This document provides tips for promoting blogs through social media. It recommends analyzing website analytics to understand audience and traffic sources. It suggests building a presence on Twitter and other networks to tell people about new blog posts. It also advises using tools like Bitly, FeedBurner, and TwitterFeed to automate social sharing but not overdoing automated posts. The document encourages engaging with the right people on social networks and using pinging to spread blog content widely but in moderation across different networks.

1. Promote Your Blog With Social Media Erik Deckers

2. The social media landscape can be a little intimidating

3. But patterns start to emerge

4. And you can should focus on a few

5. First, Know Thyself First, Know Thyself

6. Google Analytics

7. Analyze All Your Stats

8. Pay Attention to Sources

9. StatCounter.com

10. Tell The World Tell The World

11. You ARE on Twitter, Aren’t You?

12. Build Your Network

13. Find the RIGHT People

14. HootSuite

15. Shorter is Better Shorter is Better

16. Shorten URLs

17. And Track Them

18. Why Bit.ly?

19. Twitalyzer

20. Twitalyzer Pro Reports

21. Twitalyzer Reports

22. You Can Automate Just Don’t Overdo It You Can Automate Just Don’t Overdo It

23. RSS Feeds

24. FeedBurner

25. FeedBurner

26. TwitterFeed

27. TwitterFeed

28. TwitterFeed

29. Ping is Far-Reaching

30. But Don’t Go Nuts

31. Other Social Networks

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