PUBLICIZING YOUR BLOG « Gassed His Own People

PUBLICIZING YOUR BLOG

In Uncategorized on February 6, 2007 at 11:04 am

PUBLICIZING YOUR BLOG

ICE Free Tag Generator - Add tags to each blog entry to increase
exposure in Technorati (and other services), as well as tags that allow
people to easily subscribe using Simpy, Delicious, and other tools
(scroll to the bottom of this entry to see examples of the
possibilities).

http://www.egmstrategy.com/ice/tag-generator.cfm

Add subscribe buttons – These subscription buttons will
help visitors add your blog entry to visitors’ Simpy, Delicious accounts
.

http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/blog/archives/2006/07/entry_1728.htm

Bloglines Subscribe Button – Get a bloglines account and then put
subscribe buttons on your site for Bloglines:

http://bloglines.com/about/subscribe

iTunes Subscribe button – Save this graphic, insert it into your
blog, then add this link (but customize the italicized part with your
own RSS feed, of course).
Be sure to leave the ?format=pcast
at the end:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/mguhlin-podcasts?format=pcast

Technorati Tags - Go to Technorati and get your own account, then
follow directions to get the Technorati code to add to your blog page.
It will look something like this:

<script type=”text/javascript”
src=”http://embed.technorati.com/embed/q3gvitatm7.js”></script>

http://www.technorati.com/signup/

TRACKING BLOG SUBSCRIBERS AND HITS:

Feedburner.com – Lets you track who’s subscribed to your RSS Feeds

http://feedburner.com

FeedBlitz – Allows people to subscribe to email versions of blog
entries
http://www.feedblitz.com

BlogPatrol - Get a hit counter for your blog (tracks unique IP
Addresses)

http://www.blogpatrol.com

StatCounter - Put this code on every page, and you can find out
which of your blog entries are popular by counting the hits, etc.

http://www.statcounter.com

ClustrMaps - See visitors as red dots on your map of the world;
works like a hit counter, too.

http://www.clustrmaps.com

GeoVisitors – Allows you to see who has visited your blog in the
last 24 hours on a global map.

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/

COMMENTING AND CHAT

Haloscan - Enable commenting on your blog if it lacks that feature

http://www.haloscan.com

Gabbly.com - online chat

http://www.gabbly.com

BLOGROLLS, LINKROLLS, AND MORE

Blogrolling - lets you organize and easily share other blogs you
read (this attracts traffic to your blog)

http://www.blogrolling.com/

OR,

Bloglines.com – if you are a a Bloglines.com user, you can turn
your list of subscribed blogs into your blogroll. This prevents have to
use a separate service (like Blogrolling previously mentioned) to show a
list of subscriptions. I’ve now switched to this from Blogrolling (check
the right sidebar on the FRONT
page of this blog.

http://bloglines.com/help/share?tip=4

Simpy - let’s you bookmark sites and then share the list with
others. Alternatives include Del.icio.us and Blinklist. I like Simpy
most of all, though.
http://www.simpy.com

http://del.icio.us

http://www.blinklist.com

Read this quick how-to to add buttons that let people add your
blog/entries to their bookmarks. You can create linkroll in your blog by
following these instructions.

WikiSpaces.com – get your own wiki for free. Tell them you’re an
educator and they remove all advertising

http://www.wikispaces.com

Library Thing – Lets you create and share your virtual
booklist/reading with book covers, etc.

http://www.librarything.com/

MAKING A PODCAST

You can easily use free, web-based tools to create a podcast, as opposed
to the more traditional use of Audacity, Acid, or Garageband.

Slapcast.com – Allows you to publish 3 audio files as podcasts,
whether by uploading an MP3 file or calling a 1-888 number to record
your podcast. After 3 podcasts, you have to pay $4.95 a month or
subscribe to their service. Still, not a bad way to get started.

http://slapcast.com/

Clickcaster.com - Allows you to record/publish your podcasts,
then sell them. Requires an account.

http://clickcaster.com

Odeo Studio – Allows you to create MP3 audio via a Web interface.
You can also upload sound files, as well as record via phone. Includes
syndication, etc.

http://studio.odeo.com/create/home

OurMedia – If you insist on using Audacity and/or other tools,
then you should consider OurMedia and Internet Archive. I use both for
publishing my audio.

http://www.ourmedia.org/help/publish-audio

Internet Archive – Very easy to contribute audio if you’ve
created it already (that is, you have an MP3 saved on your computer).
Follow instructions to create an account and then use the
CC Publisher tool, or go to the web site below to contribute.

http://www.archive.org/contribute.php

PUBLICIZING YOUR PODCASTS

Use any
one of the 13 services mentioned to publicize your podcasts, or, search
them for podcasts to listen to