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Your Blog Marketing - Part 4

Posted by Money.Power.Wisdom in August 28th 2007

This Blog MARKETING post is a part of “2 Weeks To Launch Your Blog“.

Blog comments

Done the right way, commenting on other blogs can bring a lot of targeted traffic to your site.

Browse the Web, searching for blogs on your niche. When you find a post that intrigues or interests you, and on which you think you can comment, post a short note - and include a link back to your blog.

Or you may prefer to use the ‘Trackback’ feature to post your comment on your blog, and let the other blog’s owner know you’ve done it.

Either way, you benefit both from a link from a targeted, related blog/website and from traffic that may reach you from the other blog. If you don’t have time or interest doing this, you could outsource this task too.

Article submissions

Write a short article on any topic related to your niche.

It should be between 450 and 600 words, include your main keyword around 4 to 8 times, and maybe have your secondary keywords too.

Try for around 3 to 5 paragraphs, write short simple sentences that are easily understood. Choose topics likely to interest readers in your niche. At the end, craft a catchy ‘author resource box’ mentioning the author’s name, special skills, and something attractive about your blog - with a link back to it.

You could even use keywords in this section to add relevance to the link back to your blog.

If you cannot write an article, you may consider outsourcing it to a writer. Expect to pay between $8 and $15 for a good quality piece.

When you are happy with your article, submit it to the top article directories only. These are good ones to start with: