How do you promote your blog, and how often?

[Ricardo1]

I don't do it enough and really should. The good thing is that people usually find their way toward me and it's a quality visit. Other than that I've done the blogcatalog things and Mybloglog. They are modest starts.

[sarahlam]

I love ezine articles very much for referring many visits to my blog. Apart from that social networking works excellent too. Blog Engage, Blog Catalog, Stumble Upon and more..

[stephen todd]

Originally Posted by DirectKristen

Some strategies you can implement to effectively promote your blog include using keywords throughout your content doing so increases the chances of your blog coming up in organic search results and therefore also increases the likeliness of people visiting your blog. Additionally, using social bookmarking tools such as “digg” can also help promote your blog by sharing your posts with others who can then “digg” them if they are of interest. If your post receives enough digg’s it’s popularity will increase and readers will be more apt to visiting your actual blog to read more. An outcome that could help jump-start your blog promotion successfully.

I agree with the content having to be keyword rich - but so too must the title!

the title of the post is vitally important - both for search ranking, and for tempting people to click the link back to your site

ideally you want a keyword rich title with a strong "call to action" i.e. "learn the best way to ....."

[ADayInTheLifeOfScotty]

Nice, I know it's going to be hard to try and grow the audience for any blog, but again if you're willing to put in the effort, it should be a good outcome That's what I'm trying to do, however, I can't post links to my blog yet, for others to give me advice on my blog as a site.

Haha. <3

[artisan]

Forums, commenting on similar blogs, link exchanges, SEO and Adwords.

[alexisj]

As I've explored the net..I've seen and have known lot's of techniques
that were used by lots of bloggers worldwide..And these bloggers were
known for being successful in the blogging world.

Well, as a newly blogger I've just started marketing my blog, and have been
using bookmarking. And as I've read other's comments I have seen lots
of cool tips and that could really be a big help for me..

[~kev~]

My primary promotion technique is video blogging on sites like youtube. Over the past 2 years I have posted over 320 videos. This sends my forum and my blog a steady stream of traffic.

[Monkeyman09]

A bunch of great tips, thank you all!

[sheezaym]

I ping my blog quite often. List it on linkreferral.com, and get involved in forums. I have written articles and dropped in a link. Promote it anyway you can.

[klutze]

I try to comment on related blogs as much as possible. It's a good way to get involved with your topics community, and from my experience it allows you to get to know other bloggers which have turned in to guest posting opportunities.