With the rise of mini blog sites like Tumblr’s popularity I’ve noticed that it has become one of the newest trends amongst artists to also begin blogging. I think it’s a GREAT idea! Your blog gives you a voice, and a personality behind your music. Blogs can also help you with connecting on a personal level with your fans. Think of your blog as a direct way to create an online community. Now that you have a blog, the next questions is always how to do I promote my blog.
I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly details that come with blogging and luckily have found find five AMAZING services that will help you promote, and increase traffic to your blog.
1. OnlyWire – http://onlywire.com/
Auto submit your content to the top social media sites like Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Delicious, etc. Easy to install and once you’ve downloaded their “submitter” add in your logins and your all set. OnlyWire submits to over 50 social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter.
2. Google Adwords – http://google.com/adwords
Advertising on Google will be one of the best tools to drive traffic to your blog. When people search on Google using one of your keywords, your ad may appear next to the search results. Now you’re advertising to an audience that’s already interested in you. Creating ad is easy as 1-2-3 with their step-by-step instructions. They also have a great customer care service that gives you tips on keywords, pricing suggestions, and more. Take advantage of their $75 credit to all new accounts! http://bit.ly/pxyhB5
3. Hootsuite – http://hootsuite.com/
Hootsuite will be a great asset to your promotion by helping you to efficiently run your news feed on your social networking sites. You can schedule in when your updates will run, plus monitor mentions for people who are RT’ing or commenting on your blog post on your social networking sites. Their free version give
4. Tweet Adder – http://tweetadder.com/
Eventhough Tweet Adder’s main function is to help with building your Twitter followers, it also helps with growing the number of people who are notified about new blog posts. If you have your Hootsuite set up to post your posts on your Twitter feed once they go live Tweet Adder will increase the number of people who see your timeline.
5. Ping-o-Matic! – http://pingomatic.com/
Ping-O-Matic is a service to update different search engines that your blog has updated. It’s an EASY way to get exposure on several key RSS service sites like Blo.gs, Technorati, and Feed Burner.
BONUS – Make money off your Blog with Google Adsense – http://google.com/adsense
It can be hard to find advertisers who are willing to put Ads on fairly new sites, but Google Adsense offers advertising for ALL sites. Google AdSense is a free program that empowers online publishers to earn revenue by displaying relevant ads on a wide variety of online content.
