My New Blog

Hubspot.com recently came out with an ebook that talks about 35 ways to market your Blog.  Not only is this great information, but these ideas are also great for marketing your website, Facebook page, Twitter, YouTube videos, etc.  Here are the 35 ways:

1. Promote it on your website.  If you have a website, you have to have a Blog Page!
2. Add a link to your website and blog to your email signature
3. Put your website and Blog on your business cards, print advertising, etc
4. Like your Facebook Twitter pages
5. Leverage Twitter Hashtags
6. Post your blogs on your Facebook Page
7. Post your blog on your Linkedin Status
8. Submit to directories.  Directory
9. Include your blog and website on any news releases
10. Post often.  The more you blog, the more you will be found!!
11. Guest Post.  Do a post on someone else's blog
12. Interview.  Make a post about the interview
13. Submit your site to Google
14. Put your blog on customer invoices
15. Showcase your employees on your blog and website
16. Develop a newsletter with the topics of your blog or posts
17. Talk about your blog and website when you talk at events
18. Answer your clients questions with past blogs that answer the question in detail
19. Be a human.  Give your blog a personal touch
20. Use your blog as Customers FAQ's
21. Focus on information your customers really need
22. Use the Right Keywords
23. Post your blog on Social bookmarking sites, like Digg
24. Don't hide your RSS Button
25. Create a list of your favorite bloggers and inform them of making the list.  You can help market their blog and vice versa
26. Use Numbers in your Blogs Title.  Popular blogs tend to have numbers in the title
27. Comment on other's blogs
28. Link to other posts within your current post
29. Go back to old posts and update them with new links
30. Don't complicate your site, make it easy to navigate
31. Try a contest
32. Find relevant forums to add your input
33. Have a point of view.  Make your blog stand out
34. Define your niche
35. Never stop blogging

All of these ideas are great.  But I would also like to add to it.  Blog Locally!!  Talk about where you are located.  It helps for people to relate to you and your blog.  I hope you found this helpful.  Email me and I will send you this ebook "Better Business Blogging in 2011" for free.