Tag: Blog Promotion

This week we’re looking at a variety of tips for helping medium sized and somewhat established blogs to grow to the next level. Yesterday we looked at building upon your strengths and successes – today I want to look at the topic of turning first time readers into loyal ones. ...more

This post belongs to the ‘taking your blog to the next level‘ series which looks at tips for bloggers whose blogs have got a start but want to take it up a notch. Read the intro here. Analyze why Readers Come to your Blog….. and then Build on It The ...more

I’m regularly asked by readers whether they should use Article Marketing as a way to build their blogs traffic. My answer is always the same – ‘I’ve never done it, but I’ve heard that others have had some success with article marketing.’ So today when Andrew Hansen offered to write ...more

In this post Lisa Newton from Travelin’ Local shares the story of how leaving a comment on a blog increased traffic back to her blog 975% in a day. It’s a well-known fact that commenting on other people’s blogs helps drive traffic to your own blog. I knew this, but ...more

Many bloggers attempt to use social networking sites to gain new readers for their blog. In this post Kevin Palmer of Social Media Answers shares some tips on how to do it. One of the most undervalued places to find readers is a niche social networking site. Right now there ...more

As a followup to yesterdays post on Guest Posting as a method to promote your blog I thought I’d ask how many readers have tried the technique? {democracy:42} Feel free to add a comment below to tells us more about your answer – I’m particularly interested to hear from those ...more

Are you guest posting to grow your blog? In this guest post, Josh Klein shares some insights on guest posting and the 5 steps to make it work for you. I (Darren) have added a few comments throughout this post also to add to the conversation. I’ll highlight/introduce these comments ...more

Wednesday was the biggest day of traffic that I’ve seen to any of my blogs for a very long time (perhaps ever). I mentioned this on twitter yesterday and had a few followers request that I write up how it happened – so here’s a quick recap/timeline on the 24 ...more

Write something useful Write something unique Write something newsworthy Write something first Write something that makes those who read it smarter Write something controversial Write something insightful Write something that taps into a fear people have Write something that helps people achieve Write something that elicit a response Write something ...more