Archive for Blog Promotion
Written on July 4th, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
MyAds: Promote Your Blog, Product or Service on MySpace
At the bottom of this post is a coupon code to give you a $50 credit at MyAds - this is not an affiliate promotion, just a take it or leave it offer from MyAds.
Over the last week or so I’ve had the opportunity to see inside the MyAds from MySpace.
MyAds have been an advertiser [...]
Written on June 6th, 2009 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
How I got 12,000 Pageviews for $50
Joey Daoud is a filmmaker and freelance photographer.
Put $50 towards some ads in an AdSense campaign and maybe you’ll get a few hundred click-throughs. What if that same $50 could get you over 12,000 pageviews, plus a mention in the British newspaper the Guardian. Here’s how I did it.
Photo by vinduhl
50 to 12,000
Some back-story: I’m [...]
Written on June 4th, 2009 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
How NOT to Get a Guest Post Published on a Blog [in 11 Easy Steps]
Here are a few quick tips on how not to approach guest posting if you’re looking to have a post published on someone else’s blog. They come from my own recent experience of interacting with a number of bloggers approaching me to write on my blogs.
I should note the most people who approach me about [...]
Written on May 13th, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
How Not to Promote Your Blog: Top 10 Broken Blog Promotion Strategies
Image by nickwheeleroz
This is a guest post by Kevin Geary from This is Broken Blog, a blog exposing important things in our daily lives that are broken and need to be fixed. It’s entertainment and education. Come visit us to see more of what’s broken (and even submit your own ideas).
For every great [...]
Written on May 4th, 2009 at 08:05 pm by Darren Rowse
Develop a Plan to Boost Your Blog’s Profile and Readership Online [Day 29 31DBBB]
Today your task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog is one that should help you think a little strategically about where you spend time online building your online profile.
One of the ways that many successful blogs build a readership and profile is by spending significant time and energy building up a presence [...]
Written on April 25th, 2009 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Leave Comments on Other Blogs [Day 20 - 31DBBB]
This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook
“Leave comments on other blogs.”
If there’s one piece of advice for building traffic to a blog that is given to new bloggers more than any other it is about leaving comments on other blogs.
Today your task in the 31 Days to [...]
Written on April 14th, 2009 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Join a Forum and Start Participating [Day 9 - 31DBBB]
Your task today in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge is to join a forum that relates to the topic of your blog (or, if you’ve already joined one to spend 10-15 minutes participating in it).
One of the questions I always get new bloggers to ask when it comes to finding readers [...]
Written on April 10th, 2009 at 11:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Email a Blog Reader [Day 5 - 31DBBB]
Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge is all about building community on your blog and making an impression upon readers by giving them some personal attention.
The task is simply to email a new reader (or more than one).
While the tip sounds simple - too simple - it is [...]
Written on April 8th, 2009 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Promote a Blog Post [Day 3 - 31DBBB]
Yesterday’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge was to write a ‘list post’ on your blog. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to write that up and publish it by now.
Today we’re going to take that post and attempt to drive some readers to it.
Today’s Teaching on Promoting Blog Posts:
Blog Promotion [...]


