31DBBB Day 3: Promote individual blog posts

Day 3 Pro­mote indi­vid­ual blog posts

Key Con­cepts: Pro­mot­ing indi­vid­ual blog posts tends to be far more effec­tive than the main URL. Along with increas­ing read­er­ship by link­ing posts to social net­work­ing sites, you can pro­mote select links in social book­mak­ing sites like Digg and Stum­ble­Upon, cre­ate inter­nal links within your own web­site and pitch your best posts to other blog­gers to link to.

Questions:

1. Where do you pro­mote blog posts other than on Twit­ter or Facebook?
2. What sites/forums have worked best in dri­ving traf­fic to your site?

2010 July Retrieved from Problogger.net Day 3 Forum Posts Day 3

As I started to build iden­ti­ties with Fan Pages, I found my ini­tial post­ings were mostly oth­ers blog posts in the sub­ject area I am build­ing. Once the Fan Page had enough fol­low­ers, I could get a URL and then use that name in cre­at­ing my blog to match the page. It is a dif­fer­ent approach. If any­one goes to any of my face­book Fan Pages they can see how I have pro­moted sto­ries of oth­ers and blog posts where appro­pri­ate. Recently I used a story one of the #31dbbb blog­gers sent me a link to read. Holly’s post link is on my new Fan Page I am build­ing called Tourist If you are a face­book user and will want to read about Tourist Inter­est and Sto­ries, Fan my page.

Last night I was explor­ing oth­ers blogs and links from post­ings they made at twit­ter. Twit­ter works for spread­ing infor­ma­tion about your blog or post­ings. I read it as a quick news reel of inter­est­ing facts or sto­ries. Col­or­ing out­side the lines has been some­thing that has been hard for me since 1st grade when I was rep­ri­manded. Find­ing a blog with that name peaked my inter­est. The post­ing on Social Media for moms caught my eye. Never knew this mom’s world existed. The Secret to Suc­cess is Sup­port blog and 31 day chal­lenge to Build a Bet­ter Blog using Problog­gers (Dar­ren Rowse) book is help­ing all of us broaden our horizons.

Right Now I pro­mote most of my blog or blog post of mine and oth­ers on Face­book and twit­ter. I find each one can be suc­cess­ful. Twit­ter does seem to reach more peo­ple. Post­ing com­ments or links to your blog reviews to someone’s else’s blog about a prod­uct they have been sell­ing is a sure fire way to get traf­fic. I want to check out more of these alter­na­tive places but find I must focus or I get lost in the dis­cov­ery. Grow­ing com­ments is some­thing I want to learn more about.

Eileen