Monday, April 21, 2008

100 ways to promote your blogs

99 Ways to Promote Your Blog for FreeSeptember 18th, 2007
LINK BUILDING:
Exchange links with other bloggers
Use BlogRush
Submit to RSS directories
Submit to blog directories
Submit to general directories
Start a 2nd blog and link to yourself
Create and give away blog themes (with a link to your blog in the footer)
Create free plugins
Create link bait
Participate in blog carnivals
Comment on DoFollow blogs
WordPress Backlinks Plugin
COMMUNITY:
Join communities at MyBlogLog
Join communities at Bumpzee
Join communities at Blog Catalog
Start a community at any of these sites
Comment on other blogs in your niche
Email your friends and contacts about a new blog post that may interest them
Email your readers to say “thank you”
Email other bloggers to introduce yourself
Link out to other blogs
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Digg
del.icio.us
StumbleUpon
Reddit
Netscape
Magnolia
MySpace
Facebook
YouTube
FORUMS:
AuthorityBlogger
Bloggeries
SitePoint
Blogger Forum
BloggerTalk
GROUPS:
Yahoo!
Google
MSN
ARTICLE DISTRIBUTION:
Write a guest post for another blog
Ezine Articles
Article Dashboard
Go Articles
ArticleHub
Jogena
Marketing Seek
Article Avenue
Alumbo
Article Pros
eBusiness Articles
Syndication from Idea Marketers
Write for newspapers
Write for magazines
Scribd (document sharing)
Open Floodgate
Google Base
SUBMIT A PRESS RELEASE:
PRBuzz
I-Newswire
Free-Press-Release.com
PR Free
PR.com
FREE CLASSIFIED ADS:
Craig’s List
Oodle
Kijiji
INetGiant
Sales Spider
FREE ADVERTISING:
Yahoo! Search Marketing ($25 free advertising credit) (aff.)
Microsoft AdCenter ($50 free advertising credit through PPC Universe)
ABC Search ($100 free advertising credit through PPC Universe)PHOTO SHARING:
Flickr
Photobucket
DropShots
WebShots
Shutterfly
USE GIVEAWAYS:
Create a viral tool
Give away free icons
Create a PDF e-book
Write tutorials for something you know well
CREATE SOME BUZZ:
Get interviewed
Interview someone well known in your industry
ReviewBack (blog review exchange)SUBMIT YOUR BLOG TO DESIGN GALLERIES:
BestWebGallery
CSSimport
CSS Mania
CSSRemix
Screenalicious
Stylegala
CSS Vault
CSS Beauty
Unmatched Style
CSS Elite
CSS Heaven
AWARDS:
Apply for website awards
Apply for a Blogger’s Choice Award
Give away awards to other bloggersOTHER IDEAS:
Run a contest (this one isn’t always free, but you could give away links, ad space, or something else that won’t cost you money)
Participate in a group writing project with other bloggers
Create a podcast to go along with your blog
Pretend to put your blog up for sale
Show how much your blog is worth

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