My usual Saturday project is to look at ways to increase the visibility of this blog. I have tried gimmicks, link trades, and link directories. So far, the link directories has been a spectacular failure. It appears that the directory gets a 1000 links for every 1000 people who sign-up but each of those 1000 blogs gets 1 link. The one link is not well displayed and creates zero traffic.
This week, a new test - BLOG CARNIVALS
There are several blogs with the title "Blog Carnival(s)" On the blog, Blogcarnivals.com, the author cites a post from last year on ProBlogger:
If I had to pick one tip to give new and aspiring bloggers, it would be this: participate in blog carnivals.
This of course requires that you find blog carnivals that are appropriate, and those that are done right. One of the best places to find carnivals is Blogcarnival.com They have a very comprehensive list and if you register you can track your submissions and your favorites. It also has a form to make submitting your articles VERY simple.
I chose a few to start with ...
| Carnival | ¤ | !reach for magnificence personal develop |
| Next scheduled | ¤ | Aug 15, 2007 |
| Host blog | ¤ | Reach For Magnificence |
| Carnival | ¤ | carnival of the entrepreneur |
| Next scheduled | ¤ | Aug 13, 2007 |
| Host blog | ¤ | A Self-Entrepreneurship Online Magazine |
| Carnival | ¤ | corporate vigilance |
| Next scheduled | ¤ | Aug 12, 2007 |
| Host blog | ¤ | Corporate Vigilance |
| Carnival | ¤ | carnival of small business issues |
| Next scheduled | ¤ | Aug 14, 2007 |
| Host blog | ¤ | Atlantic Canada's Small Business Blog |
| Carnival | ¤ | personal growth carnival |
| Next scheduled | ¤ | Aug 14, 2007 |
One could spend all day submitting to carnival after carnival. That would get some traffic and possibly a Technorati point for each carnival.
I decided to mark each carnival I entered as a favorite so that I know where I have been. After you mark it a favorite it is easy to click the submit link. If you do the submission first it is not as easy to get to the favorite link. There is probably another way to do all of this but for now - we'll see how this works out. Prior to posting the articles to the carnivals this blog ahd a Technorati rating of 316 - not bad for 2.5 months of blogging.
Roger,
I think I just blasted my comment into deep cyberspace. So forgive me if this is a repeat:
To grow my blog, I use the same strategy that I use to grow my business: I identify my best readers, as I do my best customers, and at my blog I create content that meets my readers' wants, needs and desires.
At the end of the day it is about the "who" (readers) not the "what" (tactics, that is gimmicks). We write for readers, not for links. If we do a good job, the links will come.
Hope this helps.
Posted by: Lewis Green | August 13, 2007 9:44 AM | Permalink to Comment