10 Simple Blog Promotion Strategies

Once you’ve built your blog, you may be tempted to believe that blog traffic will just magically start pouring in. Too bad it’s not that simple. If you do want more blog traffic (that result in more subscriptions), then you will want to be proactive in your marketing efforts.

The good news is that in today’s new media environment, it’s easier than ever to begin bringing visitors and traffic back to your blog.

Here Are 10 Simple Blog Traffic Strategies To Begin Generating Subscribers:

1) Facebook Fanpage. Add your blog feed to your Facebook Notes Tab so your fans are instantly notified via a status update whenever you make a new post.

2) Twitter. Add a Twitter plugin to your blog so that your Twitter followers receive automatic updates whenever you post to your blog.

3) LinkedIn. Add your blog feed to your profile (using the LinkedIn application) so your connections are can follow your blog posts on your profile page.

4) Blog Catalogs. You should add your blog to the top blog catalogs so that readers (or publishers) that are searching for specific blog topics can subscribe instantly to your blog.

5) Blog RSS Feeds. Add your blog to top RSS feeds so that individuals interested in your topic can easily subscribe to your blog feed.

6) Blog Carnivals. A blog carnival is a blog post that points to other blog posts all related to a specific topic. When you participate in a blog carnival you can often get a spike in new subscriptions. To find out more about blog carnivals go to www.blogcarnival.com

7) Your Signature. Make sure that you create a signature that contains a link to your blog. Of course, use that signature in all of your correspondence.

8)  Comment Marketing. This is one of the oldest blog traffic strategies out there. But, it continues to work for many bloggers. Find about ten blogs related to your industry and subscribe to them (using an RSS feed like Google Reader). Create a routine in which you leave comments on the blogs every time they make a new post. In theory you will draw attention back to your blog through other readers and perhaps even from the bloggers themselves.

9) Forum Marketing. Visit forums in your industry, make valuable comments and contributions and insert a link to your blog in your signature.

10) Social Bookmarking. Use social bookmarking platforms to bookmark each of your blog posts as they are published.

If you continue to actively promote your blog using these simple platforms, you will undoubtedly notice a spike in traffic and a surge in subscriptions.