Your blog will only take off when you know and understand how to sell your ideas to your target audience. The key is in finding out which strategy works for you best.
Sounds easy, right? Yes, but take heed — so many bloggers tend to cut corners by resorting to sneaky promotional methods (eg. spamming) in the hopes of gaining overnight success, and they end up compromising their own credibility and integrity. Those tactics hardly ever work in the long run.
Although increasing your blog’s popularity and hits takes time, it is well worth the effort. There are several sure-fire and legit ways of doing this, and the following are only a few tried-and-true methods employed by professional bloggers. Best of all, these techniques are free and can be immediately implemented. Here are some tools techniques to promote your's site:
Easy Submit Website (406 KB) is a simple and easy-to-use search engine submission program. Currently submits to 24 engines. Freeware for Windows Win 9x/ NT/ ME/ 2000/ XP.
Active WebTraffic Pro auto submits your site to 13,000+ quality search engines, directories, classifieds, & more. Add your own submission sites. Provides detailed html registration reports. Fast..can use up to 300 ports at one time. Updates to new versions are always free. Standard ($69.90) and Pro ($99.90)versions. For Win95/98/ME/NT/2000.
Search Engine Power Pack is an easy to use, step-by-step search engine optimization tool that prepares your site to rank high in the search results. These five tools save you time by helping you choose targeted keywords, automatically generating META and TITLE tags, giving you search engine specific tips to obtain higher rankings, submitting multiple pages within your site to your choice of 100 leading search engines and tracking your rankings in the search results. Low annual subscription price of $99.
Keyword Density Analyzer is a keyword analysis program that examines your html files and gives you an extra advantage in scoring your web pages higher in the search engine ratings. KDA will allow you to determine what keyword density mix is currently scoring well on any given search engine.
JOC Web Promote (703 kb) announces your web pages to 1000+ search engines and directories. Unlimited uses for all your web pages. Unlimited free updates of the database! Uses project files. 16 simultaneous connections. Includes web page builder for better position in certain engines. Fast, Compact and easy to use. For Win95/98/NT. Registered version $29.95.
SubmitWolf PRO (2.4 MB)is a professional website promotional tool, which automates the process of promoting your web pages on the internet. SubmitWolf PRO can automatically register your websites with thousands of engines and directories, PLUS over 500,000 link pages. For Win 95/98/2000/ ME/NT. Shareware.
Metty (2.0 MB) is a meta tag generator that allows you to create meta tags by filling in simple form fields. This handy little app supports 33 meta tags in the current version. No knowledge of meta tags is necessary to use Metty. Freeware. For Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.
Aesop Award Submitter (1.3 MB) is a free, easy to use program that automatically submits award requests to nearly 100 award sites, including the 8 most important awards on the web. If you want more exposure for your site, download this handy little app.
Award-Me! (3.9 MB). Submit your Site to Over 300 Awards quickly and easily! Just fill out one form to submit your site for hundreds of awards. Save time and money. Award-Me! is FREE! For Windows 95/98/NT.
AnalogX Keyword Extractor (234 kb) extracts keywords from a webpage, and then sorts and indexes them based on their usage and position. Once indexed, you can adjust search-engine specific weighting factors and keyword criteria to get the best possible view of how a search engine sees your site. KeyEx can load local files as well as site files, work through a proxy, and have separate configurations for as many search engines as you’d like to enter!
