Get Backlinks to Promote a Blog

Posted: May 02, 2016

Being a guest author on a blog is a great way to get recognized and get more traffic. Something even more beneficial is actually being mentioned on a popular blog with a link back to your post. Promote your blog and get those prized backlinks that can generate more traffic. Carol Tice, writer for The Write Life, shares how to get backlinks to get more traffic to your blog.

Skip the Guest Posts: Here’s How to Promote Your Blog

Know what’s even better than guest posting on a popular blog? Getting mentioned or featured by a popular blogger, with a link back to your blog. When you have an expert link to you on their blog and say, “Hey, look at this valuable info,” you are golden. No hours of sweating a topic and writing a draft necessary! Essentially, a guest post is you promoting yourself on someone else’s platform. By contrast, a mention from a top blogger is a recommendation from someone with thousands of loyal followers. Which would you rather have? I thought so. But there’s a catch: How can you — as a blogger who’s starting out, or has just a small audience — do something noteworthy enough to earn these valuable mentions and links? Quick answer: Study what others do in your niche, think about what your readers need most — and then find a way to stand out. Bust a major move. You can do it! I know, because I started as a total blogging newbie, and didn’t know any big bloggers. But I managed to get mentioned on many of the top sites in my niche. Read the entire article Skip the Guest Posts: Here’s How to Promote Your Blog on The Write Life.