17 Places To Promote / Share Your Blog Post After Hitting Publish
Bloggers, when they hit publish after writing their latest post. What they do? Nothing. They think that their work is over. Now, visitors will come eventually to read his/her blog magically.
But
in reality, it is not like that. Visitors don’t dream about your latest post.
If
you’ll throw it on their way then they’ll come.
Think
of the number of days you’ve taken to write your latest post & the hardship
you’ve to go through to craft your epic post. With the same rigorous zeal
you’ve to promote it to make your post visible to others.
Spread
it like flames all over the web. Sprinkle it wherever possible. Share it to all
the social sites. Reach out to everyone who is in need of the post.
Just
sharing it on social sites is not the work done.
There
are various people on web who are waiting for their query to get solved. It
might be that your latest blog post is the answer to their query.
So,
how do you find such people?
Well,
to answer that query, I’m sharing with you the number of places where you can
share/promote your blog post to get traffic, visibility, subscribers, potential
clients, users & if they find it useful they’ll subscribe to your blog.
1.
Send the Post via Newsletter
Send
it to those people who’ve already subscribed to your blog, let them know that
you’ve written another blog post & they might be interested in reading what
you’ve written lately.
If
you have not started it yet, then is the time to start creating email
newsletter.
Create
message in such a way that they won’t ignore your mail. Craft your subject line
in such a delicate manner that they bound to open it to see what’s inside.
Which
email marketing service you must used?
If
your blog is in wordpress, then read this blog post to know more from the
beginning. You can also find some good & free wordpress plugins for your
email list.
2.
Schedule it on Social Media
After
hitting publish, first thing bloggers do is that they submit their post to
their social accounts i.e. facebook, twitter, google plus & linkedin.
After
that, they just forget it.
Just
submitting it once is not the work done. On twitter, people couldn’t even
glance your post due to millions of tweets keep appearing on their timeline.
Same goes for Google Plus.
On
facebook & linkedin you might get some likes or comments but still that
won’t escalate your post to high level where you were imagining it should have
been.
There
are several social tools available online where you can schedule your blog
post. Schedule it at least for two or three times in a day with different
context.
I
shared few tool below which are very popular and many people are using it.
Other
than that, you can read this post to know more tools which allows
you to schedule your post.
Don’t
forget to add hashtag to indicate what your post is talking about. Users search
via hashtag if they think they are not getting the results they are looking
for.
Read
here the importance of hashtag & how it could benefit
your blog post.
3.
Submit in Reddit
Reddit
is a treasure hidden away & not many people are leveraging it the way they
should be.
But
be careful while submitting your post on reddit, they got their own guidelines
which you should adhere to otherwise the admin will ban you without notifying
you.
If
it is your first time on reddit, read this marketing guide on reddit &you’ll
come to know a thing or two on how reddit works.
It
is one of the huge traffic driving social website. If reddit is not in your
list, make a goal in 2015 to be active on reddit.
There
are several sub-reddit sort of category available. Find the one you are looking
for. Don’t just self promote your post, but first see whether people are
talking about anything related to your post. If yes, interact with them first,
provide your thought on the subject. Then show your link explaining little
about yourself & why you’ve written the post in first place.
People
who have taken maximum use of reddit had seen their server getting crashed. I’m
not kidding!
4.
Reach Out to Bloggers you linked
This
outreach term is booming recently. Nowadays, many people are looking out
for person who has good knowledge of outreaching.
But
first learn, What is outreach?
“Outreach
is a way to increase exposure beyond traditional search engine optimization and
social media engagement. It is an active form of marketing that takes both time
and effort. “
People
love it when you mention them or their link in your blog post. Here, in this
post I linked to many of the post. And you know what, I’ll be mailing them all
about this post.
Will
let them know that I’ve mentioned their link & if time permits please have
a look into the post.
See
below how to craft a perfect email to send those people asking them to have a
look into your post where you’ve mentioned their link.
Hey
Mike!
I
hope you are doing great.
Few
days back, I came across your post – http://www.example.com/outreach
on twitter and it was totally awesome. I shared it on my twitter & Google+
account.
Just
wanted to let you know that I’ve mentioned your link in my latest post &
would love to know your feedback if you have any.
Keep
writing such superb post!
Many
thanks & regards,
Hyderali
Simple&
easiest way to get traffic. Do try this & let me know how it works out.
5.
Reach Out to bloggers who shared similar post
There
is a possibility that similar post like yours could have been written by other
authors. Find them on google & email them saying that you’ve written
something related to his/her post but extended it with some more context while
writing more about the topic with what has been changed or what you’ve added
from your end.
If
you don’t find them on google, search them on twitter & tweet them about
your latest post. Use same technique on facebook & google plus.
Notify
them & thanks them for inspiring you to write the blog post.
6.
Reach Out to Commenters
Go
through the comment section of that blog post which inspired you to write the
post. See, how many people have commented on that particular post. Check
whether they’ve shared their website link or their twitter profile.
If
yes, visit their website or their twitter profile. Email them about your latest
post. If you find them on twitter, tweet them mentioning about your latest
post& ask their feedback.
Lets
craft email for the commenters.
Hey
Mike!
I
hope you are doing great.
My
name is Hyderali Shaikh & I’m the owner of this blog – http://www.webspokn.in
where I blog about seo, social, sem & anything in digital.
I
came across your website via your comment on this blog post – http://www.example.com
where you’ve shared your website address & just wanted to let you
know that I’ve also written a blog post similar to of that author but I added
some more context in relation to that post which was written so long ago.
Would
love to know your feedback if you have any.
Keep
Commenting!
Many
thanks & regards,
Hyderali
This
could bring more visitors to your site & also develop a healthy
relationship with the person if they like your blog.
7.
Question/Answer Websites
Nowadays,
you can find several question & answer websites where people go & ask
their questions. To name a few, below are few sites
- Quora
- Yahoo
Answers
- Linkedin
Answers (Not working Anymore)
- Answers.com
Do
same thing I suggested for reddit. Don’t just put your link out, reply the
question with some kind of summary. This will not only show you as a genuine
member but could bring other people who might visit your link to check your
post.
8.
Comment on Blog Post
Commenting
on blog with link is spamming. But it won’t be if you comment a good &
lengthy answer with the aim of getting reply from the author.
Establish
yourself as an expert in the topic & write comment as if you are conversing
with the author. Don’t include profanity or abuse words but make it debatable
so that others will appreciate your comment.
And
in the end just to prove that you are correct, provide a link of your post
& let them visit your site. See the screenshot below of one of the comments
by Steve Webb on Moz.
See
above, where Steve Webb not only added some more points from his end but also
provided links to other post which he found could be beneficial to others who
are reading the post.
9.
Submit in Bookmarking Sites
There
are loads of bookmarking sites available but most of them are of low quality
which could be harmful to your website in future.
Though,
bookmarking sites are not meant to provide you loads of traffic but if done
correctly it could drive huge traffic to your site. I came across this post a
while ago to read about how bookmarking sites could be helpful.
The
idea here is not how many bookmarking sites you are using but how you are
leveraging
- Dont
spam bookmarking sites by putting out your link.
- Make
friends on bookmarkings sites, interact with them.
- Appreciate
the sites they bookmarked & share with them your bookmarking sites.
- Write
headlines which could entice users to click on your post
Follow
the above guidelines & bookmarking site could work well for your site.
To
be frank, I use only Delicious and StumbleUpon.
10.
Submit in Forums
Nowadays,
people hardly visit forums but there are some forums available which could
drive huge traffic to your site.
These
days it is not possible to just sign-up on forum & put your link. After
google’s recent take on forums they started pushing forums down to the list. It
is because users over there are mostly spamming it with their spammy links
& affiliate links.
Search
for forums available & are relevant to your blog topic. I found some
The
above forums are quite good but it all starts with how you are active in
forums, replying to users query, how helpful are you to others, how other users
are measuring you & your answers.
You
can put link in your signature but that won’t be active until & unless you
reply to certain number of people. But we are not looking for link in
signature, we are looking for those questions where people are asking relevant
questions so we can answer them with our own thought.
Once
you find it, make sure you provide good summary about your post in your own
words& in the end provide a link to your post stating that visit the
link for more information.
11.
Facebook Groups
Facebook
Groups is also one of the place where you can submit your blog post. There are
several groups available on facebook.
- Search
groups which are relevant to your topic
- Always
join those groups which are open
- Check
how many people are joined. The more the people the more clicks you’ll get
for your blog.
- Check
the latest activity on the groups. Some groups are open but they are not
active. It’ll be a waste of time for posting on such groups.
Once
joined, scroll through the latest post & search if anyone is asking
something related to your query. If you don’t find such questions, then submit
your link but providing good summary of the post & how it could be helpful
to others. Make sure that you provide hash tag which are relevant to your topic.
12.
Google+ Communities
Google
plus Communities is also one of the places where you can submit your blog post.
There are several communities available on Google+. I’ll recommend Google+
Communities over Facebook Groups.
- Search
communities which are relevant to your topic
- Always
join those communities which are active & joined by huge number of
members.
Once
joined, scroll through the latest post & search if anyone is asking
something related to your query. If you don’t find such questions, then submit your
link but providing good summary of the post & how it could be helpful to
others. Here too, make sure that you add relevant hashtag of your topic.
13.
Aggregator Websites
If
you are active on web, you’ll find that lately few people started some aggregating
website where people submit any article related to any topic which are allowed
in the website & submit them.
There
are people who upvote or downvote your article depending on the value
& insights they are getting from the post. But there are some guidelines,
like, you can’t submit your own post because self-promotion is not allowed.
Yes,
you could do it once. But don’t make it a habit.
If
you are lucky enough, your friends or colleagues from social sites might add
your site. But if your post got added into the website then you’ll definitely
get some limited number of traffic for limited time but if it is EPIC and
people love it then you’ve to increase your bandwidth because it might crash
your server.
Below
are few sites which allows you to submit your post.
14.
Blogging Community/Directories
Due
to rise of blog, there were also the rise of blogging community which allows
you to submit your blog & let other bloggers view it. You can find
several& high authority blog communities where you can submit your blog.
Well
there are many, you can read this post to see more.
15.
Traffic Exchange
Lately,
I found this website called EasyHits4U which provide free traffic to your
website. To be honest, I didn’t tried it yet. But one of my friend tested &
he told me it works pretty fine.
After
signing up, you just have to submit your website or article & users who
have already joined the site will take a look at your site for a limited time.
You can say a minute or so. Well, in exchange you also have to check their
website for a certain time. Thats it!
Like
I said, I didn’t explored it yet but will be testing it soon. Below are couple
of sites I found from net.
Take
a look & let me know how it works out.
16.
Crowd Based Sharing Website
Recently,
I came across a few tweets where people were sharing how they got massive
traffic to their latest blog post or website via a crowd based sharing website.
I
investigated further and found below two websites which shares your latest blog
post to several bloggers who then visit your site & leave
feedback/comments.
To
be honest, I didn’t tried any of above, as you can see my blog is fairly new
& I’m getting my sleeves up to try everything to get this post as much
traffic as I could.
I
don’t know about Triberr but VCB & MyBlogU is run by Ann Smarty who was the
second person I started following on twitter when I started my career into
digital. And I always say, whatever she do she do it best.
17.
Link RoundUp
Have
you ever come across a post or email where you see list of great post which you
didn’t read or saw? Yes, such posts are known as link roundup & I see it on
many websites.
Like
for example, every Friday Kristi Hines of Kikolani shares her list of post from different
fields on Friday.
And
Moz shares the number of great post around the net via email weekly. There are
several out there who do link roundup.
One
way to increase the visibility of your latest blog post is to ask these fellow
bloggers to include your blog post in their next roundup.
But,
you won’t be getting that at first talk. You’ve to build relationship. For that
you’ve to.
- Check
out their website & give feedback
- Follow
them on Twitter & Google+
- Leave
comments on their blog post
- Interact
with them on social sites
- Build
relationship
You’ve
to go through each and every step given above & then you can pitch them to
add your latest blog post in their roundup post.
But
they’ll include it only if they find it valuable and it provides something to
their users. So, create such epic kind of post which they won’t reject.
So,
next time when you write a post and hit publish then don’t just sit around but
work on the above activity I shared to get maximum traffic and visibility to
your post.
Do
let me know what you do or places where you share your blog post after hitting
publish.
SOURCE: Hyderali
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