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How do I get people to read my blog?

November 10th, 2011 by Hannah du Plessis
Just like a website, your blog will not attract visitors by itself. You need to actively promote your blog to drive traffic to it. Here are some ways you can promote your blog:
Driving Traffic To Your Blog
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  1. Make sure your article is interesting to read.
     
  2. Find blog directories and submit your blog there. Type “blog directories” into Google and see what comes up.
     
  3. Ping your blog. There are several blog ping services online. Type “ping blog” into Google, and use the ones on the first page.
     
  4. Use the article you have written and submit that to article directories, and link them back to your blog. There are also article submission services out there that can do that for you. Article Directories are the best as people can go there to find content for their newsletters. They have to use your article with your website link and your details. Your article may appear on someone else’s blog or in someone else’s newsletter so when people read that they will click on your link to read more.
     
  5. Website directories work as well. However, just spend a couple of hours submitting to directories as they are not too high in quality.
     
  6. Submit your article at scoop.co.nz, bizbuzz.co.nz, and  businessblogs.co.nz
     
  7. Join a forum in your industry and write comments and start or join discussions. Have a signature, with your blog address that people can click on if they are interested in what you are saying.
     
  8. Find classified ad sites, and write an ad for your article and link back to it.
     
  9. Put an automatic signature on your email that sends with your email. Everyone you email or who you reply to will see your link in your signature and click on it.
     
  10. Tweet about your blog on Twitter. Retweet a bit later.
     
  11. Post a link to your blog in your updates on Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Ecademy and other social networking sites.
     
  12. Use Google Adwords to place an advertisement that links to your blog. Note: this costs money.
     
  13. You can also advertise on other social networking sites. This may cost money too.
     
  14. Find websites with similar content, so a tutor can find a school website or a travel agent can find a hotel or resort website, read their articles, and ask them to link a word or two to your blog.

Promoting your blog in these ways will also create links back to your blog which is really useful for Search Engine Optimisation. The more quality links you have back to your blog, the higher your website will rank in the search engines, and the better chance you have in getting found on the first page in the search engines in your area. This is what you want to happen because people who look for your product or service will then find you easily.

You can choose to use all of these ways or just a couple. In this case though, more is better.

Good luck with your blog!

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14 November 2011 - 1:15pm — Tash Pop
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Another interesting tactic

Another interesting trick I recently discovered is to just at the end of your blog post ask (instruct) people to link to it if they liked it "If you liked this post link to it"... Simple but very effective technique (people often forget to link to it but when instructed and/or reminded they will be more likely to link back to you).

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Hannah du Plessis
Attraction Marketing
http://attractionmarketing.net.nz

Hannah du Plessis, Expert Author and top sales leader for Avon, has always had a strong interest in sales and internet marketing. She created Attraction Marketing to help self-employed people, as well as small and medium sized business owners solve one of their biggest business problems: attract a steady stream of clients.

Hannah learned the hard way that chasing prospects and sales targets don't work. While working as a sales representative, Hannah did what she was told and chased every prospect. She used cold calling as well as the traditional sales processes as expected and experienced nothing but failure and frustration.

Then Hannah learned about the science of positioning and everything changed. She learned the psychology behind sales; why people buy, how to take back her power, and how and why these principles apply not only in business but in all spheres of life. Hannah's sales quadrupled as a result.

Hannah now helps others to approach their work and their lives from a position of power.

Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, Hannah now resides in Auckland, New Zealand.

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