How to Promote Your Blog Without Being a Pain

Don't Beg for Page Views, Work for Them

Social networks, blogs and forums are loaded with posts begging for pages views. A good number of the beggars are good people with good content. These talented people are lost in the mass of nonsense and deception spawned by pyramid schemes, referral plans and desperate bloggers looking for AdSense revenue. Is there an ethical manner to promote content without bombarding friends, family and acquaintances with email and instant messages?

Yes, but there has to be something worthy of promotion. So the first step to quality promotion is a quality product. While most online writers feel the need to promote every article they write, they are shooting themselves in their cyber feet. Over-promotion of mediocre content is boring the hell out of Internet users and ticking off webmasters. Less is more in life quite often. Promote only the best of your work and the Internet will beat a path to your door.

Most Internet authors are not great writers and never will be. That does not mean they do not have informative or poignant things to say. If you aspire to publish on the web, take it slow and easy. Here are a few tips learned the hard way, through mistakes.

Blogs: If you are building a blog, don't get in a hurry to submit to search engines. Just building a blog is quick and free. Building a quality blog takes time or tons of experience. Whatever the theme of your blog, proof the content thoroughly before seeking page views.

The best way to proof your own writing is to let it rest for a few days then proof. After your article or post rests, read it aloud. If you stumble while reading, it can be better written. Even with poor grammar, an article that has good flow can be a good read.

Spelling errors are deadly for your content. While every computer user has access to spell check programs, the lack of red squiggly lines under your text does not mean correct spelling. An "it' instead of an "if", is a common typo lost to spell check. Finding this type of typographical error can be difficult when proofing your own work. Letting an article rest before proofing helps eliminate simple typos that can destroy the flow of the article.