Five Ways to Grow Your Local Blog
Koka Sexton wrote a guest post over at Matt McGee’s HyperlocalBlogger blog, giving 5 great ways to grow your local blog. The ideas are great, and I thought I’d share some of them here.
- Use twitter to spread the word. Set up a twitter account for your local blog and use it to announce new posts from your blog. Use tools like Monitter to find other local twitter users, and Twollo to auto follow people based on keywords.
- Use Craigslist for traffic. He suggests going to your local section on Craigslist, and post in the “rants and raves” section about your local blog posts. He says he’s had success writing long posts that end with: “If you want to know more about what’s happening in your city check out www.yourlocalblog.com.”
- Let your readers know you care. When people leave comments on your blog, thank them for posting and engage them (I know, I’m horrible at this). I’m into health and low carb, and a great example of this is Dr. Michael Eade’s blog. On especially active posts, he responds to almost every comment.
- Write local content. Follow local current events from the radio or newspaper and write your thoughts.
- Local advertising. Koka suggests writing about local businesses you frequent. Write about the pleasant experience, great prices, etc. When you go to the establishment, tell them about your post, and they will point other people to your blog to read about their business.
You can read the entire post at:
http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com/5-ways-to-grow-a-local-blog/
Check it out and let me know if the techniques help you grow your local blog!
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First of all thanks for all 5 points and i like the second point “Use Craigslist for traffic” really i like this technique and it is best way to get traffic.