Blog Communities
With any website or blog, self-promotion is a vital part of success. If you don’t spread the word about your blog, then who will? Taking part in a blog community can be a great experience and a good way to drive more traffic to your blog.
The two communities that I use and really enjoy is MyBlogLog.com and BlogCatalog.com. They both have their strengths. MyBlogLog.com is a good blog directory for finding like-minded bloggers to swap links with. MyBlogLog also gives you some code to embed into your blog that will give you stats about your blog. The pro account gives you more access and information, but the free service is still pretty nice. You won’t be able to view stats like referrals and off-site clicks until the next day. I don’t spend that much time on MyBlogLog.com but have received a few link trade requests just the same.
BlogCatalog.com is another blog community that is somewhat different from MyBlogLog. Blog Catalog does have some simple stats for your website that you can view at any time. What makes Blog Catalog different is the sense of community among its members. There are plenty of discussion threads that feature topics from self-promotion to what you did this weekend. So, there are a lot of varied threads which create a great way to get involved with the community. People might want to know more about you and will click on your profile. From your profile they will see all of your blogs and be able to visit or join your blog community. MyBlogLog has a similar setup with your profile as BlogCatalog.
Taking part in both blog communities will just help to promote your blog that much more. MyBlogLog is a little more like thumbing through business cards while BlogCatalog is more of a community effort. Whichever fits your style the best, then concentrate on that blog service. Not only will you find that these sites help to drive traffic to your blog, you might find some interesting blogs to read.
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