I need to know how to get more people to look at my business blog.?

[Lisa M]

I have a business blog, but don't know how to get people to it. Any ideas?

[Tina W]

you could advertise it on craigslist.com

[litleboy78]

paid advertising... as low as 30 a month with google.
adbrite, like google

submit to search engines.

[Here to help!]

Call google, and get it bumped up the list of keywords you added.

[mituotsieunhan]

Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it. Promote it.

Put a link to it in your email signature/forum post signature/chatroom signature. Tell people about it. Mention it in your responses to other blogs.

[DNfer]

social bookmarking, search engine optimisation, having contests in your blog, commenting on other blogs,,,
if you need any help feel free to buzz me

[Holy Heck Hosting]

To get traffic to your site you need to put yourself out there. Noone will come if they don't know you are there.

I have put together a list of good, and free ways to get people to find you:

. Write and submit aload of articles to article directories.

. Leave comments on do follow blogs and forums, this giving you a link back.

. Post in forums and have a link to your site in your signature.

. Start a blog and submit it to the 100’s of free blog directories.

. Manually submit your website to the major search engines.

. Optimize each page of your website for a particular keyword or search phrase.

. Add a link in your email signature to your website.

. Make a custom 404 error page for your website redirecting people to your home page.

. Use PPC search engine advertising.

. Add a “bookmark this site” link to your webpages.

. Have a tell-a-friend form on your site.

. Send articles to ezine publishers that includes a link to your website.

. Hold a crazy content and make it go viral.

Give away a freebie (ebook, report, e-course) to keep people coming back to your site.

. Add an RSS feed to your blog.

. Submit your site to any related niche directories on the net.

. Participate in a banner or link exchange program.

. Create a software program and give it away for free.

. Purchase the misspellings or variations of your domain name, or those of your competitors.

. Buy a domain name related to your niche that is already receiving traffic and forward it to your site.

. Pass out business cards with your domain on them everywhere you go.

. Start and affiliate program and let your affiliates send you visitors.

. Start a page on social bookmarking sites such as http://www.MySpace.com.

. Submit a viral video to http://www.YouTube.com

. Conduct and publish surveys to your website.

. Find joint venture partners that will send you traffic.

. Start your own newsletter or ezine.

. Use a autoresponder or email campaign to keep people coming back to your site.

. Purchase ads on other sites.

. Send a free copy of your product to other site owners in exchange for a product review.

. Sell or place classified ads on ebay with a link to your site.

. Post free classified ads on any of the sites that allow them with a link to your site.

.Exchange reciprocal links with other related websites.

. Network with other people at seminars or other live events.

. Purchase advertising in popular newsletters or ezines.

. Advertise on other product’s “thank you” pages.

. Create a free ebook and list in on the “free ebook” sites.

. Buy and use a memorable domain name.

. Do something controversial.

. Create an Amazon profile and submit reviews for books and other products that you have read.

. Start a lens on Squidoo Homepage.

. Use a traffic exchange (low quality traffic, but can sometimes be worthwhile).

. Get referrals form similar but non-competing sites.

. Create and sell a product with resell or giveaway rights and include a link to your site in it o others pass it around for you.

I hope this helps - good luck.


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[ryan 7]

You can get traffic by trying a free traffic exchange service like TrafficSwarm at http://www.trafficswarm.com/go.cgi?56268...
or WebCentreSurf at http://webcentresurf.com/?27972
Try StumbleUpon at http://www.stumbleupon.com and add your site to your favorites.
You can try article marketing at an article submission service like http://www.ezinearticles.com and link back to your website in the resource box for your articles.
You can also comment on popular blogs like John Chow's or Joel Comm's that allow linkbacks to your URL. Do a Yahoo Search.
Create a video and upload it to YouTube with your URL flashed on the screen. All of these are free.

[Shane]

Make sure your blog looks professional, add some really good content and promote it using these main things:

- social bookmarking submissions
- social networking
- blog comments and trackbacks on other blogs
- submit your blog to blog directories
- submit your feed to rss directories
- participating on forums and using your blog link in signatures
- search engine optimization
- submit your blog to related blog carnivals
- create squidoo.com lenses and hubpages.com hubs
- write your posts controversial to get viral traffic

As you see there are lot's of ways to get traffic for your blog, you just have to do some studying and testing.