by Skellie
Photo by Iydurg.
It’s easy to get caught up discussing high-level Digg strategies and complicated metaphors, but it’s important not to lose sight of the things that make the advanced stuff worthwhile.
Without the ability to gather links, subscribers and comments, your blog can’t grow. These three basic things are the lifeblood of your blog. It’s essential to be reminded (every once and a while) of how you can keep that lifeblood flowing.
Let’s get back to basics!
18 ways to get links
1. Create them yourself. The strength of this method is that it’s completely under your control. You don’t need to wait for others to create links because you’re building them yourself. You can place links in comments, a forum signature, an email signature, exchange sidebar links with other bloggers, add links to your social media profiles… the list continues. You can create a lot of them in a relatively short period of time.
2. Create a meme. Ever seen those post formulas repeated by several bloggers, who all link to each other? These are usually called blog memes, and they’re quite easy to create. The most basic meme model involves answering a few defined questions and ‘tagging’ a number of other bloggers for whom you think the questions would be relevant. This is done in the hope that they’ll answer the questions on their blog and link back to the originator of the meme. The key to success with this method is that your meme results in a relevant and entertaining post. If so, other bloggers will be happy to participate. Another tip: don’t tag really big bloggers, as they rarely, if ever, participate in memes. Instead, tag bloggers you’re friendly with, and make sure your meme is relevant to the audience of every person you tag.
3. Hold a competition. The most direct option is to make a link to your blog a condition of entry, but this is not always necessary. An interesting competition can create word of mouth in its own right, even if entry doesn’t require any kind of reciprocal favor. Just make sure (I mean really — make sure) that the prize you’re offering is not out of proportion to the rewards you stand to yield from the competition. I’ve seen a blogger offer a MacBook Air to a random person who linked to the competition post. He received all of eight trackbacks! Often, an interesting or useful prize is a better choice than an expensive one — and safer, too.
4. Write or exchange guest-posts. A larger-scale version of #1, creating your own links, guest-posting is still a method I stand by. It is, simply put, one of the easiest ways to get a prominent link on a popular blog. If the blog is well-targeted, you can expect a spike in subscribers after your guest-post is published.
5. Go popular on Del.icio.us. Many Del.icio.us users have set their bookmarks to publish to their blogs at semi-regular intervals. Going popular on Del.icio.us means anywhere from a hundred to several thousand Del.icio.us users have bookmarked your content, and a certain percentage of those will auto-publish your link to their blog or website. This can yield dozens of new links.
6. Ask for them. As editor of Freelance Switch, a really big blog with over 23,000 subscribers, I’m always surprised to see how few people ask to be included in our links posts. I get maybe one request a day. The truth is that most bloggers who like a post and think it will be relevant to their audience will be happy to link to it, but most of us assume we don’t stand a chance, or feel that asking for links is too audacious. It’s not — really. Remember this tip: your requests will carry more weight if you use them sparingly.
7. Create a viral graphic. If you can express an idea or make people laugh with a graphic, publish it and make it free to distribute. If you don’t link to your blog or website through the image, most of those who reproduce it will link to you to give credit where credit is due. You will actually get more traffic by not placing your URL on the image than you will by doing so.
8. Create viral content. This is a good opportunity to state that the suggestions on this list are not ordered by importance. Creating viral content is the single most powerful way to generate a pile of links to your blog or website. However, like most highly effective methods, it’s not easy to do. If you’re new to the concept, viral content creates a word-of-mouth chain reaction.
9. Give something away. Generosity creates word-of-mouth. Giving without expecting anything in return is quite remarkable. Ironically, giving something away without asking for a reward generally results in greater benefits than you would have received otherwise. Do remember that links are secondary here, though. Sometimes it’s nice to just do something good.
10. Ask for a response. Have you ever found yourself writing a post and wondering what another blogger would have to say about it? You can encourage them to respond to your post on their own blog by emailing them about it, or by asking their opinion within the post itself.
11. Start a debate. Similar to #10, but you won’t be calling upon specific individuals for a response. This method shouldn’t be confused with starting a controversy just to get a reaction, which isn’t very cool. Instead, argue a case, something you believe in — even if it’s likely to be something most of your audience disagree with. Opinions encourage responses.
12. Create a stickied thread in a forum. Unlike normal forum threads, stickied threads are permanently attached to the top of a forum. They have a few common traits: they’re timeless, they’re useful, they’re well-crafted, and they answer one or many recurring questions. However, it’s difficult to 100% guarantee your thread will be stickied, even if you put a lot of effort into it. If you’re pursuing this method, it’s best to do it on a forum you enjoy, and have fun with the process. If your thread doesn’t take off as you would have liked, it’s will still be a positive experience. Of course, the most important step in the process is making sure your blog’s URL is in your post signature, or you could even place it below the introduction to your thread. I was able to drive a steady stream of traffic to one of my older hobby blogs by having a thread stickied.
Photo by kk+.
13. Buy advertising. It’s not uncommon to be able to buy a 125 x 125 banner ad on a well-targeted blog for around $30 a month. If you’re willing to pay higher rates, you should receive a greater number of impressions (the standard rate is around $1 - $1.50 per thousand). If your ad is graphical, make sure your ad describes what a visitor will find when they click on it, and design it with the blog’s target audience in mind. Vague banner ads can significantly reduce click-through rates.
14. Submit your blog or website to directories. While each link is unlikely to yield heaps of traffic, it’s possible to submit to dozens of directories in less than an hour. Just make sure they are not of too low quality, or the link may do more harm than good as far as SEO is concerned.
15. Submit your work to an online gallery. Most galleries featuring user-generated content will allow you to place a link on the page dedicated to your work. You can find places to showcase art, writing, tutorials, and so on.
16. Create a blog theme and link back to yourself in its footer. Some of the best free blog themes around are used by tens of thousands of people, and most of them come with a link to the designer in the theme’s footer. That’s tens of thousands of links. Though they’re probably going to have very poor click through rates individually, the collective figure might be much more worthwhile. This is also great from an SEO perspective, as well.
17. Create a You Tube video, including your URL. Create a videoblog for your site, but host it on You Tube. Judging by the view count on even very mediocre videos, You Tube viewers have quite a bit of attention to share (or time to procrastinate, depending on how you look at it). If you include popular, relevant search terms in your title or description, you stand to gain quite a bit of exposure.
18. Get Dugg. Going popular on Digg will generally result in dozens of new links. Once again, the most effective methods are the trickiest, but you might find these posts useful: Why You’ve Got to Dig Digg to Get Dugg, What I’ve Learned About Social Media Success.
10 ways to get subscribers
1. Make every post valuable. The impulse to subscribe requires a catalyst — the sense that the visitor has found something valuable: something for keeps. Placing a lot of value in one post will heighten that impact.
2. Hint at an un-missable future. Darren Rowse calls this ‘creating anticipation‘, and doing so involves creating post series, hinting at future content, and so on. In other words, this method makes the visitor feel like they will be missing out of they don’t subscribe. It reminds them that the blog they’re viewing isn’t a static thing — it’s ever-changing.
3. Prove your record with popular posts. A compelling list of popular posts in your sidebar makes the case that your blog provides consistent value. While one outstanding post on the main page is impressive, it’s no guarantee that the post isn’t simply an exception to your blog’s usual content. A list of great popular posts reassures potential subscribers that they can expect more of the same quality in future.
4. Write or exchange guest posts on highly-targeted blogs. A good guest-post on a well-trafficked, well-targeted blog is almost guaranteed to result in a spike in subscribers. This is because visitors are arriving at your blog from your guest-post with an already positive initial opinion of what you do. If your subscriber count has reached a plateau or even dropped, a guest-post is generally all it takes to kick-start the subscriber growth process.
5. Tap into new audiences. Exposing your blog or website to the same audiences over and over again is will guarantee that your subscriber count remains stagnant. You must always be searching out new audiences and moving to greener pastures.
Photo by Meanest Indian.
6. Post less instead of posting filler. A potential subscriber will want to be reassured that you aren’t going to fill up their feed reader with irrelevant or low-value posts. When it comes to growing your subscriber count, posting less often with a greater emphasis on value can be a highly effective strategy.
7. Offer an incentive. This usually takes the form of an eBook offered only through a link at the bottom of your feed. While some people will subscribe only as long as it takes to grab your eBook, you’ll find that others decide that your feed looks valuable in its own right.
8. Publish full feeds. A simple measure, but an effective one. If subscribers are highly important to you, make sure you publish full feeds. Many people who regularly read feeds don’t like having to click through partial feeds. The partial-feed format also gives each feed article less room to grip the reader and draw them into your post.
9. Write a mini sales page for your feed. I saw this recently and thought it was a great idea! Persuasion works, and there’s no reason you can’t apply it to your feed!
10. Take a break! The post ‘25 Paths to an Insanely Popular Blog‘ remained at the top of the main page of Skelliewag for over a week during my recent mini-break. Expecting a slight drop in subscribers as a result seemed logical, but instead, I found that my subscriber count had risen by over 400! I suspect this is because new visitors were seeing the ‘25 Paths’ post, which struck a chord with a lot of people, as opposed to a post which was a good but not great. It’s interesting to consider whether posting only high-effort, highly time-consuming posts, but much less often (say, once a week) might actually see your blog grow faster than if you posted several good but not great posts each week. It’s something I might experiment with in future. As you can tell, I don’t mind being a guinea pig for new methods!
9 ways to get comments
1. Listen and respond to your commenters. If reader comments never get a response, they have no way of knowing if their comment has even been read, and it may start to feel like they’re shouting into a vacuum. It’s not possible to respond to every comment on your site, but do make an effort to read all of them, and do let your commenters know that you read all of them. Commenters who feel listened to are much more likely to become regulars.
2. Get to know your commenters. Most of a blog’s comments are likely to be left by regulars — people who have developed the habit of responding to your and your posts — and much of growing the comment culture on your blog involves encouraging your regulars to come back again and again. Do this by getting to know them, and acknowledging their past comments, or past interactions they’ve had with you.
3. Ask for opinions (sometimes). People are easy with their opinions. Asking your blog’s readers what they think about something is a direct way to engage with them and encourage comments, but I’d suggest that you don’t do it all the time, or it’s likely to lose its impact.
Photo by [Herny_Bahus].
4. Ask for advice (sometimes). Your readers are probably cool people with good ideas. I know mine are. You can repeat method #3, but try asking for advice instead of opinions.
5. Let them write the rest. One fun thing to do is to create a sub-heading in one of your posts and refrain from filling it out. Instead, ask your readers to write a paragraph each. You might even choose to update your post with the paragraphs contributed by your readers. It’s a neat way to increase interactivity and engagement, while adding new perspectives to your content.
6. Quote them. Quoting a comment in a positive way lets your commenter see their name in lights while also demonstrating that comments mean something to you.
7. Answer their questions in posts. This method can provide inspiration and post ideas while increasing commenter involvement. You might use one comment as the starting point for a post, or dedicate an entire post to answering reader questions.
8. Create posts as a vehicle for comments. This usually takes the form of a post centered around a question you then pose to your readers. By creating a post solely dedicated to creating discussion, you will help your readers become more comfortable with commenting.
9. Leave comments on the blogs of those who read you. This is something we should all do more of. Though time will often curb our good intentions, it’s a nice thing to do if you can manage it. You’ll often receive comments in return for the ones you leave. Most importantly, though, this simple act will leave an impression. If you’ve ever had a blogger you admire leave a comment on your blog, you know how nice this feels!
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92 Comments, Comment or Ping
OldSailor
Great. How do you manage to compile such a exhaustive listing ? Thanks.
Apr 15th, 2008
cool dad
Skellie, you know how to write the titles that get us reading!
Apr 15th, 2008
Jared Goralnick
This is really great advice. I have one question for you and one addition.
Question: you could’ve easily made this into three posts, but you made it one. You could’ve “hinted at an unmissable future” that would be part of a series and held the users in suspense. Why did you opt for one post of length? Just curious
One Addition: Ask for advice could be used for links, as well. I want to point out a psychological bit here–if you ask people for help and they provide it, then they’re invested in you. Earlier this month I asked Brett Kelly for help on a post I was writing about Getting Things Done on the John (an April Fool’s Day post), and he proceeded to pass it along on every form of social media he was involved with. It was awesome. So I’d definitely say that asking for help can really have unintended and flattering consequences (flattering both yourself and those of whom you’re asking for help).
Thanks again for the great advice, Skellie!
Apr 15th, 2008
Gyutae Park
Hey Skellie,
Great article as usual. You really do practice what you preach and that in itself is very inspiring.
As for point #14 for getting links, I generally find that submitting only to the top directories is worthwhile. This includes dmoz (if you can get in), Best of the Web, Business.com & Work.com, Joe Ant, and niche directories related to your industry.
Apr 15th, 2008
Evelyn
What a dynamite of information and suggestions here! Definitely a post to bookmark!
With much thanks and appeciation,
Evelyn
Apr 15th, 2008
Maria Reyes-McDavis
This is a super, duper list and went immediately to my bookmarks!
I’m also posting this as required reading for all my clients!
Great!
Maria
Apr 15th, 2008
Chris De La Rosa
Found your article via Twitter. i especially like what you said about getting comments and subscribers. i went from 55 to 347 in less than 2 days (subscribers) simply because I asked my readers /visitors to subscribe. The same is now working for comments.. I’ve asked and slowly more and more people are commenting. Ask and you shall receive?
Apr 15th, 2008
Mark Dykeman
Now I’m going to use an established technique that I think I’ve read here before
May I suggest #10 for getting comments:
Link to a blogger and comment on one of their posts, perhaps even analyse their post in detail. Depending on how busy that blogger is, they’ll be inclined to respond back in your comment section, even if only to say “Thanks.” I’ve gotten comments on my blog from the author of a post that I’ve linked to, so I can attest to it. #10 doesn’t seem to overlap with your other nine methods.
Apr 15th, 2008
Mrs S | A pocketful of pixie dust
Just recently my feed reader has been full of 25 ways to do X - 30 ways to do Y posts - and I’ve been deleting them without reading on… this one however caught my eye and I read every single point you made - and will be trying out a few of these things.
Thanks Skellie!
Apr 15th, 2008
Greg Rollett
Skellie,
Your mind and thought process are amazing. Just thinking of these lists make me want to create something timeless and meaningful for my readers. Thanks for the exhaustive list!
Apr 15th, 2008
Gary
Hi Skellie,
First of all I enjoy reading your blog very much, I think it’s phenomenal.
I’m not sure if this is the right post to ask….you know that you blog is not only very informational but it also looks great. So I was wondering how you add pictures to all posts so when you click on Category Name you see the list of posts from this category displaying not only the post excerpt but image as well. I understand you can do it with the help of “Optional excerpt” but I can’t figure out how to add “Continue Reading” link to the excerpt. Hope this makes any sense. And thanks a lot in advance for any advice!
Apr 15th, 2008
simple mom
I think I was one of those who subscribed while you were away, and it gave me time to peruse your older stuff. You’re one of my new favorites out there! I’m so glad to have found you.
Apr 15th, 2008
Ali from The Office Diet
As ever, a really useful post — thanks! I particularly like the idea of letting readers write the content (perhaps the start of a whole new concept of passive blogging…;-)?)
Does staff writing bring you many extra visitors? I found you via Problogger and Freelance Switch so I’ve answered my own question …! But I’ve noticed that I don’t get as many visitors as I hoped from http://www.diet-blog.com, where I work as a staff writer. (Probably about the same number as when I was only commenting there rather than writing posts.) I took the staff job for the experience — and, okay, the money — rather than wanting traffic from it, but I was slightly surprised not to get more, as it’s a very popular blog in the diet niche.
Ali
Apr 15th, 2008
Lilja
This is a very, very useful post. Thanks, Skellie. You sure know how to make them!
Apr 15th, 2008
Clif
Great post, very comprehensive and helpful!
Apr 15th, 2008
Michelle
I also suggest blog carnivals, if they apply to you. I think these are a quite clever way to get more hits onto your blog and to meet other bloggers.
Apr 15th, 2008
QuietRebelWriter
Terrific post, Skellie. You consistently offer us newbies (and, I’m certain, the old hats) killer tips and perspective. Thanks!
Apr 15th, 2008
Ditto Rahmat
Wow, amazing post Skellie. Especially the link building stuff. Just love it
Apr 15th, 2008
Toronto SEO Consultant - Dev Basu
Hey Skellie - I’m a big fan of your website and all the great meta-blogging tips you provide. As an SEO myself, I’d advise not doing #16 though, as Google perceives designer links in the footer of a theme to be akin to paid links. They also set off a filter that can lead to a future penalty because the anchor text is exactly the same for each blog that uses the theme. — Cheers! — Dev
Apr 16th, 2008
Daan Jansonius
Excellent list! Point 6 of getting links is very true, tis how I got a link of Seth Godin!!
Apr 16th, 2008
Guy Constantineau
This is a very interesting post. I would add to it: .
I use some of these but should do more. There are also link exchange programs to reach different groups of visitors http://adgroups.acatron.net offers this kind of service for free. I use it for some of my sites.
Apr 16th, 2008
Joe Manna
This is excellent advice. This was one heck of a piece of Linkbait that sucked 10 minutes from my day, but thanks for the awesome advice!
~Joe
Apr 16th, 2008
Anita Webber
Very informative. Can I call upon you as a guest speaker?
Apr 16th, 2008
Geoserv
STUMBLED!
What a great post.
VOTED for you at:
http://www.newsdots.com/tutorials/how-to-get-piles-of-links-subscribers-and-comments/
Apr 16th, 2008
Taylor
Great Post. I like the point you make about building anticipation. Love it!
Apr 16th, 2008
Ellen Wilson
Skellie,
You know what I like about you? You are down to Earth. I like the fact that you can tell us what you know, and admit your frailties. I learn a lot from you. Some bloggers claim to know it all, and they don’t. Thanks for all of this.
I wish you all the luck that I can give you….E
PS Looking forward to your next post
Apr 16th, 2008
Lisamm
What a fabulously informative post! Great info, thanks!!
Lisa, Books on the Brain
http://lisamm.wordpress.com
Apr 16th, 2008
Ankesh Kothari
Thanks Skellie.
#14: Doesn’t work. I actually experimented on a new blog: paid someone to submit it to 500 directories and I think 50 or 100 RSS directories.
Its been 6 months to that blog now. Don’t see any effect.
Every other idea you share looks spot on.
For comments, I recommend using threaded comments. I just started using it on a new blog (linked via my sig) and it works like a charm.
Apr 16th, 2008
ASLAM
VERY INFORMATIVE POSTS…..LOOKING FORWARD FOR MORE
Apr 17th, 2008
ChiQ Montes
now that is one awesome article! i want to keep my rss feed subscribers to continue to increase.. in 3 days i managed 40 subscribers already.. and that makes me happy.. with ur tips.. i could continue the growth..
Apr 17th, 2008
Felex Tan
It is a completed tips to success in blogging .
Apr 17th, 2008
Patrick Byers
Extremely thorough. I was thinking of writing something like this for our clients. Now I’ll just send them a link.
Nice job.
Patrick Byers
The Responsible Marketing Blog
http://responsiblemarketing.com
Apr 18th, 2008
bdkz
Don’t forget Squidoo, create a lens to promote your blog. http://www.squidoo.com/SquidooTipsFromAGiantSquid
Apr 18th, 2008
C K
Fantastic advice you’ve got there. I’m bookmarking it for future reference. Cheers!!
Apr 18th, 2008
Vance Bell
This a great post. I’d like to hear more about the downside of #16 mentioned by “Dev” above. Keep up the good work!
Apr 18th, 2008
Darren Vandervort
So I have just started a website, I have had an initial bump when I stumble it, but then it goes away. Not a single member that I don’t know yet, whats the deal?
Apr 18th, 2008
Guy Thinking About Midlife
Nice one, lots to do then!! I love commenting in blogs too. not only does it help to get my site connected but its nice to get to know a few people out there, many make some friends too. Even better if they are commenting on your own site and getting to know you.
That pic from Henry is great!! keep em comin!
Apr 18th, 2008
Ralph
Thank you Skellie for this great article with many points to think about a blog-strategy. Additional the ideas of the comments are great, too.
Please, write more article
Ralph
Apr 20th, 2008
July Bucks
Skellie, the post is great! It’s really helpful and useful to read. Lots of points to jot down and add to my own list of blogging strategies. Thanks!
Apr 21st, 2008
paramarta
i should try this… what a great post. very informative
thanks skillie
Apr 22nd, 2008
Ross P Walker
These are some great tips. I’ll try them on my own blog http://www.annoyingdesign.org/blog/ over the coming weeks.
Apr 23rd, 2008
willy
I read this post in google news, it’s great to share these tips with us.
Apr 24th, 2008
David Bradley
When this appeared in my news reader all I saw was “How to Get Piles”…
I thought, no thanks.
db
Apr 25th, 2008
Guy Thinking About Midlife
David B, interesting point actually, I noticed one of my headings the other day and I hadn’t even got to the point before the reader cut the heading off.. short n sweet is best I feel.
Apr 25th, 2008
David Bradley
Speaking of titling…what do you think of Wayne Smallman’s idea that we shouldn’t capitalize all the words in a title except for the first word and any proper nouns. He says its a design no-no, but I grew up around design and typography and it’s not quite the same as using double-underlined bold italics is it?
db
Apr 25th, 2008
John Hoff - eVentureBiz
Hello Skellie, first time here and nice blog
I’d like to add something about getting links to your site. Although I never preach writing your content for search engines, it is good to try and optimize your site and posts for them a little when possible.
Getting ranked better on search engines isn’t going to alone bring you links, but will allow those who will most likely link to you find you. Remember, they probably typed a keyword or phrase in the search box on Google and if they come to your site that way, that will be targeted traffic.
Try using keyword phrases in title posts and in links in your posts. Also, make sure your blog limits the amount of duplicate content our buddy Googlebot sees - he doesn’t like reading the same thing over and over again.
Also, if you’re using WordPress (you are, aren’t you), there are a few seo plugins that work great for adding a post description and keywords. Use ‘em.
Good post.
Apr 28th, 2008
Todd Eastman
What? You mean interesting and provocative content on its own isn’t enough? Now I’m finally starting to understand how this all works. Thanks a million for the great tips!
Apr 28th, 2008
Chad Bates
Looking forward to trying out a few of these ideas
Apr 30th, 2008
Luis Galarza
Excellent post… One more thing you should add is the SEO strategy use on this post, which is write long full of good original content blog post and search engines will give you high ranking love…
Great job…
Yours truly,
Luis Galarza,
Internet Marketing For The Poor!
Apr 30th, 2008
guitarslinger
It’s a great potent list of to-dos that will bloat the blogger’s brains and lead him or her to ultimate frustration and failure. Jack of all trade and master of none kind of advice. Only for noobs.
May 1st, 2008
Scott Hepburn
Skellie, you on vacation? Haven’t seen any new posts in a while. Hope you’re doing well!
May 2nd, 2008
juegos
gee thanks for the tips, I need them because I allready have to get rid of a couple of blogs because no visitors.
May 2nd, 2008
Mandy
This is great to have all these ideas in one post, great for reference. Thanks
If I can reference them easily then i may get a few more of them done!
Oh and I really like that photograph!
May 3rd, 2008
moserw
Really good points. Came here from a blog I frequently read the very excellent Lost Art Of Blogging and have to say I am extremely pleased. Really good article and it has convinced me to bookmark this blog and return again. Honestly though I have to admit I might not end up following everything you have listed out, but still I shall make an effort to do so. Also, all the best with your studies.
May 3rd, 2008
Rosemary
What a great list of things to do! My blog is fairly new and I’ve been doing a lot of these things and it works. Been getting a surprising
amount of traffic.
Rosemary
http://her-home-blog.com
May 6th, 2008
Karl Hardisty
I never entered the blogging world to get traffic. When I started it was more to keep family and friends up to date with our busy lives, and it was only later that I started to write about things I just wanted to talk about to no one in particular. As readership grows, I still don’t really target anyone in particular, so my blog will never be known as a great tech/food & drink/design/sailing blog.
I know I’d have to focus it more to increase readership, but I just don’t want to as that’s not it’s purpose.
Am I different to most others in this way?
May 6th, 2008
Barbara Ling
Regarding your tip:
>> 9. Write a mini sales page for your feed. I saw this recently and thought it was a great idea! Persuasion works, and there’s no reason you can’t apply it to your feed! <<
I had heard about that awhile back, but only today really put some time and effort into writing it up at http://www.barbaraling.com/subscribe/ .
I would also suggest have a “New to our site? Click here first!” to help direct newcomers to where the targeted content is located. The “What Would Seth Godin Do?” plugin is helpful to indentifying those visitors….but you should also create a targeted focused landing page for them as well.
Great article,
Barbara
May 10th, 2008
Nicholas Wilson
great info! Well organized and very informative!
May 11th, 2008
sheetal
Thanks for the useful information. I am new to blogging and these tips are really helpful.
May 13th, 2008
JD from hoeno.blogspot.com
I gave you a thumbs up too. I really enjoyed your post and will reference it again. Do you know of any good company in particular that maybe organizes those 30 dollar a month range banner ads or takes care of the important directory submissions? I had a lousy experience with a company that delt with search engine submissions and I’ve heard that the directory submissions are different and a better way to go? Any thoughts?
May 13th, 2008
Chris
I’m on a blogging rut right now but after reading this post, you’ve enrgized me. Thanks!
May 14th, 2008
Bagrep
This is exactly what I want to read about and thanks for sharing it. This is really helpful to me. I have always wanted to have more links and subscribers.
May 14th, 2008
exfatguy
Wow..a great deal on information you give us. For sometimes i keep on planning to hold a contest on my blogs. But i’m stuck at the prizes to give away. What actually the best attraction to readers? money? coupon?
May 14th, 2008
rampantheart
Hi i came here from SU. This is an awesome post!Just stopped by to say kudos!
May 14th, 2008
Todd Levy
Just wanted to jump on the pile and say what a great post this is.
Tons of helpful information and really appreciate the links to additional reading on specific topics.
I look forward to your return from “not hiatus” as there’s a few open-ended questions in the comments here that I’d be curious to read your thoughts on as well.
Todd
http://mashware.com/
May 16th, 2008
VeraBradley
I’ve never came across such an extensive and complete guide before! I’m gonna give some of your advice a try, and hopefully i’ll be able to increase some traffice =D
May 16th, 2008
traveler
[B]GIVE SOME THINGS AWAY[/B]
Generosity creates word-of-mouth. Giving without expecting anything in return is quite remarkable. Ironically, giving something away without asking for a reward generally results in greater benefits than you would have received otherwise. Do remember that links are secondary here, though. Sometimes it’s nice to just do something good.
this is true on the net n off. you get popular not cause u wan to be popular. is who you are and wat you are that makes you popular
May 16th, 2008
zohai
Haha! The most effective way is still of course getting dugg > < I’ve seen so many web servers going down right after just it reaches digg front page. Well it’s not a good practice =/ But oh well.. We’re sticking onto topic.
Cheers for the tips anyways. Thanks.
May 17th, 2008
Loraleigh Vance
I’m don’t mean to sound lame, oops, too late!
“What does “Many Del.icio.us users have set their bookmarks to publish to their blogs at semi-regular intervals?”
I know it’s not your job to educate me but I went looking on Del.icio.us and didn’t really find help.
Thanks again for a great website!
May 18th, 2008
seo
This is amazing, some of the tips I never know at all. Thanks..
May 18th, 2008
suzanne
Thanks Skellie,
This page goes right into my bookmarks!
Ah! Better even. I will Digg it!
May 19th, 2008
blisters
Echoing the sentiments of moserw, i really find this blog fascinating. Not many would take the effort to compile such a vast amount of tips. I’ll definately bookmark this page and refer here as often as i could!
May 21st, 2008
loans
can get suscriber but personally think that the get comment stuff cannot work.
May 23rd, 2008
Fubiz
Excellent weblog!
Jun 3rd, 2008
Bachmann
That gave me some very good ideas. I recently posted an article called 40 ways to get links ( http://www.larsbachmann.dk/40-ways-to-get-some-links-2.html ), and that single post gave a lot more than 40 links
Jun 12th, 2008
Michael Gass
Skellie,
Great info. Thanks for sharing!
Jun 30th, 2008
michael
That commenting list is VERY good. I’ve received more comments than ever (averaging about 15 comments a post) after using your tips. Thanks SO Much!
My website, The Newsbreak Times, can be found at http://www.newsbreaktimes.com . It’s the only entirely teenage-run newspaper (including editing and publishing) around!
Jul 3rd, 2008
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