99 Ways to Promote Your Blog for Free

LINK BUILDING:

1. Exchange links with other bloggers
2. Submit to general directories
3. Start a 2nd blog and link to yourself
4. Create and give away blog themes (with a link to your blog in the footer)
5. Create free plugins
6. Create link bait
7. Participate in blog carnivals
8. Comment on DoFollow blogs
9. WordPress Backlinks Plugin

   COMMUNITY:

10. Join communities at MyBlogLog
11. Join communities at Bumpzee
12. Join communities at Blog Catalog
13. Start a community at any of these sites
14. Comment on other blogs in your niche
15. Email your friends and contacts about a new blog post that may interest them
16. Email your readers to say “thank you”
17. Email other bloggers to introduce yourself
18. Link out to other blogs

SOCIAL MEDIA:

19. Digg
20. del.icio.us
21. StumbleUpon
22. Reddit
23. Netscape
24. Magnolia
25. MySpace
26. Facebook
27. YouTube

    FORUMS:

28. AuthorityBlogger
29. Bloggeries
30. SitePoint
31. Blogger Forum
32. BloggerTalk

    GROUPS:

33. Yahoo!
34. Google
35. MSN

    ARTICLE DISTRIBUTION:

36. Write a guest post for another blog
37. Ezine Articles
38. Article Dashboard
39. Go Articles
40. ArticleHub
41. Jogena
42. Marketing Seek
43. Article Avenue
44. Alumbo
45. Article Pros
46. eBusiness Articles
47. Syndication from Idea Marketers
48. Write for newspapers
49. Write for magazines
50. Scribd (document sharing)
51. Open Floodgate
52. Google Base

    SUBMIT A PRESS RELEASE:

53. PRBuzz
54. I-Newswire
55. Free-Press-Release.com
56. PR Free
57. PR.com

    FREE CLASSIFIED ADS:

58. Craig’s List
59. Oodle
60. Kijiji
61. INetGiant
62. Sales Spider

    FREE ADVERTISING:

63. Yahoo! Search Marketing ($25 free advertising credit) (aff.)
64. Microsoft AdCenter ($50 free advertising credit through PPC Universe)
65. ABC Search ($100 free advertising credit through PPC Universe)

    
    PHOTO SHARING:

66. Flickr
67. Photobucket
68. DropShots
69. WebShots
70. Shutterfly

    USE GIVEAWAYS:

71. Create a viral tool
72. Give away free icons
73. Create a PDF e-book
74. Write tutorials for something you know well

    CREATE SOME BUZZ:

75. Get interviewed
76. Interview someone well known in your industry
77. ReviewBack (blog review exchange)

    
    SUBMIT YOUR BLOG TO DESIGN GALLERIES:

78. BestWebGallery
79. CSSimport
80. CSS Mania
81. CSSRemix
82. Screenalicious
83. Stylegala
84. CSS Vault
85. CSS Beauty
86. Unmatched Style
87. CSS Elite
88. CSS Heaven

    AWARDS:

89. Apply for website awards
90. Apply for a Blogger’s Choice Award

Give away awards to other bloggers

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