Sometimes one of the best ways to get traffic to your
blog is by visiting someone else 's blog.
Go to their blog and read one of their entries, or
read a few of them. Chances are that you are going to
find something that you have in common.
When you find something that you find truly
interesting on a blog, leave a comment so that they
know that you were there.
One of the best known blogs available is LiveJournal.
A great feature of LiveJournal is that you can search
for interests on their site and it will come up with
results of those who have that interest.
Are you interested in horseback riding? You can see
what other bloggers are interested in horseback riding
as well.
When you are commenting on someone's post, you want to
make sure that you don't leave generic comment. If you
like the post, say something about what you read in
the post.
After you have commented on the person's post, then
you can say something like, 'I really like horseback
riding too. I had a similar experience to yours.' and
then use it to link back to your journal.
But be sure that you sound sincere when you are
commenting, and don't make them feel like you're just
fishing for traffic.
If someone thinks that you are using their blog to get
more traffic to yours, they won't visit your site and
your efforts will be wasted.
You can always learn things from other blogs that can
help you. You just might like the things that is on the other
blog. You will enjoy coming back often to make comments
on their blog. They in turn may come to your blog. Others see
what you have written and come to your blog to see what you
have to offer. We all help each other in this way in the blogging
circles. That is why they call this social marketing. You get many
people talking to each other,learning from each other. So much
fun it can be for you. What great friend you can make this way.
If your two blogs have the same subject that you are talking about
some of the people that regularly visit their blog may start coming
to your blog as well. Some of yours will visit them as well. And a great
time can be had by all.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
2 comments:
Hi Dan and Deanna .. good post - I'd add .. keep going back and add your comments, as the other blog may not respond immediately - but they'll probably come over.
Blogs with large numbers of followers may not 'join' with you - because they are already acknowledged in the blogging world.
Some times I get comments from 'complete unknowns' .. then I go to their website and thank them for coming over, or a new reader and do it that way .. just another way of showing politeness - a fundamental to blogging.
Thanks -Hilary Melton-Butcher
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Hello Hilary,
It is always good to keep going back to visit other blogs. You never know who might see your site on that other blog and join with your blog because they liked what you said. That is how we found some of our favorite blogs. That really goes for the large blogs. If they themselves do not join with you some of the readers might.
We love the comments from unknowns and doing just that. It is always good to show politeness. And we want to see what they have on their site as well.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"
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