How to Promote Your Blog With Social Media

Posted: May 25, 2012

[caption id="attachment_10160" align="alignright" width="300"]© artenot - Fotolia.com[/caption]You're blogging - putting your thoughts and experience out there. Obviously you want people to visit your blog, but how do you get them to come? Social media can be one way – here are some tips to help you get started using social media platforms to promote you and your blog.

Are you looking to use social media to promote your blog?

Sharing your blog posts on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and even Tumblr can help your content gain significant exposure.

But each social media platform is distinct with different benefits and abilities. You need a simple process to tailor your social sharing to generate as much engagement as you can on each of these platforms.

Here’s a process you can use to ensure your posts get maximum mileage. Consider these steps and adapt them to the social platforms where you find your customers.

#1: Tumblr

I’ve been blogging since 1999 and have had my own hosted WordPress blogs since 2003. So I never used to bother much with platforms like Posterous or Tumblr.

Fortunately one day I realized that many of my best prospects were using Tumblr and decided to include it into my social media marketing. And I’m surprised by how many people I know are using it.

Tumblr makes it really easy to share your blog post. You can share with either the “text” or “photo” option.

Read the complete article How to Promote Your Blog With Social Media.