How to Promote Your Blog Without Being a Pain

Don't Beg for Page Views, Work for Them

If you are trying to generate AdSense revenue, know your AdSense options. Color AdSense panels will generate more revenue, but may distract, even annoy your reader. Blending AdSense panels to match your site color scheme may look great, but can reduce clicks. The size and location of the AdSense panels can make or break the first impression of your blog. If you want your reader to stay, less can be more. A simple AdSense sidebar and footer is often a good start.

Free site meters, like the ones available on sitemeter.com, can provide you with a great deal of information. Not only the number of site hits, but page views, referral links, out clicks and general location of viewers. All this information will help you to determine the effectiveness of your blog and your blog promotion.

Content Sites: Freelance writers for content websites have the benefit of well designed and promoted venue to showcase their work. They also have the disadvantage of intense competition. Quality is again the key. With quality content, buddy groups and reciprocal networks on content sites are valuable assets. Instead of joining a buddy group just for promotion, try to find or build a buddy help group. Having buddies review content before submission can only improve the quality of content. Once you and your buddies are satisfied with the quality of the work, then it is time for promotion.

Promotion: Promotion of your blog or articles is much more effective if someone else does the promotion. Being active in a forum related to the theme of your blog/article is a great way to promote. While quality forums frown on self-promotion, most will allow you to include your blog URL or link, in your user profile. If you are active in a forum, post informative or witty comments. Good comments increase the likelihood viewers will visit your blog. If those viewers like your blog, they can post your URL without violating the forum's terms of service. This is the best promotion any blog/article can receive on a forum.

Well-written comments placed on related blogs will also increase traffic to your blog or article. There is a huge emphasis on well written! Make sure your comments are relevant and timely. A simple "Great job!" can be much more effective than a long discourse. If you have a comment of some length to post, compose and proof before posting. Everything you write online reflects your character.