I almost forgot to mention another effective way of promoting your blog (this post was inspired by Mom’s Morning Show on the topic), and that is:
Hosting Contests
Giving away stuff on your blog is fun, a great way to create goodwill with your readers, and grow your traffic. There are a few reasons for this. One is that people who own “freebie” and contest sites will link to you since you’re a freebie source. Another reason is that bloggers will link to your contest as a way of increasing the chances they’ll win (since you will specify this in your contest of course!).
You can give away digital products like ebooks, or even physical products. Buying things to give away as a promotion is a legitimate tax deduction (I aren’t a CPA so check with one before doing this!).
By the way, go here to see this week’s Contest Winners!
Moms Talk Radio
And if they want to let me know about a contest that they have going on their blog, I will add it into one of my daily contest roundups on my blog at http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com
I currently have between 200 and 300 visitors to my blog a day so that would get their blog out there a little bit.
Thanks for letting us know Laura