Blog Promotion Techniques

This is an excellent collection of techniques for promoting your blog. Full credits for the creator of this list and a link at the end of the article.

There’s tremendous value in reaching out to your target audience and soliciting feedback directly. It’s shameless, perhaps, but it also shortens the cycle for communicating with your early adopter customers. So what are you waiting for? Start promoting your blog.

Blog PromotionTools:

• Chicklet easy subscriptions tool - thanks to Thomas
• Pingoat
• Subscribe me plugin for wordpress
• Mybloglog (still haven’t used yet, but looks cool)
• Feedburner - another nice one on my list of to do’s
• Promote it on your car
• Top blog directories
• More blog directories and SE’s
• Feedshot blog submission tool
• Graywolf’s blog tools
• Swipe GW’s “add to” links like I did too
• Tracking and feedback loop tools from Aaron
• WG’s wordpress downloads
• Bookmarklets every blogger should have
• Big list of del.icio.us tools
• Weblog compodium blog tools
• Blog-Maniac ping service list and more
• Blog directories
• Blogger tools

Weblog promotion Websites:

• Performancing.com
• Problogger.net
• BloggingPro.com
• Mark Wade
• Micropersuasion - Steve Rubel
• Businessblogconsulting.com
• GapingVoid - Honest blogger brilliance

Blog Marketing Guides and Related Reading:

• Rae’s guide to getting blog traffic without the SE’s *WMW Supporter’s forum
• 11 tips to increase pageviews on your blog
• Promoting your growing your blog by Graywolf
• 10 tips for blogging
• Habits of wildly successful del.icio.us users
• Measuring blog marketing and strategies
• Adding content pages - 78 tips
• Blog marketing info. from Thomas
• Creating passionate users
• The long tail - a testimonial for blogging

The original list can be found HERE