Posts: 10,688
Name: Steven Bradley
Location: Boulder, Colorado
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I can't give you an actual time for each item on your list since it really varies from week to week. Some weeks I have so much client work in front of me I don't get to spend much time promoting my site. Other weeks might be slow in which case I'll spend a lot more time on some of those activities.
I tend to post to forums and community sites a lot, though not because I think it has any great direct seo benefit. I just like the community and the friends I make. To me it's more promotion than seo in that I'm building a brand in places outside of my site. Clients have found there way to me because they found something I said in a forum post which eventually led them to contact me.
I blog regularly, though I haven't been able to post as regularly as I'd like lately. That's generally how I add content to my site, though on occasion I may add a new sales page or remove an old one. I have some ideas for things that I may create outside the blog, though they'll fit fine on the blog too.
I post to social sites that I enjoy. Again it's not for seo so much as it is because I simply enjoy the sites and the communities. Any seo benefit is more indirect in that participation can help build relationships with people who may later link to my site or recommend me to others. I generally don't submit my own content to social sites.
With a brand new site I'll submit to a few general and a few topical directories, but beyond that I tend not to do much. Most directories are pretty useless IMO and I doubt search engines would place much value on the links. I'll still submit a site to some directories that I think have some value.
I haven't written any press releases, because I don't really think my sites have done anything so newsworthy. Maybe I underestimate myself, but to me most of the things people submit to press release sites don't seem press worthy.
The amount of time I put into reciprocal linking is exactly 0.
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