It really is no different to a normal site. One of the advantages is you can network with other bloggers in the same niche.
it stays pretty much the same. however blogs are tended to be updated more frequently, take your advantage with that
Go to related blogs and post some good comments. Do the same thing to related forums. Don't spam Do your homework and if you have good SEO then traffic will come day in and day out.
Most generic methods like SEO, PPC, guest blogging, blog commenting would work for a blog. It depends on your blog's topic and your content whether techniques like social media marketing etc. would also work.
the secret is offering something of quality. quality information, quality content, something worthy of readers. the blog posts should be at least weekly, and you should post the link to your blog on places relevant to the niche you are covering. make sure you SEO each post.
You can go on those blog networks and make friends and join groups. Forgot which ones they are it has been a while seance I had a blog. For income I have seen people do reviews and use affiliate links also do paid reviews.
yes get to work, write content and update you blog regularly, comment on other blog and forums, write articles and press releases, do some video's, ask some questions on yahoo answers. Be consistent and don't stop, and sooner then you think you'll see results.
from what i have seen blogs bring in only measly income than websites, especially it performs poor with adsense. why is it like that?
You can search optimize your blog, using standard optimization techniques. Here are 15 solid blog promotion tips you may also find helpful http://www.feedforall.com/blog-promotion-tips.htm HTH
Hey man, I've had my blog for about 4-5 months now and the only promoting I've done is DigitalPoint. I get around 2k uniques every month now and it's steadily increasing. How? High-quality, regular content. No bulls**t. It's simple, effective and it works. Obviously I've done some basic on-site SEO but that's about it.
First you need to promote blog with quality content, backlinks, blog commenting etc. Once it gets good reputation, you can think of adding different advetisements for income.