I have a general interest blog with random commentary on world events, pop culture, sports - whatever. DannysDailys How do I drive traffic to it? I know this is a "niche" blog that won't appeal to everyone but the few word of mouth visitors that i'm getting seem to be returning every day....i just want to get the word out faster and more efficiently - Any suggestions?
I think the best choice is to link exchange with other blogs related to "world events, pop culture, sports".
Post around your link everywhere: blog comments, social networks like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... Submit to Delicious, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Digg... and add to signature links like here and on other forums. I would honestly say your first decision shouldn't be how to market the site, but try to give it a bit more of a neater look. After first clicking on your link and going to your site, my first impression was "this is spam" because your blog is so congested and crowded with no real definition or design theme. Not trying to sound like a jerk, just helpful suggestions.
I think you can start with article marketing strategy because that's a proven method to get high quality backlinks for free.
Get backlinks, submit to social bookmarking and blog directories, find similar blogs & exchange links, use good seo.
1. If you publish a newsletter, make sure you have a link to your blog in every issue. 2. Add a link to your blog in your email signature file. 3. Submit your blog to blog directories. 4. Use Ping-0-matic to ping blog directories. Do this every time you publish. 5. Set up a feed on MyYahoo.com so your site gets regularly spidered by the Yahoo search engine. 6. Make sure you have an RSS feed URL that people can subscribe to. 7. Post often to keep attracting your subscribers to come back and refer you to others in their networks; include links to other blogs, articles and websites in your posts