Many make the mistake of believing that once they create a blog, people will immediately flock to it. There are millions out there so why would they visit your blog?
Contrary to the first answer, you cannot use Yahoo Answers to create links to your blog because YA has a "NOFOLLOW" tag that tells search engines not to follow any URLs found here.
Here are some ways you can promote your blog
1. Create great content – everything starts with great content. Think 'Linkbait" -- or writing about stuff that would be so great that people will want to link to you. It can be a news hook where you write about something that is contrary to what everyone else is saying; resource hook where you have the only information available or humor hook.
2. Update the content regularly – make your visitors come back again and again to your blog by providing daily updates (even multiple posts per day!)
3. Submit your blog to blog directories
Yahoo http://add.yahoo.com/fast/add
dmoz: open directory project http://dmoz.org/add.html
Moreover http://w.moreover.com/cgi-local/site/sourcesubmission.pl
Syndic8 http://www.syndic8.com/
Genecast http://www.genecast.com/news/create.jsp
Technorati http://www.technorati.com/ping.html
DAYPOP http://www.daypop.com/info/submit.htm
Feedster http://www.feedster.com/add.php
Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/register/
Blogdex http://blogdex.net/add.asp
TOPIX.NET http://www.topix.net/topix/faq?feedback=1
popdex http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
Blogcritics.org http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/06/134209.php
Blogstreet http://www.blogstreet.com/bin/addrss.cgi
blogwise http://www.blogwise.com/submit
4. Network with other bloggers – comment on their blogs, read and link to other blogs and request them to link back to you
5. Email other bloggers – pitch your post to other bloggers and hope that they will link or mention your blog
6. Use techniques to showcase your blog – examples include meme games such as the Daily Meme http://thedailymeme.com/ or blog carnivals http://blogcarnival.com/bc/
7. You can try pay per click programs such as Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com – though the key is to carefully track your ROI and which keywords actually perform well
8. Make sure your blog is indexable by the search engines - and make sure that your titles have great keywords that your target audience are most likely to use
9. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.
http://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html
http://i-newswire.com/
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/
http://www.pressbox.co.uk
http://www.pr.com
http://www.prfree.com/
http://www.clickpress.com
http://www.theopenpress.com/
http://www.przoom.com/
http://www.prweb.com
http://www.newswiretoday.com/
http://www.free-press-release.com/
10. Submit articles with your blog posts. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.
Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AhzreGmnCUicOoyedqypscUjzKIX?qid=1006022407481
2007-03-13 23:16:26
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answered by imisidro 7
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Here are a few tips:
1. make sure that you update your blog on a regular basis, this will be picked up by the search engines and your blog will appear higher in the lisitngs when people search blogs
2. make sure that you stick to your chosen subject and the keywords that are focussing on
3. create a video version of the blog and post it on any of the dozens of video hosting sites - make sure that you point back to your blog
4. use a tool like Zoodoka to tell your blog readers about updates
5. use sites like Yahoo Answers to build links back to your blog
6. do not plan on retiring on your google adsense revenue
2007-03-13 22:27:03
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answer #2
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answered by clikondavid 1
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I think Imi is bit technical:
Let me explain you in simple Homo Sapiens language :
1) Create a great blog - Use nice colors and fonts that do not irritate your visitors
2) Do regular posts on your blog--- Add Images to every post
3) Add some tools on your blog---- or something that can make some things easier
4) Add rss and digg options in every post
5) Write articles to be submitted in other online resources.
6) Start long threads in forums.........be a ctive talker..........and use links in signatures
7) Keep updating your blog for vareity of content
8) Add bookmark option
7) Start email marketing
8) Educate your visitors - How your blog can touch millions of lives
And Keep Smiling
Best of Luck
2007-03-14 01:57:11
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answered by Anonymous
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Hi,
You could get traffic to your site by joining related forums, which means you should be talking/meeting people who are interested on what you are selling. The thing here is that you should build your own community by taking to the right people on the right places.
Also, you may want to try to submit your url/link to search engines and directories so people would know your site once they do their search. Most of these directories and seach engines are free anyway.
Good luck!
Mary
http://gbwatch.com/
2007-03-14 18:38:09
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answer #4
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answered by mary 3
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Many ways to get free traffic are available.
Blogs, forums, traffic exchanges, safe lists, free websites, more listed here http://www.homeforwork.ws/training.html
2007-03-14 03:15:09
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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Many sites use AdSense to monetize their content and some webmasters work hard to maximize their own AdSense income. They do this in three ways:
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2. They build valuable content on their sites; content which attracts AdSense ads and which pay out the most when they get clicked.
3. They use copy on their websites that encourage clicks on Ads. Note that Google prohibits people from using phrases like "Click on my AdSense ads" to increase click rates. Phrases accepted are "Sponsored Links" and "Advertisements".
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2007-03-16 07:52:10
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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