Do you struggle to attract readers to your blog? Are you looking for blog marketing and promotion ideas that will bring more of your ideal customers to your business blog? Most bloggers struggle at some point to bring in new readers, and then turn readers into subscribers. Over the years, I’ve written a number of posts about promoting your blog. However, every few months a new tool or platform arrives on the scene that can have a huge impact on how you market your blog. Pinterest, anyone? In addition, some of the tactics I promoted in the past have become less important or even irrelevant, like blog directories or pinging news aggregation sites. In this article you’ll find 13 proven strategies for increasing your blog’s visibility and attracting more qualified traffic TODAY!

1. BLOG
MARKETING
13 Proven Strategies to Promote & Market
Your Business Blog

2. Create Keyword-Rich Blog Posts
Most of your new blog readers and subscribers are going to come through
a search, so it’s important to have at least a working understanding of SEO.

3. Write Guest Blog Posts At Other Blogs
Guest blogging creates new inbound links to your site and
introduces you to a new audience.

4. Offer An Email Subscription
Tease your content in the email, sending subscribers back to your blog
where they can share and comment.

5. Make Sharing Easy With Sharing
Buttons
Like tip jars, sharing buttons reminds readers that you want them to
share your content with others.

6. Use Google+ To Improve Your SEO
And Drive Traffic
The bottom line is that right now Google+ influences Google search results and
that’s reason enough for you to use it.

7. Tweet (& Retweet) Your Posts
Once your post is up you’ll want to share the post with your Twitter
followers.

8. Share Your Post On Facebook
Post your link directly into Facebook (rather than through an app like Hootsuite) for
better reach & engagement.

9. Make Your Posts Pinnable
Pinterest can deliver lots of traffic to your site.
Create one very pinnable image for maximum results.

10. Leverage LinkedIn For B2B Blogs
There are three main places to promote blog posts on LinkedIn: your personal
updates, groups you belong to, and company pages.

11. Convert Posts Into Presentations For
SlideShare
Whether you’re a one-person show or you have a team, it’s important to make your
content go as far as possible.

12. Submit It To AllTop
http://www.alltop.com

13. Leverage StumbleUpon To Generate
Traffic Spikes
http://www.stumbleupon.com

14. Establish Credibility With The Author
Tag
The author tag makes your search result more eye-catching, and evidence
suggests that it will improve your click-through rate.

15. Thanks! Questions?
Rich Brooks
TheMarketingAgents.com
207.619.0099
@therichbrooks
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