Posted By Mohammed on February 17, 2009
Hey friends,
I just changed my blog template and will implement some marketing actions for my blog soon. You know, I go and visit other Alex students’ blogs and find that part of them have already done a great job on their blog stuff, say, Dean Holland, Mark Austin, Garry Parkes….a lot, I really appreciate their work and would like to take them as my examples to go on my blogging work. Yesterday, I am lounging on the Internet and found some good tips to market our blogs. I collect them and would like to share with you here. So friends, if your blog is also a new start-up like mine, let’s work together to make it better!
Here are the tips I’m going to follow:
1. Try to use a stand alone domain name www.myblog.com and if you have a domain which has enough trafic everyday, it is ok to put your blog under the directory of the domain, say, www.myblog.com/blog
PS: My domain is LearnListBuildingSecrets.com and there is already a webpage there. So I put my blog under the directory of the site www.LearnListBuilding.com/blog. However, my main site do do get enough trafic, so I am considering to put my blog directly under my domain.
2. Customize blog look and template design.
PS: Most of people will choose to use a template to set up their blog. A good template will be choosed and used by numbers of people because they all like beautiful templates
In order not to make the blog looks like others, we need to customize our blog template. I just canceled my old template and replaced it with the new one. I did these template design on my own and was satisfied with it so far
3. Research keywords and develop a glossary - Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, SitePoint, SEOBook Keyword Research.
PS: I will find out my keywords and write some mata tag and description soon
4. Optimize the blog:
- Template optimization - RSS subscription options, social bookmark links, HTML code, Unique title tags, URLs, Sitemap
- Add helper plugins specific to WordPress or MT
- Create keyword rich categories (reference your keyword glossary)
5. Enable automatic trackback and ping functionality.
6. Setup a Google account for Sitemap, validate and prep for future submission.
7. When making blog posts always cite the source with a link and don’t be afraid to mention popular bloggers by name. Use keywords in the blog post title, in the body of the post and use anchor text when you link to previous posts you’ve made.
8. Enable statistics for tracking - Google Analytics, ClickTracks.
9. Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories / search engines.
10. Request feedback or reviews of your blog in relevant forums, discussion threads. If you have a resourceful post that will help others, point to it.
11. Post regularly. If it’s a news oriented blog, 3-5 times per day. If it’s an authoritative blog, 3-5 times per week, but each post must be unique and high value.
12. Monitor inbound links, traffic, comments and mentions of your blog - Google Alerts, Technorati, Blogpulse, Yahoo News, Ask Blogs and Feeds.
13. Use social networking services, forums and discussion threads to connect with other bloggers. If they like your friends, they will link to you.
14. Always respond to comments on your blog and when you detect a mention of your blog on another blog, thank that blogger in the comments of the post.
15. Research and comment on relevant industry related blogs and blogs with significant centers of influence.
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