5 Ways to Get More Love for Your Blog Posts

Five Ways to Get More Visibility, Interaction & Love for Your Blog Posts

5 Easy Ways to Generate More
Visibility, Interaction &
Love for Your Blog Posts
Are you prepared to get more comments, more visibility and
more love for your blog posts than you have before?

Writing blog posts is an essential part of your marketing strategy. In
fact, if you rely on blogging to bring in the bulk of your website traffic,
you need every single blog post to count… and in a big way.

This e-book will teach you the different ways that you can cross-
pollinate one blog post to create the maximum visibility and exposure
possible without costing you a ton of time.

The best part is, you can also hand this process over to a virtual
assistant and outsource the entire process.

So, let’s get started!

(Recommended: actually follow along with these steps as you’re
reading them so that you can see the sheer value in how quick this
process actually is!)

Copyright © 2009 - Erin Blaskie – www.erinblaskie.com


Step One: Choosing Your Blog Post Title

When you’re deciding to gain some traffic and visibility from your blog,
there are a few key things you need to do.

The blogging process starts with choosing an interesting topic
and the best way to gain a lot of traffic is to choose something
relevant, current and exciting.

For example, the new iPhone software is now out and it’s the latest
buzz on the Twitterverse and on other trending sites. This would
make a great blog post.

Other ways to find out what current hot topics are:

• Twitter Trending Topics

This shows you a list of what is trending on Twitter at any given time.
Perfect for staying within the hot topics and showing up on many
searches that you may not have otherwise.



• Google trends

Google Trends shows you the trending topics as it relates to searching.
This allows you to see what people are searching for the most right
now on Google.

Take a look in these two locations to see what some of the trending
topics are and see if you can find a way to tie this in with your
business. If so, choose a topic that you can easily write a post about.



Step Two: Write Your Blog Post

In this stage, you are going to write your blog post. The best
way to do this is to also think about the blog post as an article. What
can be easily translated into an article format?

You may not want to do this with every blog post as some blog posts
are just great as “off the cuff” writing pieces but for this purpose, it’s
important to choose something that can be easily cross-pollinated.

I write all of my blog posts straight into WordPress (my blogging
software of choice) but you can write it in Notepad, Text Edit or any
other word processing program (except Word – this will add funky
code and weird text to your blog post.)

Add relevant keywords, choose appropriate categories and make sure
to add an image or two where you can.

Writing the Blog Post:



The Completed Blog Post:

The key here is to write short, snappy yet really helpful blog posts that
people will find useful. The more useful they find your blog post, the
more apt they are to share it and send it to colleagues.

The other thing to remember is that if you can make it a numbered
how-to, people will clearly understand what they are coming to read
this post for.



Step Three: Turning Your Blog Post Into an Article

After your blog post is written, the next thing you want to do is turn it
into an article for posting on Ezine Articles and on other article
sites that you may have accounts on.

To do this, simply grab your copy and remove any “bloggy” references
such as questions you ask your audience, usage of “I” and make sure
it is informative.

Go over to www.ezinearticles.com and create an account or login to
your existing account. From here, follow the steps to post your article.

Also ensure that your Ezine Articles account is setup to post
your approved articles to Twitter. This is an important part of the
automation process.

Once you’ve got your article posted, move on to the next stage!



Step Four: Promoting Your Blog Post Via Social
Networks

Once you’ve got the article posted, it’s time to turn your attention to
the social networks. You want to utilize each site uniquely so we’ll
examine these and include screenshots where applicable.

Shorten the Blog Post URL

Before you begin any promotion on social networks, create a Bit.ly
account to shorten the URL and to track your clicks.

Once you’ve begun using this link, log back into Bit.ly to see your
statistics so you can see the kind of exposure you get with the URL.

Twitter

The first thing to do is Tweet the link out with the blog post title as per
a normal sort of Tweet. Ensure the title isn’t too long so that people
can retweet and add your name and RT in front of it as well.



Here is the Tweet posted publicly:

Once you’ve posted the Tweet onto Twitter, you then want to switch to
your next social network. Remember, this isn’t about sitting and
obsessing over performance in one place, we want to get this blog
post out to as many places as possible.



Ping.fm

Ping.fm is a great tool that allows you to post your status across many
different social networks all at once. The rule that is often used is that
you should use Ping.fm for every network but Twitter since you’ll be
updating your Twitter status far more than other social networks in
most instances.

If you don’t already have one, setup your account and link your social
networks to your account. Then, go to the status box and post the
same thing that you posted onto Twitter.

Go ahead and post that out to your networks.

Facebook

The next place to go is Facebook. At this stage, the status update you
did from Ping.fm should already be showing up as your Facebook
status.



So, what you want to do on Facebook are two simple things:

1. Make sure your blog posts are importing into the Notes
section of Facebook so that your blog posts get updated.

2. Post the URL to your Facebook home page.

This way, people see it as your status yet if you change your status
later, the item you shared is still there.



Step Five: Promoting Your Blog Post to Social
Bookmarking Sites

The next thing you want to do is promote your link via social
bookmarking sites like Digg, Delicious, etc. You can do this by using
the icons on your blog post or by going to each individual site.

The primary sites you want to hit with this step are:

• Digg
• Technorati
• Delicious
• LinkedIn
• MySpace
• Stumble Upon

You can do as many or as few as you like but doing each will generate
you extra exposure.



Submitted on Digg:

Submitted on Delicious:



Added to a marketing group on LinkedIn:

Thumbs Up’ed on StumbleUpon:



In Closing

These simple tips can be used with any blog post and should be done
every single time you do a post. It will increase your traffic, visibility
and will encourage more interaction on your blog.

If you encounter any questions, please email us to info@bsetc.ca and
we’d be happy to help.

About Erin Blaskie, the author:

Erin Blaskie is a born entrepreneur,
yoga enthusiast and passionate
fashionista.

At the age of 21, Erin launched her
very first business - Business
Services, ETC. When BSETC first
launched, it was started as a virtual
assistance company - providing top
notch administrative and technical
support to companies around the
globe. It quickly morphed into a
multi-VA team and took the Internet
Marketing world by storm.

At the age of 23, Erin then launched
her coaching business - The VA
Coach. Through this medium, Erin
coached, trained and inspired
individuals to create virtual
assistance businesses and turn
them into thriving, six-figure businesses. Erin delivered group coaching
programs which can now be purchased as self-study programs on her
website.

After supporting entrepreneurs for over four years, Erin has now
moved into her latest transformative role. Erin is now an Internet
Marketing Strategist who provides solid business savvy and Internet
Marketing advice to entrepreneurs from around the world. Erin’s
clients are in all stages of business growth - from infancy to the multi-
million dollar level - and Erin’s mission is to help her clients reach their
goals.



Using the latest technology trends and new business ideas, Erin helps
her clients catapult their businesses forward with strategy that works
and her team implements the strategy into specific to-dos, key
milestones and of course… results.

Featured in three books “Becoming an Online Business Manager” by
Tina Forsyth, “My So-Called Freelance Life” by Michelle Goodman, and
“The Official AWE Emerging Trends Guide 2009“, honored as Office
Arrow’s 2008 Runner-Up Business Woman of the Year, interviewed by
countless gurus and media personalities (John Jantsch of Duct Tape
Marketing, Sheri McConnell, Stacy Karacostas, Gina McNew), featured
in major news publications (ABCNews.com, Ottawa Citizen, Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation and Employment Journal) and asked to
speak at major events (Forum on Virtual Assistance, WordCamp
Toronto and WordCamp Chicago) - Erin is certainly making an impact
on the entrepreneurial world.

Contact Erin via e-mail at erin@bsetc.ca.

Her primary website is: www.erinblaskie.com.


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