How to Successfully Advertise Your Blog

[Adrian]

Alright! Today I wrote an article all about... how to successfully advertise your blog!

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It goes in-depth of what works for me when it comes to advertising, but also goes through a bit of everything to act as a comprehensive overview. Broken down by types of advertising, and then goes into detail in the subsections.

Reviews would be highly loved, as I'd like to update it periodically (and even in the next few days) to keep the information fresh and up-to-date. Anything you would add in it? What do you agree or disagree with? Would you even take anything out?

(BTW, if you found the article useful, could you please share it [for example, through StumbleUpon or Digg]? I would really appreciate it!)

[jamestl2]

It's a good article for newbies,

But readers should know (IMO) that social networking and bookmarking services are only useful for networking, and finding those with similar interests, not for the actual "link" you receive from it (in an SEO sense). And those ways also aren't likely to convert into clicks, sales, conversions, etc.

One other distinction I think you should make in the article is that these are FREE ways to advertise, because there are always services such as Adwords for those who can afford it.

(Also, I don't know about your "asking for diggs / stumbles" in this thread though, as great content doesn't need to be asked for, people are smart enough to choose what they feel is "digg or stumble worthy")

[Adrian]

It's a good article for newbies

Ooh, that brings up a good point - say you were writing this for an advanced blogger to advertise. What points would you bring up?

When I read ProBlogger, I never, ever can see a distinction between people who are newbies vs. people who are totally advanced, only in the regard that the people who are totally advanced have "made it" and got their blog out to a wide audience. All of the things you do to make your blog known are similiar across the board - great content mixed with some advertising and a dash of luck. So, the article wasn't written in a "this is for newbies" sense but an "everybody can use this just as a reference" way.

Is there some secret to advance blogging advertising that I'm missing? Or do those people keep on doing what the rest of us are doing, on a much wider, broader scale? I can't be the only one who sometimes wonders this.

But readers should know (IMO) that social networking and bookmarking services are only useful for networking, and finding those with similar interests...

That's a good point, I'll edit the post to reflect that.

One other distinction I think you should make in the article is that these are FREE ways to advertise...

You know, that was actually in my first draft of the post, in the first paragraph. But being the perfectionist I am, I rewrote the intro about 5 times, and somehow by the last attempt that distinction never made it. I'll edit that in as well.

(Also, I don't know about your "asking for diggs / stumbles" in this thread though, as great content doesn't need to be asked for, people are smart enough to choose what they feel is "digg or stumble worthy")

What if asking for the Digg or Stumble brings one person to D/S the post who normally wouldn't have, which in turn brings a totally random person to the article who would never have seen it before? People are smart, but sometimes a little reminder is helpful. (It's the same reasoning for making your RSS link and image in your blog obnoxiously big and/or easy to find.) I see how you could get a bad taste in your mouth from how I asked, though, that's poor wording on my fault. I'll edit that.

Thank you for the feedback!