How do you advertise your blog?

I have links to it included at the end of articles I've written (about my niches) which are published in ezines whose subscribers are already known to be interested in the niche, on websites and other blogs where the same is true of the readers/visitors/subscribers, in magazines, and so on. So I'm getting my content read by highly targeted audiences without having to do the targeting myself. The publishers get the content they constantly need (almost always without having to pay for it), and I get some of their existing traffic without needing to depend on search engines. Everyone wins. It's called "article marketing."

Also some guest posts on other people's blogs (exactly the same idea, really, but sometimes even better because I can go back and answer their readers' questions and interact with them), and a few minor frills like blog-commenting, forum-posting, answering questions and so on.

I don't use anything like that - not really targeted enough for me (not without my needing to do the targeting myself, anyway).

You should become a member of Triberr. It’s a bloggers’ community. I’m getting many new RSS feed readers since I became a member:

http://triberr.com/pages/dashboard-influencer.php

Go also to Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging - ProBlogger and follow their tips. You should also leave intelligent comments under their articles because this blog gets a lot of traffic.

Try using StumbleUpon. It's working pretty well for me so far.

Blog commenting and forum posting with your link. Start there. Many good resources out there which I wouldn't have time to list them all, though if you really want more information, feel free to PM me!

I don't really do social media marketing. I know that I probably should, but I do a lot of blog commenting, forum marketing and some youtube videos.

if you have not tapped social media in advertising your blog and syndicating your posts, you might as well try it now!

stumble upon paid discovery

Hi sbabzy,

If u are searching for free traffic, here’s the list of 25 FREE WAYS To Get Traffic To Your Website.

Remember that the thing about free traffic is that it often takes TIME! It’s not as instant
as paid traffic… and if it were, then paid traffic would have no reason to exist!

1) Write articles
Write articles. Use your URL in the signature line. Submit to article directories.

2) Linkreferral.com
Sign up, browse sites and you move up ranking. It does require time, but you go through sites and others go through yours.

3) Trafficswarm.com
same as #2

4) Create a blog with WordPress.com
Create a blog with WordPress.com, write valuable content and post your links. It has to be more than just blog post of stuff.. you have to write as you, join communities (there’s lots of blogging communities and fun things to do to help promote), and put your personality into it.

5) Create Youtube videos
Create Youtube videos and add your link somewhere in description or at the end of the video
(or maybe even during on one of those annotations?) – lots of viral stuff out there you can maybe latch onto.

6) Fiverr.com
Find someone who can do a blast of your link to their Twitter, FB, or LinkedIn (not free but let’s not nit-pick).

7) Content
Provide content and authenticity on social media accounts, add your link every now and then.

8) Comment on blogs
Comment on blogs. This is usually used to increase SEO for domains, but you can use this for posting your URL. Leave valuable, thoughtful comments! This can also lead to #10

9) Document sharing
Document sharing. There’s 20 sites to get you started. Upload your blog posts? Articles? and link back to your site. Top 20 Document Sharing Sites | Business News, Articles & Blogs | SunZu @SunZusocial

10) Guest posting on blogs
Guest posting on blogs. Some blog owners you might develop a relationship with.. or at least be on friendly terms.. and if you have a blog as well, perhaps the two of you could swap posts. Guest post for a guest post. Or go here: Guest blogging: Looking for guest bloggers or guest post? Join MyBlogGuest!

11) Write an ebook
Write an ebook and give it away. Have something to share? Write an ebook! Put your link alllllll through the thing if you want to. Or just at the beginning and the end. Add to ebook directories. Be target specific.. heck, you can even write about your journey to making money online.

12) Join forums
Join forums, put your link in the signature line. provide value and interest in the community. But don’t join a cat forum and expect to get a lot of hits on your “make money at home” site. They’re there for cats.

13) Do mini-tutorials
Do mini-tutorials. It could be on anything you think you’re good at.

14) Yahoo Answers
I’m not sure if you can still do Yahoo Answers and add your link – worth a shot.

15) Be a podcast guest
Be a podcast guest. they usually provide links on their website afterwards. Heck, maybe even the host will sign up.. wouldn’t that be a hoot?

16) Warriorforum
and NOT for posting your affiliate link. This is for getting ideas. Lots of FREE stuff in there that may strike a chord with you.

17) Find a good classifieds
Find a good classifieds, that get’s a decent amount of visitors (not necessarily craigslist, there are a bunch more). And post a couple ads a day in major cities and etc. If you are targeting money makers online, you might want to post under the jobs section. Freebies are good for freebies section, basically find where to post.

18) Join Facebook Groups
Join Facebook Groups in your niche – provide help and content. Got a blog? Make sure your link is in it. (see my FB profile and feel free to join the groups I joined)

19) Join LinkedIn Groups
Join LinkedIn Groups in your niche – provide help and content. Post one of your blog posts.. or ask a question. Make connections.

20) Add your link to your social media profiles
Add your link to your social media profiles – Create new ones if you want but you have to post on them to be active and gather new connections.

21) “Like” people’s comments"]
“Like” people’s comments on Facebook pages related to your niche.. you can like a lot pretty quickly and maybe they’ll go to your profile and check you out. Is your link there?

22) Safelistdirectory.org
HUGE amount of ad swapping and solo ads, lots of freebies in there.

23) SIGNATURES!
What a big source of free clicks – use banners if you can for forums.

24) Write press releases.
Write press releases. - add them to directories. Free Press Release Distribution Service - PRLog — they allow videos, pictures, and more to be added to your release.

25) You know that ebook?
Why not add it on coupon sites?
Now, keep in mind that this list just designed to get your brain flowing….

The thing to keep in mind is NOT to try all of them. Just pick 1 or 2 to focus on and get really good at them.

Good Luck

Thanks for the heads up on Triberr Clever7!

I use forum marketing and social bookmarking along with social media.

You can use social media, it's a good way to get a good amount of traffic to your site.

With forum posts signature links
Blog comments
Social bookmarking
Directory submission

I dont really advertise mine...

The most i do is have it in my signature here and then just add content to it... in fact I am slow at that at the moment...lol

Danny

the best way for advertising is google adowrd

How to get traffic?

Have you heard of Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

I have optimized my blogs for Google, Yahoo and Bing! I have my own private blog network that helps me rank for many terms on Google. Usually starting a blog takes 1-2 weeks to rank for terms and get 40-50 unique visitors per day.

I will be writing a tutorial on how I do this for you guys, so stay tuned!

I think SEO is the best way...you can pay someone to do this or learn it yourself. Otherwise I'd go with article writing and commenting on other blogs

Doing SEO can drive traffic to your blog. Pay attentions to URLs of your blog post.Always include topic /keyword (long tail phrases) in your URL. For example, how-to-drive-more-traffic-to-blog.php . It can get you a quick online presence.

posting on multiple forums of similar subject to your blog is a
great way to do it. just make sure you post useful content and
you do not spam one liner responses.

If you get really good at social media and focus on growing your reach there, it will get you more traffic than everything else share in here combined

Go for paid traffic and the results are much quicker and faster than seo or article marketing in my honest opinion.

Like a few people have said, blog commenting and forum posting is a great place to start, as long as you are consistent with it, in the long term it will surely pay off.

Hi,
I didn't read all the comments, but, do you know about Bizsugar? You may post your blog posts on this site and interact with other article writers. This will ,also get you some traffic.
Geri Richmond

Have you noticed a theme here?

There is a myth that there is free traffic. Let me destroy that myth for you real quick...

A: Free Traffic = Time which = Cash

B: Paid traffic = More Free time which = more cash in your pocket

Simple there is no such thing as free traffic. You will either pay for it with time which you will never get back or make up or you will pay with cash, credit card paypal whatever.

I would start out with free traffic while learning the best places and how to use paid traffic. Then mix them.

guest posting is powerful as ive done 50 of them in one shot once and it gave me some really good backlinks for my blog

I create a facebook page for my product and join in different groups to start my promotion

Since you're working with a blog, you want to stick to the blog world. Blog commenting is huge. It doesn't earn you much, but this is one of those "don't put all of your eggs in one basket" things. What it does create is relationship with the blog owners and members that you comment on. It sticks you in your niche (if that's what you're commenting on), and it does pay off in the end.

Guest blogging is a critical move whether or not you want to do it. You need to get your name out on other blogs in your niche. On top of that, blog owners love to link back to other blogs in their niche. You'll have favor over other people asking to guest blog for sure because you're someone that Google deems "a good fit" for that blog to allow to guest post.

Forum posting (in your niche...not on here) is really helpful as well. If you have a travel blog...stick to travel forums. Many niches are very interactive.

There are hints dropped around on this very forum all around, but I don't give the milk away for free.

Think social media - mainly Facebook

There are so many different ways to get more people to be aware of your blog. I think the best thing to do is to simply just choose ONE method and master that traffic generation method.

You might also consider using traditional offline method to get more people to know of your website as most people are not doing that. Yeah it is ironic that you might have to use the offline method when more people are getting online. But to me personally, as long as the method works, it is a good method whether it is offline or online.

This is Hugh list to get your blog notice... Karlos

Karlos, you rock! Those are really good ideas and some I have thought of but still others that I wouldn't have even imagined. Now I am going to be spending my entire weekend going through this list.

Blog advertising is not a hard job as the ways are simple and they do not take time. Place links to your blog in original niche articles you write. They can also be included in the author bio. Article submission to Directories help you get better traffic and ranks. When you are doing this make sure you regularly write informative articles and have them posted. They should be informative and educative to the visitor. You can also activate RSS Feeds and get more traffic to your blog consistently. Problogger and StumbleUpon are great for promoting your blog and improving web presence so you can check them out too!

The best for me are social media and Triberr,you can try out with these two.
all the best

Don't forget Blog Carnivals/Linkies!

As well as the power of series and events. I'm about to run an ebook writing challenge (see my signature for details) and will be creating lots of useful content during the month to support it. I've already seen a big spike in my traffic.

Advertising is all well and good but you need something to advertise in the first place!

I think CPM is the worst of all advert for any blog now.

Blog advertising is not a hard job as the ways are simple and they do not take time. Place links to your blog in original niche articles you write. They can also be included in the author bio. Article submission to Directories help you get better traffic and ranks. When you are doing this make sure you regularly write informative articles and have them posted. They should be informative and educative to the visitor. You can also activate RSS Feeds and get more traffic to your blog consistently. Problogger and StumbleUpon are great for promoting your blog and improving web presence so you can check them out too!

I have my blog configured to ping a number of blog aggregation
sites, and then also to relay each post to a couple of social
media sites. This is done with plug-ins.

I also show the "Post To Pinterest" button on some posts, and
my blog visitors often share those posts.

I also often share the urls of some posts (to social media sites)
using Hootsuite.

Willie

You can do SEO of your website and get traffic to your website and generate backlinks. The most important hing is to have quality content and design of your blog.

Great tips sbabzy! That is very helpfull

I use StumbleUpon, this is great.