Hi, Just wondering how I should go about advertising an SEO Blog (http://www.siteseo.org). Any ideas? I'd love to know how you advertised your blog too
With a new blog, you don't really need to start advertising yet. What you can do though is sign up with blog tools and services that will get you started with blogging and exposing your blog. If you need more information on blogging, SEO, and internet marketing, go ahead and check out my site (first in my signature).
currently, i only use, search engines, and some forums......but maybe T TE FUTURE I WILL BUY THE LIK AT SOME SITE THAT HAVE GOOD pr.
There are several things you could do: - add content, good content - submit on blogrush.com - submit on blogburst.com - submit on technorati.com - comment on other top blog with your url - submit your content to social networking sites like Digg etc. - Use feedburner for subscription. That generates some traffic as well. This is a good read as mentioned above http://slyvisions.com/files/blog-tools-and-services-that-bloggers-need-to-use.php
Talk more about just SEO. There has to be more than just that if you want repeat visitors. Read post #16, in this thread. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=521370 Or, right here... You can also write up articles, quick tips, stories, both funny and serious and submit them to social networks, like Digg. Not to mention content sites where thousands can read them. Here's something neat you can talk about, and then submit it to various locations: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=614566 Look for such stuff. About social networks. Do NOT put a live link there! Talk about something, offer a helpful tip, or whatever, and casually throw in your URL amongst the text. It could be this: "Hey, guys, I say this really cool video I talk about in my blog, joeblog,com, and I thought I'd share it with you diggers. It's pretty funny. Enjoy!" Of couse there should be more text there, but you get me here. Or, you could submit for a month or so without your url. Put your name at the bottom, so they will recognize you every time you submit something. Later on include your url. But don't make it live. This will also help you from being "buried." People won't diss you and try to bury you if you submit some really cool and or helpful stuff, while at the same time not pushing your site. This isn't 100% full-proof, that is. Many get banned because they constantly submit stuff, while putting in their live link. It's spam, and Digg knows it. Though ther have been cases where some were unjustly banned. It could be on anything and everything. It doesn't necessarily have to do with anything about your site. If they like your stuff, many will go to your blog. Do the same when commenting in other blogs. Do NOT put a live link there with just a few sentences! Genuinely give help, and put in your url that isn't live. This will make it look like that you are there to actually help, to participate, instead of just advertising your url. I read this comment in a blog: "with regard to how many posts should a blogger post - I’ve written on the topic previous here. Hope that gives a good idea of what I think." That's all he had. The "I’ve written on the topic previous here." was a link to his blog. Irritating! He should have instead shared it with the readers there, and then put in his url amongst the text. Or, put his name and his url at the end. Just like Digg, post a while before putting in your url. Remember that thread on that high school girl who quit after making thousands of dollars? You could talk about that, and then advertise it, both on and offline. Get people's opinions on such stories, get them involved in your blog. How about that thread bloggernoob started. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=518730 You can talk about his success. It is a small one, but it is still a success. Advertise such real-life experiences. When it coems to blogging, talk about successful people, and soon you will be too. When it comes to blogging, talk about how others make money, and soon you will be making it too. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX! Put up a "send to a friend" form off to the side of your blog to get word of mouth going. Put it right in front of their face. Make it easy for them! A lot of people are lazy. You could go to yahooanswers. Help others out, while citing such stories. Try to be funny, likeable, at the same time. The more people who like you, who laugh along with your comments, the higher the odds of them going to your blog. You could check out the directories for blogs. Look for "blog carnivals." You could put in a small how-to article or a Internet success story in your paper, and tell them that there will be a new one every week. After awhile the paper may give you a feature story. Once you have more money, repeat it in other newspapers. Have you tried pay per click ads all over the place? That's how JohnChow.com got going. Along with submitting stuff to Digg. Word of mouth then took over. By the way, study his site and shoemoney.com's. Pick it apart, page by page and STUDY it. Help out others or put in worthwhile posts in other's blogs. Did you get your site critiqued? Did you ask them if this is the kind of site that they would come back, time after time??? You aren't talking about rockettheproft,com, are you? Because if you are, cousin, you need to change that whole thing around. It looks too much like the typical sales page that people steer away from. If it isn't, then post your blog to get critiques. Get an account going at MySpace, and put a duplicate of your blog in there. Get people talking about it over there too. Then bring them all over to your real blog. Invite your present visitors to submit a piece of their own. Get them involved! Put in videos of anything and everything. Then advertise them. This one is sneaky, but go to the big message boards to contact the members there. Tell them that you have read their past posts, and would value their opinion on a piece you put in your blog. Prasie them. Put aside one hour a day doing this. Before too long you may have one hell of a long list of people going there, just from this method. Anyway, there are more things you can do, so good luck out there. I didn't mention about giving stuff away because your goal is to make money, not give it away. Unless it is something that is free to you. The mooches, and the site hoppers who don't stay very long at any one site will take it and keep on a walkin.' But, hell, try it anyway.