Are You Promoting Your Blog?

Hi Sonja,  I have added a link to my blog on my email signature.  I also added it to the automated listing notifications that go out to my buyers from our MLS.

Sonja, thanks for the tip on the site.  I've book marked to take a look at it.  So many good ideas to implement!

I use my ActiveRain blog to support my other marketing methods, which are tried, true, and old-fashioned, so I'm the only one doing them because everyone else is fighting to be #1 on the Internet, leaving me with a very nice niche market that is easy to market to and has me busy, busy, busy.

I use my blog link on my web site and listing sites.  It's a good way to get traffic to your web site and link back as often as possible.

I am totally guilty of not promoting my blog! I have not yet set up my outside blog to link with the AR one either.  Guess I had better get busy.

Hey, Sonja. I'm still a little old fashioned mainly because I like the tried and true methods depending on who my Client is. The main reason why so many people don't like them is because their co-workers say, "Oh, that doesn't work anymore" or they say "I tried that once. It didn't work."

Interestingly, I've always -- always, always, always -- found that it "doesn't work anymore" because they quit doing it persistently and consistently. It's the same problem many people here at ActiveRain have -- they quit blogging persistently and consistently. Does it take effort? Absolutely. I learned good old fashioned work ethics from my wise old grandmother, though, and I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty making a livelihood.

Those who say "I tried that once. It didn't work" fall into the same category of not doing "that" persistently and consistently. Trying it "once" is not going to provide for long-term success.

What he said. (Thanks Russel)

I was one who didn't know what blogging was and how it could help me.  In less than 2 months with consistent blogging, I've moved from page 10 to page 2 on Goggle with certain tag words.  I will have to look for other blogginf sites as well.  Thanks Sonja for and extra reminder!

Hi Sonja, I try to promote my blog every which way I can.  I am in the process of constructing different blogs (by theme) in AR and will provide links to those on my web site.

I printed 1 page from my blog and enclosed it in my Christmas cards.

Hi Sonja,

Twitter, RE411, and Squido are good sites.

Catherine

Thanks for the advise.  I am learning something new on AR every day! 

I need to learn the art of visiting more than AR everyday.  I do feed my outside blog and twitter and ocassionally write to my other blogs that don't get fed.

Thanks for pointing all of this out.  Now I just need to figure out how to do it.

I know that I can do a lot more to promote my blog.  I really have been so busy reading. commenting, and sometimes posting, that I haven't made the effort to promote my blog effectively.

  Yes!! and Thank you!!  Earning points on AR is not enough. Having an outside blog is awesome and adding an easy domain name that is memorable should be a must.  I use www.naplesmarketingblog.com so it is accessible for everyone outside the RAIN.  I tell everyone and post links everywhere. 

Elayna Fernandez | Naples Marketing

I'm currently creating a list of places where you can promote your blog online as well as an list of tips of ways to promote your blog offline.  Can't wait to finish it up!

~Renae

Promoting the blogs is definitely important!  Otherwise, no one will ever see all of that great information you write!  I'd love to hear where other people are promoting their blogs other than Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

Kathy 

We have several city websites, where I join in the discussions. Frederick.com allows anyone to write an article about local interests, so I wrote one about: The Mortgage Meltdown: A Realtor's Perspective, of course, linking back to my blog.  The web manager thought my post was relevant to more than just Frederick readers, so he syndicated it on all 28 of their city websites.

When you check your local sites and forums, check to see which ones are developed by a larger site developer with websites for multiple areas.  Another good site is a travel site.