Once you've created a blog, what are some of your favorite ways of marketing it?

There are opportunities out there to promote, like a blog competition. You can also engage is link building, blogger relations and maybe even driving attention to your blog with PPC ads.

What are some things you've learned to gain recognition for your blog? Any favorite tips you want to share?

Thanks,
Dana

use black Hat techniques... Joke... hhehehe LOL

Just do the natural way of Optimizing your webpage. ... Try also to join in Blog Competitions.

blog competition? I don't think I have done or heard of this. how is this done? got any examples?

thanks

I just started blogging a few days ago and have my first blog up and running. I was always under the impression that the best long term plan for a blog was to update it at least once every 2 days and to get links coming to it, both things in the interest of generating search engine placement for the keywords that you target in your writing.

These blog competitions are not something I have heard of before but they sound interesting. I would appreciate more information from those who have participated in them to get some ideas of what results members have had.

I really like advertising on forums, its the best, it always help. Point blank if your looking for marketing techniques, I would say posting on forums. For SEO do article publishing on sites, and link exchanges with related sites

Social Bookmarking is my favorite. Love the burst in traffic and then the hope to catch some and keep them.

Social bookamrkings, directory submission and forum posting. Those are regular task I did on my blog.

Originally Posted by ajcones

Social bookamrkings, directory submission and forum posting. Those are regular task I did on my blog.

This is better way.....

i always submit my blog to a free directory and bookmark the site.

Originally Posted by TheKidBlogger

Social Bookmarking is my favorite. Love the burst in traffic and then the hope to catch some and keep them.

how much of the traffic from SB sites do you get where you actually convert from? I have been reading a lot of opinions that SB traffic doesn't really convert.

Originally Posted by jabo

how much of the traffic from SB sites do you get where you actually convert from? I have been reading a lot of opinions that SB traffic doesn't really convert.

Good Heavens!!

Is the light beginning to dawn that sniper tactics on marketing and promotion (picking out your targets) is far more effective than machine gunning the crowd and hoping a ricochet hits the target?

Only concentrate Social bookmarking and Social Networking ........

I don't even know how to do this :S

I'm currently in the very early stages of blogging, and trying to make money blogging.

So far It's fun, but I don't really see any money in the future

I love to use forum posting, article submission and social media submission to promote my blogs

Some of the promotional methods I can suggest:

1. Write unique and useful content
2. Update regularly
3. Write comments in relevant blogs
4. Post in relevant forums
5. Create profiles in social media like StumbleUpon and Twitter and join the conversation with your audience
6. Write an article and give it away as a guest post at one of the biggest blogs in your field

social bookmarking and directory submission help me to get promotion of my blogs

I've tried a few blog carnivals with some success. Does anybody do these anymore?

How do you market via Social Bookmarking? I don't get it . Are there any success stories regarding Social Networking also?

i agree with HowtoMakeBlog. Unique Content and regular updates are very important.

Having a link in your signature at the forum where you frequent the most will get you quite a few visitors. The Best way to market your blog is to spread the word around, i passed around T-Shirts, Went to bloggers meetings, made relations with other bloggers and get on a blog directory like technorati etc.

It will be slow in beginning or very slow but will pick up later on. Remember the outcome is directly propotional to the effort you put in.