Blogging Directories - Great Advertising Venues
If you want to have more people visit your blog, there
are plenty of blog directories on the Internet that
you can submit your blog to so that people will come
and visit it. Most blog directories are listed by the
topics that the blogs that are submited cover.
Blog Catalog is a free blog directory that offers
categories such as career and jobs, writing, Iraq, and
many others. It has features such as featured blogs
and other things to offer those who submit their blogs
there.
Another great place to add your blog is
blog-drectory.org. Not only do they have an an
extensive list of categories with sub categories, you
can get your blog reviewed. For the most popular
blogs, it shows the amount of hits that blogs have and
if they have any reviews. As well as listing by
category, the blogs are also listed by location.
There are other blog directories on the Internet -
these are only a ouple of them. But blog directories
are a great place to advertise your blog and to make
new friends. You never know what you will find when
you browsing through the directory, and you may just
find out information that you never knew. Some of the
blog directories offer chat features as well, so that
you can meet other people easily.
As you can see, blog directories are a great place to
get your blog noticed and bring people to read your
blog and look at your pictures.
Blogging Traffic - Give And Take
Blogging traffic is a give and take relationship. Sometimes one of the best ways to get traffic to your blog is by visiting someone else s blog.
Go to their blog and read one of their entries, or read a few of them. Chances are that you are going to find something that you have in common.
When you find something that you find truly interesting on a blog, leave a comment so that they know that you were there.
One of the best known blogs available is LiveJournal. A great feature of LiveJournal is that you can search for interests on their site and it will come up with results of those who have that interest.
Are you interested in horseback riding You can see what other bloggers are interested in horseback riding as well.
When you are commenting on someones post, you want to make sure that you dont leave generic comment. If you
like the post, say something about what you read in the post.
After you have commented on the persons post, then you can say something like, I really like horseback riding too. I had a similar experience to yours. and then use it to link back to your journal.
But be sure that you sound sincere when you are commenting, and dont make them feel like youre just fishing for traffic.
If someone thinks that you are using their blog to get more traffic to yours, they wont visit your site and your efforts will be wasted.
Email Groups - Hidden Treasure Troves For Advertising
Something that has become increasingly popular since the Internet has grown are the email groups that are available through Yahoo, MSN, and other venues.
They are a great way to meet other people who have a common interest, and are very similar to the communities that are available through blogging sites.
There is plenty of diverse subjects and there are communities for just about any subject.
These groups can be a great place for people who have a blog about the subject and want to share it with other people.
Most of the time when you join a group, you are encouraged to take a moment and to introduce yourself. This is a great opportunity to tell people about your blog, but make certain that you dont overdo it.
Just like with any of the other places you will advertise your blog, you want to make people want to go to your blog. If you are too overbearing, you will turn people off.
If your blog covers different subjects, you can advertise it on the other groups that cover those subjects as well.
Make certain that your post to the groups is interesting and that you let people know what it is that your blog is about. Theres nothing worse than getting taken to a blog under false pretences.
When people visit your blog, make certain that you thank them for visiting and respond to comments that they leave.
If they know that you appreciate the time that they took, they are more likely to come back again.