Free Marketing Techniques Part 3

So you just started blogging and want to get noticed, well here are a few techniques I picked up and would like to share with you.

1.The first thing that you have to do in order to promote your blog effectively is to contribute new material as often as possible, shoot for at least once a day if you can. If that's to much try writing several articles at a time when your in the mood and the words come to you easily.You can always post them later when you need something to talk about. Its important to realize that the search engines are constantly looking for new information so if your post meets this need it will get ranked by the search engines. I know this is not earth shattering news but you have to stress the basics, besides people want the new stuff otherwise they won't come back to your blog.

2.Make sure you ping your blog regularly to alert the search engines to your new material. You can try http://pingomatic.com/. Blogger does this for you automatically.Also search for as many directories as you can find and register your blog with them.

3.Try submitting your blog articles to a "blog carnival." A blog carnival is like a magazine with many different articles by different authors so if you get published you can leave a link back to your post. It's important to know that the more links you have directed back at your blog the more traffic you will receive.

4.Respond to your comments that people leave. This makes your blog more interactive. Remember communication equals sales. Visit different blogs that are related to your blog and leave comments.Make sure to leave a link/signature back to your blog. Try putting some effort into your comments, don't be lazy.

5.Go to a few forums and contribute to the various topics, this is a good place to leave your signature/anchor link. If people read your comments and there is a link for them to click, this will drive more traffic back to your post.People are more likely to click on your link instead of your blog URL since some of the forum members might think your trying to make a quick buck.Make sure you don't give one word comments, show some genuine interest and others will do the same for you.This anchor link/signature you created gets listed in search engines because keywords become the link instead of the URL.The only downside to leaving a link is you have to insert some basic code which is not that difficult, just do a search and you will get the idea. Make sure you read the forum rules on linking first before you try otherwise you will get banned from the forum. In the next series I will show you how to put a signature/link on other peoples posts/forums. Please feel free to leave any comments or questions you may have regarding this article. Until next time.