    January 18th, 2007 11:46 am

    Hi Darren,

    I just discovered your site 2 months ago when I decided to start blogging again. And Darren, I’m glad I did.

    Your information is invaluable.

    I’ve been trying, for 30 days now, to educate my subscribers on the marketing trends for 2007,i.e., Blogging, Social BookMarking etc.

    So when I clicked on your site a week ago, I found this posting. Coincidence? I don’t think so, more like Karma lol

    So I’m directing my readers and my List to your post from my humble blog:

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  • Stephen Boyle

    January 19th, 2007 2:36 am

    Thanks for the great post. First time reading your blog on this one. I’m out searching for a way to imbed an RSS reader on my MySpace profile. Seems I can get Yahoo 360 to subscribe to MySpace, but I need a feed reader to catch my recent photo galleries added. Perferably pulling the 1st photo as a thumbnail key photo. I love SmugMug for providing me a great site (http://fuzzytek.smugmug.com) with a ton of tools. People can subscribe via RSS or Atom to Recent Galleries, Recent Photos, and Popular Photos.

  • Kevin

    January 19th, 2007 2:39 am

    Looking forward to using some of these suggestions on my blog! Thanks for the list.

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    January 20th, 2007 3:45 am

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  • Linkjockey

    January 20th, 2007 9:24 am

    As a new blogger, this post is just fantastic!

    You have lots of links to the best resources for bloggers looking to draw attention to their underappreciated content.

    Thank you so much! This stuff will keep me busy for a while. Linkjockey – The Best Site for Cool Daily Links

    Cheers!

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    January 20th, 2007 6:12 pm

    Its really worth for me to get back to your site frequently. I will work on this and let you know with my good results.

    Really appreciated!
    Thanks!
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  • Lester Seah

    January 23rd, 2007 5:45 pm

    Thanks for sharing such wonderful tips with us. I will be implementing some of your strategies on my blog. Hope to crack technorati 1000 by this year.

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    January 25th, 2007 2:23 am

    What a tremendous piece. I’m new to blogging and I’ve been investigating (learning) what in the world blogging is all about. Your blog is overwhelming, but I will take it piece by piece and digest it, until I know what I’m doing. Thanks for all the good advice.

  • Drew Stauffer

    January 25th, 2007 2:10 pm

    Thanks a lot for laying out these simple steps. Marketing your blog doesn’t seem so intimidating when you can just check off each step.

    This is great!!

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  • Cody McKibben

    January 26th, 2007 4:03 pm

    Hey Tony! Awesome article, so thank you for that. I’ve created 13 actionable steps for marketing MY blog this year thanks to you!

    My only question is this: where do you release blog press releases? or what advice do you have for that process?

    Also, something you didn’t cover: do you have any recommendations for getting articles in local newspapers or magazines written about your site?

    Thanks so much for the great work! keep it up.

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  • Dave

    February 2nd, 2007 2:34 pm

    Thanks for the tip–especially HitTail. It must be the undiscovered gem of the year. I especially like the real-time hits for monitoring when you get dugg! It’s the one thing I run on top of Google Analytics.

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  • Arkava

    February 4th, 2007 3:30 am

    Thanks so much for such an astute article. I am a marketing neophyte [few months into my MBA course in marketing] and hope to apply all my skills and your guidance to promoting my poetry blog.

  • Norish Aida

    February 6th, 2007 3:57 pm

    You are really into researching everything about blogs here. It is vital information for beginner bloggers. Well done!

  • Samer Bazzi

    February 8th, 2007 3:39 am

    wow, that is just a great post, thank you very much.

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  • Vinai Prakash

    February 14th, 2007 12:31 pm

    A great compilation!

    There are so many things I have made notes about to check, and get started right now. But the most important thing is to be consistent and post regularly. For all the widgets and comments in the world can’t save your blog if it is not current and updated enough.

    Well said, and I’ll update you on the success of my Business Email Marketing blog based on your tips this year.

    Cheers,
    Vinai

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    February 20th, 2007 4:48 am

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  • Leo (TheLeoLetter)

    February 26th, 2007 1:47 pm

    Tthanks! These are very cogent suggestions. I started a blog for the first time this month, so I’ll have a chance to put them to the test!

    It’s funny how every niche has a sub-niche: I’ve done marketing, but never blog marketing… one more thing to learn. :)

    ~ L

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  • Blake Acheson

    March 10th, 2007 6:56 am

    You have made some fantastic points that you can really apply to more then just blogging.

    It is so important to make consistent effort when starting any type of website.

    Ask yourself: “What can I do today, to improve my website’s traffic?”

    Walk before you can run!

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  • Rich Tatum

    March 19th, 2007 4:49 pm

    Excellent, thorough, and well written-advice. I wish I’d found this before writing my own blog entry on this subject, I’d've just pointed people to you! (Well, I did point to your blog site anyhow.)

    For a take on a two-year experience and my view of what works (much of which corresponds with your views), see: “39 Tips for Improving Your Weblog Traffic and Visibility.”

    Regards,

    Rich
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  • Delecia

    March 20th, 2007 5:50 am

    Wow~ That is a great list of blogging 101 tips!
    Very well written.

    Thank you

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    March 22nd, 2007 2:43 pm

    Looks like I have my work cut out for me. It’s enough of a challenge just to read the comment responses to this story. One word: Bookmarked. I think you need a print button. Awesome stuff.

  • claine

    March 27th, 2007 11:04 am

    wow, i really find your insights useful! thanks a lot! you really are a pro-blogger! :)

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    April 3rd, 2007 12:11 am

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  • jmantwo

    April 3rd, 2007 4:27 am

    Thanks for the advice. I’m gonna try these tips now on my blog site. Keep them coming!

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  • Jamie Lentzner

    April 4th, 2007 8:36 am

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! My head hurts from reading all that I need to do. When I started blogging I hid my head in the sand and wrote…15 months later I need to get my you know what together. Great advice, great ideas…while raising my kids, and running a small business I will also add THIS to my to do list! Thanks again!

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    April 9th, 2007 1:21 pm

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    April 12th, 2007 3:31 pm

    Any thoughts on whether a group blog is better than a loner blog? And is quantity of posts just as important as quality? For example, are ten posts a day better than two or three for bringing in traffic to a site?

    I’ve bookmarked this post and will be applying some of these ideas in the future.

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  • Anonymous

    April 20th, 2007 12:56 am

    Very well written, Tony. I am currently using Helium, and it has helped some with traffic. But don’t expect to get rich from Helium. I’ve been using them for almost three months and have made about sixteen dollars. And that comes from fifty five articles. It’s better than nothing, though.

  • Mark Alan Effinger

    May 9th, 2007 11:34 am

    Tony, this is like an ebook in itself.

    Great content (as always) and powerful.

    Thanks for the contribution.

    best,
    Mark Alan Effinger
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    May 11th, 2007 6:47 pm

    Wonderful tips on making your blog a big hit. Such tips are of great value to people like me who have jsut started to blog.

    Keep Writing

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    May 24th, 2007 12:37 am

    thanks for concise info, for a minute, felt i was reading blogs for dummies,which is great for newbies like me!

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    June 4th, 2007 9:48 pm

    Please write an article about how to determine who much to charge for ads (once your site is large enough to attract private advertisers).

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    Excellent tips and some great links. Thank you!

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  • mossiwo

    June 28th, 2007 9:50 am

    Wow! great information, even the fact many of us know pretty much all of this in a very disorganized manner, thanks for tips, very useful guide to the stardom, cheers.

    The force be with you.

  • Ladybrille

    June 28th, 2007 1:16 pm

    Thank you for this post. Just launched officially two weeks ago. Planning a press release soon. But feel free to check out and review and let me know what you think.

    Thx.
    Ladybrille

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    July 3rd, 2007 4:04 pm

    Nice list..! I’ll make sure to refer this useful information to as many people as I can.

  • Anthony Grace

    July 16th, 2007 1:51 am

    This is my first time visiting your site and I must say it’s the best Blogging site I’ve come across. Thank you! :-)

  • wu zhiyong

    July 18th, 2007 2:11 am

    Nice list..
    Many people like your article, I translate it into Chinese, so that more people can have, thank you
    http://www.wu-zhiyong.cn/post/74.html

  • Piccix

    July 18th, 2007 3:00 am

    Tony, you have earned your stripes as an “expert” with this post alone. Fabulous work, and a benchmark for all of us.

    I’ve got a few blogs, but Piccix is the most commercial - since it’s targetted at professional photographers (and other visual artists).

    We’ve started well with some interesting posts (in our humble opinion) that readers have responded well too. Readers (and authors) of this post are invited to give their feedback on the blog’s quality, voice and content. Without feedback we can’t improve.

    Good luck to all. See you in the blogosphere.

  • BetterFasterNow! (Dave Navarro)

    July 19th, 2007 6:57 am

    Unbelievably incredible post.

    Will be spending a few hours developing a marketing plan off of this one …

    - Dave

  • David Mackey

    July 22nd, 2007 2:27 pm

    Thanks for the excellent post. I have bookmarked it and will be reading it again and again.

  • Shadzilla

    August 7th, 2007 4:00 pm

    Great info! Just posted my first blog entry a few minutes ago. I look forward to using these tips.

  • Linda E., CBAP

    August 12th, 2007 3:59 am

    Being new to blogging, this is absolutely great! I just recently started blogging and I didn’t know the power of blogging and advertising through the net.
    You absolutely did a great job!!

    Linda E., CBAP
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  • miesha

    August 14th, 2007 5:24 am

    My website will be built up in mid september 2007. It will have a blog of which i want lots of traffic. This article was very practial, full of information and helpful bcz i haven’t a clue of what I am doing but i know i enjoy writing. Thank u.

    miesha

  • Prasanga

    August 18th, 2007 2:41 am

    real interesting, if I follow these steps I can not go wrong.

  • Ishwar

    August 21st, 2007 11:06 pm

    Awesome tips on marketing blogs in the online space. Thx it will help me with my just launched blog

    If anyone else is interested in other innovative marketing techniques offline & online - visit my blog @ http://gawdlevelmarketing.blogspot.com

  • bani online

    August 28th, 2007 10:31 pm

    Great post. you are a wizard :)

  • FeelingFlirty

    September 2nd, 2007 9:28 pm

    This is a terrific resource and one we should all bookmark.

  • Selectbet

    September 4th, 2007 2:27 am

    Hi Tony,

    Great article, loads of stuff in there that I can use. Interesting that you mention ‘gaming’ being somewhat frowned upon. My blog http://selectabet.wordpress.com is about betting/gambling on soccer in the UK but many directories etc don’t have this as a category, so I have to lump it in with ‘Sports’. Also, Google doesn’t allow certain gambling-related keywords within their Adwords

    Anyone got any interesting suggestions as to where /how to promote a gambling blog?

    Keep up the good work, sb

  • Neville

    September 4th, 2007 3:55 am

    Thanks for the info. I’ve already implemented some of your tips. There are just so many tips I might have to hire a person to make sure they get implemented. =)

  • Andy Martin

    September 5th, 2007 1:59 am

    These are good tips but Number 1 towers over all of them.

    If you don’t consistently have something interesting to say, then none of the other stuff really matters.

  • Max

    September 5th, 2007 1:50 pm

    Greetings,

    I realy apprecaite your level of knowledge. This is very first articale i have read about “Promotting Blog” and found best.

    regards
    Max

  • Cell Phone Reviews

    September 9th, 2007 1:15 pm

    I agree, point 1 is the best. Write meaningful articles, but also don’t give up. Giving up is so easy to do at the beginning.

  • Jeff

    September 25th, 2007 12:10 am

    Many thanks for this article - awesome tips! This is one of the better articles (if not the best) on Blog Marketing 101. All bloggers should print the list and refer to it everyday - the info is spot on.

    Keep more great articles and guest bloggers coming…

  • John Rao

    September 26th, 2007 2:27 am

    lively classroom for beginners , Tony . it’s good to be sharing like this.

  • Ryan

    October 11th, 2007 2:30 pm

    hey great tips darren. bookmarked this page!

  • Richard Wilson

    October 19th, 2007 10:24 pm

    Great post. The more bulleted focussed posts on marketing, SEO, speaking, and networking through your blog the better.

    Cheers.

    - Richard

  • Candi

    October 20th, 2007 2:58 pm

    Wow gots lots of info I could use! your GREAT! Thanks a Million!

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    October 22nd, 2007 2:01 pm

    take a look at blogdemic.com
    http://www.blogdemic.com

    Blogdemic is a new service that allows blogs to trade imps, base on related topics etc.

    Blogdemic can dynamically/automatically create your advertising banner using your RSS feed and we also allow our users to setup default tags (like google adsense) to be disable along with our blog users tags (you can set the percentage)

  • Nick

    November 9th, 2007 9:47 am

    Great tips! I am a new blogger, and I will defidently use them!

  • Richard Rinyai

    November 12th, 2007 5:58 am

    It’s interesting of how reading some of these comments, I prefer to click on the names of people that wrote constructive ones, instead of just the “Great post!” types.

    I think I will try this method and see where it takes me.

    Thanks,

    Richard Rinyai

  • Joy

    November 14th, 2007 8:24 am

    Great tips!…thanks for sharing it with us.

  • Scott Sweeney

    November 14th, 2007 8:57 pm

    Your level of expertise shows. No wonder you always chart high on alexa!

    I am a brand new blogger, didn’t even realize the money making potential until this week. I just started writing because I found it fun.

    I will plan on implementing your tips shortly!

    Thanks for this wonderful post!

    Cheers;
    scott

  • Echo

    November 18th, 2007 2:56 pm

    Fantastic list of tips. I’ve opened about a dozen of your links and will now go through them in an effort to start building a reader base.
    Thanks again!

  • Alex

    November 21st, 2007 2:30 am

    Thanks Tony for this great post!
    Unfortunately i jast saw it now (almost end of 2007) but with my new blog starting in some days your tips are very useful!
    Hope you find the time and musings to write the “how to market your blog in 2008″ in a few weeks!
    thanks again,
    alex

  • Alberto

    November 26th, 2007 4:14 am

    Good tips for seo bloggers.
    Bolsa de Trabajo

  • biotech applications

    November 27th, 2007 11:23 am

    This could almost serve as a blog marketer’s “101″, a to-do/ check-off list. Excellent post.

  • chloe

    November 28th, 2007 11:24 pm

    yeah marketing your blog is really a pain. you need to find lots and lots of visitors. i’ll take those advice in marketing my blogs thanks.

  • iamsooverme

    November 29th, 2007 12:57 pm

    Write story with a bizarre headline that is geared toward someone with severe ADD and post it to DiGG. You’ll get a few hits this way. http://www.IAmSoOverMe.com

  • sree

    December 4th, 2007 12:12 am

    It’s so great!…..why i lost a whole year to see it ?
    Thank you very much!

  • freelovers

    December 6th, 2007 1:46 pm

    Tony.. It’s Sound easy…but so hard to implement this. Give your suggestion pls.

  • idot60

    December 7th, 2007 5:44 pm

    great article… hope it is as simple as what it is… i’ve been stuck at this for quite some time and thanks to your article i’ve found my drive :) thanks!!!

  • SearchSAHomes

    December 8th, 2007 2:23 pm

    Great article and has to be one my favorites on problogger. I look forward to using all the items listed above in the near future with my new venture.

  • pancreaticcancersurvivalrate

    December 14th, 2007 3:32 am

    The Tips that offers to us are useful and interesting. We hoped to see excellent results when putting them in practice.

  • Spinnakers Gallery

    December 17th, 2007 8:09 am

    Excellent ideas, definitely need to do some more blogging.

  • european football blog

    December 17th, 2007 4:39 pm

    hi!
    can you tell me how to get indexed at reuter?
    thanks!

  • Lex G

    December 18th, 2007 1:59 am

    Yep … one of the better posts on problogger probably …

  • The Pakistani Spectator

    December 18th, 2007 5:17 am

    Your tips are timeless, and they have helped us a lot. thanks.

  • Chris Thomson

    December 18th, 2007 8:46 am

    This is an excellent post. The best post I’ve found on problogger so far, and well, the best I’ve seen all over the blogosphere in a long time… Great work.

    I’ve bookmarked this page for future reference. Thanks! :)

  • Tyler @ Building Camelot.com

    December 20th, 2007 4:26 am

    Awesome article! I’ve never realized how much there is to do to promote your blog.

    I’ve tried to focus on good content and let everything else fall into place, but after reading this article, I know there is a lot more work to do.

    Thanks for such a great article and great blog!

  • flower

    December 21st, 2007 2:28 pm

    Thanks Tony for this great post.

    Thank you very much!

  • Alex Kat

    December 28th, 2007 5:27 am

    Fantastic list of tips.

  • Ian

    December 29th, 2007 2:46 pm

    Great list - I’m just getting in under the gun for 2007 … dang it, it’ll probably all be different for 2008. ;-)

  • Semisi

    December 29th, 2007 8:45 pm

    I learned a lot from your tips. I’m a newbie today and Im going to use this list over and over.

    Thank you.

  • Gene

    December 29th, 2007 11:03 pm

    stumbleupon is great..

  • Carmelo Lisciotto

    December 31st, 2007 10:50 pm

    Great Tips!

    Carmelo Lisciotto

  • Patricia Sanders

    January 1st, 2008 9:13 am

    great article. great advice. love it!

  • kate

    January 8th, 2008 3:18 am

    This is a great article. I actually found this article because I am looking to market a plug-in/ affiliate type tool to bloggers. Other than going through a broker, do you have advise on a good way to reach bloggers for something like this?
    Thanks!

  • scorpiogenius

    January 13th, 2008 3:45 am

    Hats off Darren!

    Me an amatuer, still on the crawl..i have spent one full day going through your blog. Well worth it!

    Thanks you is a mild word to say though…
    Cheers!

  • Shanmuharajan

    January 14th, 2008 4:32 pm

    I was wondering how to get enough traffic.

    After reading your article i understand that If i apply 50% of the tips listed by you, i will get good traffic. I will try to follow all the tips and get more and more and more traffic.

    I can understand how much time and effort you have spent to gaher these tips, and thanks for sharing with us.

  • Dan Feerst

    January 15th, 2008 12:43 am

    what does all this shit mean???? Your talking to new bloggers. Act like it.

    Get Your SEO On: An entire post in and of itself — get your own domain name, host your own blogging software, enable permalinks, create keyword rich headlines, create unique title tags, enable trackback and ping functionality, ensure your blog pings pinging-services.

  • Airsoft Maniac

    January 20th, 2008 10:57 am

    Great tips. I have been trying to market my blog for a while now. Atleast I am an expert in my blog topic!

  • Buddy

    January 22nd, 2008 12:07 pm

    This website itself is bringing in a good amount of traffic!

  • noa rose

    January 22nd, 2008 12:07 pm

    You’ve saved me lots of research time–now I just need to figure out how to apply it. Your article is bookmarked for future reference.
    I just placed my first AdSense ad and have generated $8.88 –you gotta love those lucky eights!

  • Chris

    January 23rd, 2008 8:04 am

    I tried article directories, and google sitemaps, but the most effective way was by far, commenting on your accurate information.

  • rubu

    January 24th, 2008 7:06 am

    Good content delivered frequently, and marketed with the tips you’ve presented above, equals traffic galore.

  • önder

    January 24th, 2008 7:47 am

    very useful article thanks.

  • lilliodillo

    January 27th, 2008 12:25 pm

    Well, I’m a little late to the game, but I think the collection of great resources will help me get started right! I am amazed at all the potential anchor points for traffic you have identified. Where do you find the time to collect all this research?

  • Michael Gass

    January 28th, 2008 3:52 pm

    Thanks Tony. A very helpful article. Much appreciated.

  • garyviray

    January 29th, 2008 1:03 pm

    Thanks Tony!

    I am new to blogging but this one helps me a lot!

  • Dahili

    February 2nd, 2008 4:40 am

    Great tips. I have been trying to market my blog for a while now. Atleast I am an expert in my blog topic!

  • indir

    February 3rd, 2008 6:55 am

    admonition to back up (I am paranoid and I know they’re out to get me!). But I haven’t been able to burn an archieval DVD of my photographs from the Lightroom application and the Genius Bar at my local Apple computer store (Tysons, McLean, Virginia) has so far not been able to help me. Can you provide me with step-by-step instructions?
    Many thanks, Monteaa

  • antivirüs indir

    February 3rd, 2008 11:24 am

    Great tips. I have been trying to market my blog for a while now. Atleast I am an expert in my blog topic!

  • programlar

    February 3rd, 2008 11:25 am

    Great tips. I have been trying to market my blog for a while now. Atleast I am an expert in my blog topic!

  • richter

    February 6th, 2008 7:40 am

    Wow Darren, you’ve just offered up a whole day’s worth of quality reading in one post. I added about a half dozen bookmarks to my delicious account from these links. Thanks!

  • femi

    February 7th, 2008 7:49 am

    what a good tips! In fact, i will have to read it again. thumb up

  • Bob M

    February 8th, 2008 3:34 am

    I’m a beginner and this is the kind of information that I’ve been looking for all in one place. Thanks, too, for links provided as examples in many of the recommendations.As a beginner I made a list of about 30+ terms that I don’t know. Is there a glossary out there where I can look them up.

  • Anil Tandon

    February 12th, 2008 4:54 pm

    Phew! Those were a lot of ways to get traffic to your blog, would try as many as possible, cheers.

  • Ed Street

    February 14th, 2008 7:38 am

    This is by far the best list put together about getting a blog to be a great blog. Some of these things I already do but will incorporate some of these other helpful hints to see how they pan out.

  • Ravi Raghavan

    February 17th, 2008 5:07 pm

    Great ideas. By the way, does anyone know how to make it possible for people to subscribe to a blog on Blogger?

    I’m trying to increase readership on my blog http://ricketyrickshaw.blogspot.com which talks about my ongoing travels / experiences in India and my perspective as an Indian who grew up outside of India.

  • BradytheBrat

    February 17th, 2008 9:11 pm

    Wow, this is just incredible! It’s already 2008 but this information is classic! I will definitely have to put this information to use on my new Creative Writing blog!!!!

    Thanks a ton!

  • Ambrosiality

    February 23rd, 2008 3:03 am

    gosh blogging feels like a contest. its like when u join myspace at 1st it’s for your real friends, networking & fun, then u realize apart from u’re top listed friends, its just for the numbers, and it’s no more fun.

    anyways great info!!!

  • Michael Gass

    February 23rd, 2008 2:07 pm

    Thanks Tony! Very helpful.

    Michael Gass

    http://www.agencynewbiz.blogspot.com

  • Fredster

    February 23rd, 2008 6:59 pm

    Thank you for these great tips. It is very helpful and helped me cleared some things.

  • Destra

    February 23rd, 2008 9:40 pm

    Great post tony! I’m so impressed with this article, I’m a newbie in blogging and got confused how to market it. Great post…

  • Free Flat Screen HDTV Free HD TV

    March 3rd, 2008 4:33 pm

    Gosh blogging feels like a contest. its like when u join myspace at 1st it’s for your real friends, networking & fun, then u realize apart from you’re top listed friends, its just for the numbers, and it’s no more fun.

  • Igor Polyakov

    March 7th, 2008 6:53 pm

    Great article and although it is already 2008, thanks a lot for these tips!

    Igor Polyakov

  • Robert Hoehne

    March 10th, 2008 5:37 pm

    I guess I missed the top 20 on this one. Thanks for the hints.

  • Mode

    March 15th, 2008 11:03 am

    This is a great post, and just what I needed!
    I have a brand new blog, and it looks like here is enough
    ideas to keep me going for some time now.

  • Tim Bartov

    March 17th, 2008 2:42 am

    It’s a great article, Tony! I hope your ideas will help me.

    give me some more ideas on my blog http://keybrand.ru

  • Susan

    March 20th, 2008 12:40 pm

    Seriously, this is the best advice that I have read about blogging! I truly appreciate the excellent research and insight! Rock on!

  • Cool Mac Stuff

    March 21st, 2008 5:48 am

    Great tips, many thanks!

  • getalife58

    March 26th, 2008 9:38 am

    I have just started a blog and this info is great. i’ll be working my way thru it step by step. Have already registered with Hit Tail.
    Thanks for your time and effort to share your expertise.

    If http://www.maketimenow.wordpress.com makes the Technorati 1000 you will certainly be hearing from me.

  • Tatiana

    March 28th, 2008 12:48 am

    Hi Darren,
    Not that you need another comment, but your post was extremely helpful. The best compilation of specific tips I’ve found thus far. Many thanks for your efforts.
    Sincerely, Tatiana

  • Work At Home Ideas

    March 30th, 2008 5:01 pm

    Hi Darren,
    This is yet another great post and very helpful to me in trying to increase traffic to my blog. I have also been learning a few things on viral marketing. I just started a viral link exchange called “Reciprocal Review Carousel” involving a review of your favorite blogs and have seen an increase in traffic to my blog recently. Do take a look at how this is done and I’m sure you’ll want to join this “carousel” and start to get viral links to your blog.

    How To Get Viral Traffic To Your Blog

    Peter Lee
    Work From Home Business Blog

  • Experiments

    April 4th, 2008 4:22 pm

    Thanks for all the wonderful tips. I have started blogging recently and look forward to using this tips.

  • prefabrike

    April 7th, 2008 10:32 pm

    If its a highly trafficked and ranked blog, this can mean traffic BACK to your blog, and it can draw notice from the author themselves — because, let’s face it, we’re all vain in a fashion, even A-listers, and we’re all interested in who is linking to us. thank you.. nice word

  • trademark registration

    April 10th, 2008 5:47 pm

    Nice list of tips Tony! =)

  • Stephen Sweeney

    April 12th, 2008 12:25 am

    I’m in the process of attempting to increase traffic to my blook - THE HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS (http://stephenjsweeney.blogspot.com)

    So tips like these are helpful!

  • Luis Gross

    April 12th, 2008 4:29 am

    Great article thanks for the tips! This is more useful then anything else I’ve come across Thanks!

  • Kim

    April 12th, 2008 1:43 pm

    Fantastic and very thorough article. I’ve got a fledgling blog and your tips are exactly what I was looking for.

  • Guy On Midlife Crisis

    April 16th, 2008 12:00 am

    Nice one, also good to confirm what you are already doing is down on the list, as well as finding some new ones. Thanks for that. Some of them Im not so sure I have the interest to do as others are doing well for me right now. Lastly, I got stung by putting up two new articles a day for a couple of days just recently, Digg closed my account down so yes, as you say, “submit your stories judiciously”.

    I heard that Digg was the only one worth adding too what is your view? is it worth the time to do any others, if so which ones and in which order? Im off to check out http://themulife.com/ for my site http://www.discoveraid.com

    Thanks once again

    Guy

  • Coretan

    April 18th, 2008 1:03 pm

    What a long list of tips. Worth reading though.

    Thanks for the tips.

  • Tilak

    April 21st, 2008 11:01 pm

    This is the most comprehensive list of guidelines I have received. Hope they will help me. I really enjoyed going through them.

    I have interesting short stories and stuffs posted here. Take a moment to go through them. You are free to comment, criticize or laugh at.

    Here is the link

    http://freedomnwriters.blogspot.com/

    And once again, a comprehensive piece of information. Was really helpful.

    I am surely going to come back again.

  • chris

    April 22nd, 2008 1:49 pm

    Nice list, thanks for sharing.

    “Good content” + “connections” is the key in my experience.

    You need the content to keep people coming back but you definately need connections for the first launch.

    It’s not easy anymore to get to the first page on Digg. And as it gets popular “lighter” stories start to dominate.
    So digg like sites with niches become the next destination:
    N4G.com is great for game news
    BizHeat.com for Business news
    Y Combinator for Tech news
    etc.

  • Colnector

    May 5th, 2008 8:48 am

    Really good and informative article in the masses of recycled copy+pasted content.

    It’s funny the way the bloggers community creates itself. Link to me and I’ll link to you and we get hundreds of subscribers which actually have their own blog and subscribed to yours so you’d subscribe to theirs… amusing

  • Lauren

    May 8th, 2008 1:14 am

    I love this blogging phenomenon of people helping each other out. So many tips, so many stories, so much interesting web content! Thanks for the tips I’ll be sure to implement…

  • güvenlik

    May 8th, 2008 5:18 am

    Hope you find the time and musings to write the “how to market your blog in 2008″ in a few weeks!
    thanks again,

  • Alexander

    May 8th, 2008 2:20 pm

    Cool post!

    Loads of stuff to learn but I believe the effort involved to become a successful blogger will be worth it when the money starts flowing in.

  • ersin

    May 8th, 2008 8:11 pm

    I would only add that a *great* resource for folk to become better writers and better-known bloggers is to join Blogcritics (full disclosure — I’m exec producer over there), a place where 1,700 writer-bloggers get fully edited and mentoring advice from a hard-working editorial staff. So writers get the opportunity to improve as writer-bloggers *and* they get exposure to a much larger community and audience than they could on their home sites

  • Thomas

    May 20th, 2008 11:35 am

    Very informative and interesting post. Thank you for posting it. I think what bloggers should also try to get the word out apart from participating in forums and adversiting on different websites is to employ services of tools like MyPRGenie (www.myprgenie.com/business/) which builds PR and resolves all marketing related issues.

  • ankraj

    May 21st, 2008 4:52 pm

    Fantastic and very thorough article. I’ve got a fledgling blog and your tips are exactly what I was looking for.

  • Matt

    May 26th, 2008 3:58 am

    Awesome tips. I have been getting a lot of traffic by hanging out on forums lateley. That and Stumbleupon. I will be going down this list and ‘checking it twice’. Take care and thanks.

  • Luis Gross

    May 26th, 2008 1:20 pm

    I really needed this. I feel I have nothing but 100% high quality content on my site, yet I get barely 25 page views per day. My blog is only about 2 months old. But I post every single day and write my heart out, yet I feel not enough people are seeing all the good content I write and it will eventually be buried in the archives never to be seen again. I am definitely putting all of these to work immediately, as I desperately need the traffic! Thanks for the tips Darren!

  • Glass Art

    May 31st, 2008 7:48 am

    Excellent ideas, I need to do some more blogging. Look forward to the extra traffic.

  • moonburst

    June 13th, 2008 1:38 pm

    Your tips on joining social media sites are a great example of exposing your blog and writing. Once again, Sir Darren you have given us more tips that we can actually use to make our blogs better and have a better chance to make it in the blogging world. And, of course answering your readers comments gives you a way to build a better relationship with your readers while at the same time making them remember and connect with that person.

  • SEO Genius

    June 19th, 2008 5:05 pm

    There are some excellent tips up there in this article, most of which take a lot of time to under go. My website is currently not able to have people post comments which annoys me as i want people to feel a part of my own community so i may have to look at getting it redesigned so that my template will allow for this, i feel some how i am missing the market by not interacting.

  • Farid Abdulhadi

    June 27th, 2008 10:41 pm

    Hi Tony,

    Thanks for the tips. Lets see if I can manage to apply some of these.

  • Jamie

    July 11th, 2008 1:03 am

    This is great, especially for a young guy like me.

    I’m only 18 and I’m trying to make it big in the world of blogging. I will be using your advice and making a plan to do this for 30mins a day.

    Thanks a lot!

    http://www.amaturegamers.com

  • Robbin Block

    July 21st, 2008 2:38 am

    A powerful list. I teach classes in small business marketing and focus on low and no-cost Web 2.0 tools my students can easily put into practice. Thanks so much. I’ll be sure to integrate some of your ideas into my workshops.

  • charles

    July 22nd, 2008 8:04 pm

    Wow! There are some fresh ideas in here and i was so glad to know that their is some Darren Rowse who offers great blog contents.

    Thank you.
    Charles
    http://www.resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com

  • Royalty Free Music,Stock Music,music cues

    August 1st, 2008 9:06 pm

    hello,

    When it comes to marketing your blog, there is more than one way to skin a tiger. And just in case you’re wondering, no I don’t play with tigers. They play too rough.

    Nevertheless, blog marketing is something that every blogger should give some consideration to. There are different methods for marketing your blog and almost all of them can be done at no charge. Here are the most popular ways to go about blog marketing:

    * SEO
    * Directories
    * Trackbacking
    * Leaving comments on other blogs
    * Social bookmarking
    * Article marketing
    * Guest blogging

    Guest blogging is actually gaining a foothold these days. It’s becoming very popular. But one method of blog marketing that is often overlooked is social bookmarking. Many blog marketers will bookmark their entire blog and totally forget about bookmarking each blog post. I think social bookmarking each blog post is a good idea. In some cases, you can get a hundred new visitors to your blog just by bookmarking one post. Of course, I wouldn’t expect that with every post, but if you bookmark 10 posts and get a hundred new visitors on one then you’ve done well. Don’t forget about social bookmarking.
    thanks!!

  • mrsno

    August 4th, 2008 11:00 pm

    Thanks very-very much for the tips. I’ m sure can manage to apply some of these. Good job ! Great article thanks for the tips! This is more useful then anything else I’ve come across Thanks again!
    http://cash-4u2.blogspot.com/

  • Creativitypro

    August 16th, 2008 7:42 am

    Great to see some good solid advice here.
    This is now at the top of my bookmark list and my homework is now set for the next six months. Very many thanks Tony.

  • chuck

    August 18th, 2008 11:03 am

    I think you have to have a two year commitment when you start a blog, write good content, and try to get it out there everyway you can!

  • Deek

    September 4th, 2008 3:58 am

    I started blogging 2 years ago and realized how difficult it was to get new readers. It is dedication, commitment, and ofcourse deep passion for the topic of your choice.

    In addition to that bloggers could use some interesting new technologies as well. There is no harm in doing that.

    As I mentioned, after being frustrated in looking out for new readers, I and my team started to take this challenge head on. After several months of hard-work, we recently launched http://blogoxy.com which guarantees to bring new readers to the blog.

    Again, there is no subsitute for hard work. But using a smart technology does help.

  • Serviced apartments bangalore

    September 29th, 2008 1:07 pm

    Thank you for all those tips… now I know what are the things that I have done wrong.. I hope to become a better blogger after reading this …

  • andy

    October 13th, 2008 11:34 pm

    super tips…i’m on it…I like the facebook idea with the rss feeds, could have some serious cash potential. Many thanks.

  • MaximizingMoney.com

    October 18th, 2008 9:50 am

    Wow, reading this list makes me realize how much work there is to be done. Thanks for keeping me busy for the next year.

  • emarketed

    October 23rd, 2008 8:21 am

    Great post there are a lot of ways to start marketing it can be very overwhelming. I have been using Facebook a lot it is a good network because it has more of a personal feel.

  • emarketed

    October 23rd, 2008 8:22 am

    Just to add on to my comment, when using facebook make sure you do not come off as creepy, know your audience and don’t get out of line.

  • Nathan

    October 24th, 2008 10:03 pm

    This post is great, it really helped me work out what i need to do. I am new to blogging, i beleive i can write great posts, just wasn’t to sure how to get people to read them.

    Thanks

  • John Spartan

    October 25th, 2008 9:56 am

    These are great tips. I have been blogging for a while and there are so many ways to get your stuff out there it’s scary. But the point is to get off your ass and do it!

    It’s scary to start out, but hopefully soon, you, me, everyone can help each other out to becoming a successful blogger.

    Once again, these articles are really appreciated!

  • Rinlot

    November 1st, 2008 4:06 am

    Thank you for all the tips. It sure comes priceless and I will use the tips right away.

  • Salman

    November 1st, 2008 3:55 pm

    Well your blog came up on #3 when i searched in Google, so I am sure whatever you wrote in this article *does* work :) I just started a blog few days ago and I am sure I will learn a lot from this article. TYVM.

  • Stop Smoking

    November 11th, 2008 8:56 am

    Truly awesome content and information!! Thanks a lot!

  • Jae Jun

    November 13th, 2008 2:58 pm

    wow I have so much to do. People have told me they really enjoy the content but Im still stuck with 7 figure rankings.

  • Team Nirvana

    November 26th, 2008 1:10 am

    Problogger does not dry up in educating the newbies. And the content had always been rich and well written.

    Thanks for preparing this extensive list Darren and team. Kudos to you guys.

  • Bloggers University

    November 27th, 2008 4:24 am

    I love your blog. it was yesterday i got to know about your blog and it makes me come every day, so much of tips and points to every bloggers to develop thier blog. Thanx man on behalf of all the bloggers :)

  • slim cream

    November 28th, 2008 1:26 am

    Thanks for preparing this extensive list Darren and team. Kudos to you guys.

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  • fraser

    December 12th, 2008 4:27 pm

    This was great information, all in one place. I will implement what i have learned and be back for more.

    Thanks

  • Flipsem

    December 14th, 2008 10:20 pm

    Very powerful post with tons of great information. Really enjoyed reading this blog. Thank you

  • Chris Fiberg

    December 26th, 2008 12:51 am

    I like those tips. One least thing. Add a widget or unique tool into your blog - It certainly improve your traffic.

  • Make money online with a 17 year old kid

    December 29th, 2008 8:21 pm

    Hey Tony, reading you for the first time. It was a mind blowing post. I am definitely going to use the tactics to promote my blog. Thanks a lot.

    Regards
    Laksh
    http://makemoneyonline-withme.blogspot.com/

  • the Professor

    January 10th, 2009 6:56 am

    Well written and well crafted and more influential and well versed on the truths about blogging and the different relationships that need to be in place if you are to be successful than any other blog or book for that matter than I have found since 2006. Well done - you just earned another subscriber!

  • D Jackson

    January 15th, 2009 3:05 pm

    Awesome post, keep em coming.

  • S.Shannon

    January 27th, 2009 7:55 pm

    I’m absolutely new to this whole “blogging thing” although I’ve got a computer techie background. I have to say that you have done an outstanding job with your blog and I throughly enjoy your writing style as well as its content very much.

    And as far as the post is concerned as a newbie much of what you shared I believe once I begin to implement it will prove very valuable to my blog’s traffic and overall success.

  • crackgerbal

    January 29th, 2009 4:35 am

    amazingly useful post! I will definitely be coming back to this for more tips. Thanks!

  • The World Lyrics

    February 26th, 2009 3:46 am

    Ok ok is is a great post though, but is it alittle outdated now? You got a 2009 version on the horsizon maybe.

  • turkish kitchen

    March 5th, 2009 4:48 am

    Wow, reading this list makes me realize how much work there is to be done. Thanks for keeping me busy for the next year.

  • Mohammad Afaq

    March 9th, 2009 7:26 am

    It says how to market your blog in 2007 but I am reading this post in 2009 and it is just as fresh. I really like this post and I realized that really there is a lot of work to be done and I hope I can get some of them done by the end of March on my birthday.
    ———————————————————
    Mohammad Afaq
    Free Website Traffic

  • Watch Gossip Girl

    March 22nd, 2009 8:26 am

    Cheers for the great post. There’s heaps of information there. Though still most of the techniques can be done in 2009. If you master not even half of these methods you would be sure to have a great surge of traffic over the next few months!

  • Internet Marketing

    March 26th, 2009 7:30 am

    Hey, thanks for the great information about blogging! I don’t do much with blogging as it is, I have a few different methods of getting traffic via the search engines, but have recently begun a pretty strong blog campaign.

    Anyhow, thanks for the tips!

    Sean

  • Shaun Rosenberg

    April 1st, 2009 5:13 pm

    Great Post, it seems building traffic can be a two step ongoing proccess.

    1. Build high quality content
    2. Connect with others and build links

    Great as always.

    PS. It appears you have a broken link on the bottom of your page. Where you say “Get Dugg / Netscaped / Reddited / Stumbled upon: Whole articles (and sites)”

    “Sites” was suppose to be a link, but didn’t go anywhere. Just thought you might Like to Know.

    Good luck and keep wrighting those great posts.

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    April 18th, 2009 9:36 pm

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  • Victoria

    April 22nd, 2009 11:03 am

    Great post.in 2009, use social bookmarking, More great tips at http://www.etopedia.com

  • Lina

    April 22nd, 2009 10:12 pm

    I have no idea how to get traffic to my blog… It doesn’t matter how much I read up on it, it’s still the same. But then again, creating traffic takes time anyway, right? :)

    Thanks for a good post to help me on the way, Problogger!

  • Chaitanya Sagar, Excel Expert

    April 23rd, 2009 5:17 pm

    Hi,
    You post is extremely good and have a lot of information. Marketing the blog is very much essential to increase the blog traffic. When people market their blogs they usually do so online. If you go to work or meet lot of new people on a daily basis you should share your blog with them if you feel it will benefit them. Every time you go to a conference or a meet up, you should tell people about your blog. I call it offline marketing of blog.

  • Instrumentation and control engineering

    May 6th, 2009 2:51 pm

    thanks for this long post and brief description on getting traffic..

    thanks again..

  • makeawebsiteyourself.com

    May 12th, 2009 2:57 am

    Well, I am glad that I saw found this article. I must admit that I never thought that there were so many ways available to market a blog.

    I started blogging a few months back and your article is a great resource for people like me.

    Thanks again for sharing this article and I will have people linked to your article from my blog (http://www.makeawebsiteyourself.com). Keep on writting. :)
    .

  • Andrew

    May 23rd, 2009 5:50 am

    What is the benefit of hosting the blog on your own server vs. blogspot.com or wordpress.com?

  • Kim Dion

    June 9th, 2009 12:57 am

    certainly look like you covered all the basis for getting traffic to a blog. I use to get lost with so many options to drive traffic.

    I finally figured out that I had to pick a couple I enjoyed and stick to it. Once I did that my traffic increased.

    Regards,

    Kim Dion

  • Reginald from CeramicCanvas

    June 14th, 2009 12:18 am

    Great suggestions.

    Amazing list.

    As a new blogger and budding photographer, I have been lucky to have a steady growth of traffic to my site.

    But I am looking for more deliberate tools to supplement the organic growth.

    I will definitely try a few of your suggestions and let you know how it works out.

    Thanks.


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