How Do I Get My Website/Blog Out There?

October 23, 2009 2:00 PM

How can I expand my blog/website's reach.

I launched my site last week and want to increase its reach around the planet ; ) What options do I have? I teach in the Los Angeles area and would like to begin doing workshops throughout the rest of the country and overseas. I'd like to use the website and blog as a means of increasing my visibility and building my network.

posted by goalyeehah to home & garden (8 comments total)

[Link to blog removed. Feel free to list it in your profile if you haven't already.]
posted by cortex at 2:14 PM on October 23

Promote it within your circle of study/interest/whatnot. Actively contact other sites that have a similar focus and promote your product (the site/your lessons) in hopes of having your site cross-linked, perhaps offering to link back to their site.
posted by filthy light thief at 2:19 PM on October 23

if you are on facebook, you can configure your Notes section to track the updates to one blog. It will post new posts to your blog as notes on your FB account so at least it will be more in front of the eyes of your facebook friends.
posted by theButterFly at 2:26 PM on October 23

Is it the website that's currently in your profile? Because that one looks like a link farm. You should be spending your time making your blog useful, or interesting, or pretty, or funny, whatever your goal is. Don't worry about publicity until you have some actual content.

If it's a different website, just ignore me.
posted by The corpse in the library at 3:28 PM on October 23

You're probably not going to get to do workshops by having a (link farm) website. Figure out what you want to teach, learn that subject deeply, produce useful workshops, and after that blog about the things you're learning/how you're teaching them.
posted by beerbajay at 3:44 PM on October 23

Make it readable, make it useful and relevant, and make it not look shady. Then think about promoting it.
posted by runningwithscissors at 4:13 PM on October 23

Your site doesn't say anything about you doing workshops. You should start by clearly stating your services and why you are better than your competition. At the moment your site is overrun with advertising and has no message of its own or reason for people to visit your site rather than a primary source elsewhere.
posted by ardgedee at 4:37 PM on October 23

Thanks for feedback. New site has been added to my profile (duh!)
posted by goalyeehah at 6:59 PM on October 23