Comments on: How to Announce and Promote Your Blog – Best Practices

By: Rita Brooks

Rita Brooks — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:16:00 +0000

I like these tips – it’s all too easy to forget about the basics, but these basic practices are key to creating the right image, and coming across as professional. Especially when the barrier to entry is fairly low for anyone who wants to start blogging.

By: Tim Ware

Tim Ware — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Amen!

By: Gary Ruplinger

Gary Ruplinger — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:13:00 +0000

I’d also add that it’s also a good idea to do guest posts on other on topic blogs in your industry and not just comment on other blogs.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:57:37 +0000

Always great to see good information available on the net for newbies (myself included) to help getting started. And the prior comments add valuable info to the site. I need to work on this area of my site and will bookmark it for the future. Thanks, everyone.

By: Evan Gridley

Evan Gridley — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:39:33 +0000

Good post. I like the mix of general rules and specific ideas on how to fulfill them. It’s easy to find posts that are only one or the other, and you don’t learn quite as much from them.

One other side benefit of setting expectations and working to fulfill them is that it gives you a predictable schedule for yourself. You don’t have to guess when it’s a good time for a new post. And it teaches you that you can be creative, funny, or insightful on a schedule. That’s something that people often don’t believe of themselves at first, or if they get nervous.

By: Thom McNeilly

Thom McNeilly — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:56:03 +0000

Mr blog is less than a year old and attracting more traffic is a huge problem. A good solution I’ve found is to guest blog on other peoples site. Just be sure to read the rules and adhere to them whilst applying.

Nice list by the way.

By: Sujoy

Sujoy — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:02:27 +0000

Nice and informative post! You actually need to promote your blog in various ways. Links should be coming from several sources. Use good blog directories, post comments in niche blogs, post RSS feeds of your blog in RSS directories and also link back your blog from good articles (textual links). It’s also advisable to ping your blog at pingomatic and pingler.

By: SeriousOpinion from OnlineMom

SeriousOpinion from OnlineMom — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:27:59 +0000

I think Link exchange is a great way to promote your blog and to be noticed by search engines. you also have to find the right keywords. If you get wrong keywords, its difficult to achieve search results and ranking for any blogs. It also takes lots of patiences. I agree with Jenn entirely.

By: ElizabethL

ElizabethL — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:37:26 +0000

Excellent post! I’m sharing this with a company that can benefit from it. I think it’s also wise to consider outsourcing social media so a professional can focus 100% of their attention on your message.

By: Jenn, SEM Specialist

Jenn, SEM Specialist — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:32:09 +0000

That is an excellent list for someone to start! I would have to add that another important step is determining the best search phrases to implement. If you are to settle on the wrong keywords and it will be very difficult to achieve search results and ranking once aimed for. I really like your comment about patience in the community as well, as many new bloggers think that recognition is something that happens overnight. Not here!