Promoting a new Blog
- Status
Hi Rollo,
Came across a couple of articles.
http://www.searchengineguide.com/odden/007559.html
http://www.searchengineguide.com/odden/007754.html
Both are easy-to-read and have some very good advice.
Came across a couple of articles.
http://www.searchengineguide.com/odden/007559.html
http://www.searchengineguide.com/odden/007754.html
Both are easy-to-read and have some very good advice.
georgiecasey
New Member
Are ye talking about promoting kind-of spammy blogs to make money or personal blogs with real information?
There was no mention of spammy blogs georgiecasey. Just plain-old good information that a person enjoys writing about and sharing with others.
Michele, when you mention "top sites" do you mean Digg and others similar to those or am I off-track here? I'm very new to the area of blogging, but I do find it interesting and am always hungry for information. What type of aggregators would you recommend?
"Setting up a blog" seems like a vacuous idea, with all due respect. You set up the blog because either 1) you have something to say 2) you've discovered a sure-fire Google-ad niche. Build from there. The blog is the means rather than the end (taking on a preachy voice).
I run and help on a number. One of the easiest pieces of advice is to use Blogger.com. If you're focusing on a specific subject, you'll find yourself in Google molto quickly.
Try and stay topical. Visit other relevant sites and leave relevant comments. Address the issues of the day. Every time you link to a site, inform them. Every time someone contacts you or comments, reply. You will start to find yourself on their PR mailing lists and can become a source of info. However, note that if you go this route, you will have to understand the basics of journalism in terms of giving balanced views, checking facts, etc.
Some of the most popular blogs are "outspoken". People in general like to hear your voice in your writing. But unless you're trying to become an outrageous editorialist, anchor your comments in reality.
I run a blog on European screenwriting. Screenplay Europe Although the actual readership is quite low, it has brought me into contact with lots of people and led to me being invited to sit on the jury of a movie festival. It also helps when I attend festivals, etc. These are very real offline benefits of online activity. The tone on this blog is deliberately neutral, as it provides news rather than reviews. It all depends on why you're blogging in the first place.
I run and help on a number. One of the easiest pieces of advice is to use Blogger.com. If you're focusing on a specific subject, you'll find yourself in Google molto quickly.
Try and stay topical. Visit other relevant sites and leave relevant comments. Address the issues of the day. Every time you link to a site, inform them. Every time someone contacts you or comments, reply. You will start to find yourself on their PR mailing lists and can become a source of info. However, note that if you go this route, you will have to understand the basics of journalism in terms of giving balanced views, checking facts, etc.
Some of the most popular blogs are "outspoken". People in general like to hear your voice in your writing. But unless you're trying to become an outrageous editorialist, anchor your comments in reality.
I run a blog on European screenwriting. Screenplay Europe Although the actual readership is quite low, it has brought me into contact with lots of people and led to me being invited to sit on the jury of a movie festival. It also helps when I attend festivals, etc. These are very real offline benefits of online activity. The tone on this blog is deliberately neutral, as it provides news rather than reviews. It all depends on why you're blogging in the first place.
georgiecasey
New Member
I don't really see the point in trying to promote a personal blog, if your blog is interesting, people will read it!
Only if they know about it....
Ditto previous comments. Island records used to have a big banner hanging in their press room:
"If you don't promote, something terrible will happen: nothing!"
georgiecasey
New Member
I submited it to all the blog aggregators of course and linked to it in my signatures and told my friends but what else can you do? I wouldn't be optimising my text much for Google or actively looking for link partners. Good blogs with quality content seem to to naturally link to good blogs with quality content. I found most of the blogs I read from other blogs I read.
georgiecasey
New Member
of course! wordpress does it for you automatically
Cormac
New Member
this might be of interest..
Optimizing your blog for search engines
Optimizing your blog for search engines
- Status