People who have blogs often give up on them after a few weeks or months if they don't get thousands of readers. It's a shame because if bloggers took a few simple steps to market their blogs, they might find that there are people who want to read about almost any subject. So how can a blogger get people to pay attention? Here are some blog marketing ideas that should help most blogs get a good amount of traffic in a short amount of time.
Blog about something specific. The world doesn't need another "vanity blog" about what you had for breakfast. If you are not a super-model-looking teenage girl who wants to put a lot of photos on your blog, it will probably be hard for people to notice you. If you already have a vanity blog and are wondering why it isn't getting any traffic, you should know that the market for vanity blogs is completely full. Think about starting or changing your blog to be about something else, like an interest or a hobby.
Next, you should start making posts on forums. Put the URL of the blog in your forum signature. Don't spam forums by saying "look at my blog." People will be interested in what you have to say if you just join in the conversation. This will get you a few more readers. If the forum you post in is about the same thing as your blog, you may get people who read it more than once. Try to find the most popular forums in your niche. Go to Google and search for your niche keyword plus "forum," and you should get a list of them. Try to find forums that have at least a few thousand members who are active.
Make sure to do trackbacks and pingbacks to other blogs that you link to so that they know about you. People will come to see what you said about them if they find out you've talked about them. Some of their readers will, too. You might get more than just a few visitors if you talk about popular stories from popular blogs.
as much as you can on other people's blogs (without spamming). Most of the time, you can put a link back to your own blog, which people do-follow. It's also a good idea to look for blogs that talk about the same things you do. This will help you get readers who are more likely to stick with your blog. (Don't use "comment spam" programs, because Google can find out and punish you for it.
The most important thing is that you should keep blogging! No one will come back to a blog that is only updated once a week or once in a while. You need to add new content at least once a day, especially when you're first trying to get people to notice your blog. This is a very big deal.
