According to Technorati, there are over 80+ million blogs and counting. So how do you start marketing your blog so that it stands out in the clutter?
Here are some basic blog marketing tactics:
- Post regularly (we’ve been slack lately – too busy)
- Claim your blog on Techorati
- Submit you blog to Google Blog Search
- Sign up for Feedburner
- Create keyword rich headlines, such as “Marketing Your Blog“
- Link to other well known blogs
- Add WordPress plugins for SEO
- Submit your blog URL to paid directories with categories for blogs (Yahoo, bCentral, BOTW, JoeAnt)
- Submit a search engine friendly press release about your blog through PRWeb
- Build links to your blog
- Comment on other blogs
- Setup Google Analytics and track your blog
- Print your blog on your collateral / Add it to your email signature
For more advice on marketing your blog, check out these entries on marketing your blog from ProBlogger or TopRankBlog.