Monday, August 25, 2008

99 Ways to Promote Your Blog for Free

LINK BUILDING:

  1. Exchange links with other bloggers
  2. Use BlogRush
  3. Submit to RSS directories
  4. Submit to blog directories
  5. Submit to general directories
  6. Start a 2nd blog and link to yourself
  7. Create and give away blog themes (with a link to your blog in the footer)
  8. Create free plugins
  9. Create link bait
  10. Participate in blog carnivals
  11. Comment on DoFollow blogs
  12. WordPress Backlinks Plugin

99 Ways to Promote Your Blog for Free

LINK BUILDING:

  1. Exchange links with other bloggers
  2. Use BlogRush
  3. Submit to RSS directories
  4. Submit to blog directories
  5. Submit to general directories
  6. Start a 2nd blog and link to yourself
  7. Create and give away blog themes (with a link to your blog in the footer)
  8. Create free plugins
  9. Create link bait
  10. Participate in blog carnivals
  11. Comment on DoFollow blogs
  12. WordPress Backlinks Plugin
  • COMMUNITY:

  • Join communities at MyBlogLog
  • Join communities at Bumpzee
  • Join communities at Blog Catalog
  • Start a community at any of these sites
  • Comment on other blogs in your niche
  • Email your friends and contacts about a new blog post that may interest them
  • Email your readers to say “thank you”
  • Email other bloggers to introduce yourself
  • SOCIAL MEDIA:

  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Netscape
  • Magnolia
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • FORUMS:

  • AuthorityBlogger
  • Bloggeries
  • SitePoint
  • Blogger Forum
  • BloggerTalk

    GROUPS:

  • Yahoo!
  • Google
  • MSN

    ARTICLE DISTRIBUTION:

  • Write a guest post for another blog
  • Ezine Articles
  • Article Dashboard
  • Go Articles
  • ArticleHub
  • Jogena
  • Marketing Seek
  • Article Avenue
  • Alumbo
  • Article Pros
  • eBusiness Articles
  • Syndication from Idea Marketers
  • Write for newspapers
  • Write for magazines
  • Scribd (document sharing)
  • Open Floodgate
  • Google Base
  • SUBMIT A PRESS RELEASE:

  • PRBuzz
  • I-Newswire
  • Free-Press-Release.com
  • PR Free
  • PR.com

    FREE CLASSIFIED ADS:

  • Craig’s List
  • Oodle
  • Kijiji
  • INetGiant
  • Sales Spider
  • FREE ADVERTISING:

  • Yahoo! Search Marketing ($25 free advertising credit) (aff.)
  • Microsoft AdCenter ($50 free advertising credit through PPC Universe)
  • ABC Search ($100 free advertising credit through PPC Universe)

    PHOTO SHARING:

  • Flickr
  • Photobucket
  • DropShots
  • WebShots
  • Shutterfly
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