Mark Zeni, writer for Daily Blog Tips, shares seven free and easy ways to promote a blog.
7 Easy and Free Ways to Promote your Blog
Many are under the impression that a blog is a “set it and forget it” process. While creating great content is essential to the success of any blog, writing a blog is only half the challenge. The other half is marketing your blog and getting the word out in order to generate the traffic your blog needs. Here are seven easy and free ways to promote your blog.
1. Give Constructive Feedback on Other Blogs
Generic comments followed by a link to your blog are spam. Do this often, and these spammy links will actually hurt your blog’s ranking by search engines. Conversely, constructive feedback on other blogs will get read by other blog readers, while a mention of your blog’s name without the link improves brand recognition by both search engines and a wider audience.
Great bloggers solicit constructive feedback in order to improve as well as deepen their engagement with their audience.
HowToCreateABlog.org is a classic example of this, as well as an excellent resource for new bloggers.
2. Contribute to Others Blogs
If you are able to engage with the author of another blog through the
comments section, offer to write a blog entry for them as long as it mentions the name of your blog and contains a backlink to your blog. Many content creators will welcome such content so that they don’t have to struggle to come up with new content as often.
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There are many different ways to draw attention to your blog, and that usually doesn't happen automatically. Getting traffic is just as important as creating great content. Promoting your blog can be easy, and free, with a little bit of effort.