Are you having trouble getting more people to view your blog? If so, it may not be your fault.
You see, there are so many gurus telling you all you have to do is learn SEO and sprinkle some keywords on your blog, and traffic will come in droves.
While that advice is somewhat true and important, you need much more than SEO and keywords to drive qualified traffic to your site.
Gone are the days when you say: build it and they will come".
Now you have to say something along the lines of: build it and go out into the online world and let people know my blog exists.
There are so many ways for you to promote your blog, however, I want to share 3 simple and fun ways you can promote your blog posts starting today! 1.
Write an online press release- Online press releases are slightly different than traditional press releases.
With a traditional press releases you are usually showcasing who, what, when and where and there has to be a newsworthy angle for you story to get picked up by journalists.
Well, online press releases are a whole different ball game; designed to increase your chances of being on the first page of Google as well as for getting your content in front of your direct buyers.
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Share on Social Media- It's no secret that everyone and their cousin logs on to Twitter, Facebook and a myriad of those social media sites on a daily basis.
Ca n you imagine just a tiny fraction of 1 billion people looking at your content? There are free and simple tools that you can use that will share your blog posts with the world once you have written it.
If you have a Wordpress website, there are many blogging plug ins that makes sharing your content an effortless process.
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Write a Guest Blog Post- Guest blogging is exactly as it sounds.
You can find other blogs who serve the same audience as yours and pitch them to write a blog post.
The key to guest blogging is to offer value to their audience.
Whether you are sharing your best tips or giving away a free gift, you want to make sure the place you are guest blogging has your ideal audience.
The reason being if they like what you have to say, most likely they will come back to your blog and find out more about you and subscribe to your blog too! When it comes to blogging, writing the blog is one thing, and promoting and marketing it is another.
You want to make sure that every time you write your blog posts that you are doing at least one or all of these blog marketing strategies to guarantee your success.