How do I announce a new blog?
May 5, 2006 12:45 PM Subscribe
How do I announce a new blog?
I recently started a blog and want to draw an audience. It is a blog highlighting my life as an entrepreneur, but I also want to use it as a forum for me to discuss issues I face on a daily basis. Can anyone point to a web site or general areas where these sorts of announcements are made? Also, I am aware that the best way to draw an audience is by word of mouth, but I also want to catalyze the process a bit.
I recently started a blog and want to draw an audience. It is a blog highlighting my life as an entrepreneur, but I also want to use it as a forum for me to discuss issues I face on a daily basis. Can anyone point to a web site or general areas where these sorts of announcements are made? Also, I am aware that the best way to draw an audience is by word of mouth, but I also want to catalyze the process a bit.
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posted by nitsuj at 12:53 PM on May 5, 2006
posted by nitsuj at 12:53 PM on May 5, 2006
Spend five bucks, join MetaFilter and post a question here?
posted by fixedgear at 1:11 PM on May 5, 2006
posted by fixedgear at 1:11 PM on May 5, 2006
fixedgear writes "Spend five bucks, join MetaFilter and post a question here?"
C'mon; that's no fair. Not only did yorja not link to the blog here, there's not even a link in his/her profile.
posted by mr_roboto at 1:16 PM on May 5, 2006
C'mon; that's no fair. Not only did yorja not link to the blog here, there's not even a link in his/her profile.
posted by mr_roboto at 1:16 PM on May 5, 2006
Response by poster: Fixedgear - at first I wanted to believe that what you were offering was a viable suggestion, but now I realize that you were just trying to flame me. What's the issue? I ask a question, with no identifying whatsoever of my blog, and you still find offense to that?
I don't get it. I just want answers, if you have none, leave me alone. For those of you with valuable insight, MUCH appreciated.
posted by yorja at 2:34 PM on May 5, 2006
I don't get it. I just want answers, if you have none, leave me alone. For those of you with valuable insight, MUCH appreciated.
posted by yorja at 2:34 PM on May 5, 2006
Link to people, then click on the links.
Comment on blogs.
Seed yourself on del.icio.us.
If it's a topical blog, find webforums that relate to the topic and mention your site in a respectful and nondisruptive way.
Good luck!
posted by me3dia at 2:44 PM on May 5, 2006
Comment on blogs.
Seed yourself on del.icio.us.
If it's a topical blog, find webforums that relate to the topic and mention your site in a respectful and nondisruptive way.
Good luck!
posted by me3dia at 2:44 PM on May 5, 2006
Write a brilliant entry and get a site like Lifehacker to link to it?
posted by exhilaration at 7:31 PM on May 5, 2006
posted by exhilaration at 7:31 PM on May 5, 2006
Previously on AskMe:
"How should I publicise my new blog/newswire?"
"Best ways to promote an MP3 blog?"
I'm sure there are more too. Also: submit it to Projects.
posted by Count Ziggurat at 8:23 AM on May 6, 2006
"How should I publicise my new blog/newswire?"
"Best ways to promote an MP3 blog?"
I'm sure there are more too. Also: submit it to Projects.
posted by Count Ziggurat at 8:23 AM on May 6, 2006
Projects here at Metafilter seems to be the best choice, as far as making an announcement goes. With weblogs by the thousands starting every day, I don't know of any other way to draw initial interest.
That said, the only way to attract and keep readers is to write a lot and write well, or at least amusingly, and keep doing it in a consistent way, with a fairly regular and frequent update schedule (note: I'm far too lazy to do this for my own site, but I stopped caring about numbers a long time back). Consistent is more important than frequent, if you're writing long pieces as opposed to driveby-linkage-and-comment. I'd strongly suggest that you wait until you've got a fairly deep well of content already on your site before you make any announcement of its existence, both to see if you're going to be able to and want to sustain the site, and so that if people do come, they have more than a 'hello world' post to read.
Once you've got some good material written and posted, make sure that you have some mechanism in place to surface the best of your archives to the casual reader if they want to dig deeper, particularly if the things you write are not time-sensitive.
Good luck!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:48 PM on May 7, 2006
That said, the only way to attract and keep readers is to write a lot and write well, or at least amusingly, and keep doing it in a consistent way, with a fairly regular and frequent update schedule (note: I'm far too lazy to do this for my own site, but I stopped caring about numbers a long time back). Consistent is more important than frequent, if you're writing long pieces as opposed to driveby-linkage-and-comment. I'd strongly suggest that you wait until you've got a fairly deep well of content already on your site before you make any announcement of its existence, both to see if you're going to be able to and want to sustain the site, and so that if people do come, they have more than a 'hello world' post to read.
Once you've got some good material written and posted, make sure that you have some mechanism in place to surface the best of your archives to the casual reader if they want to dig deeper, particularly if the things you write are not time-sensitive.
Good luck!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:48 PM on May 7, 2006
Like any other thing, it starts off small. But if your site is worth it, readership will grow as time goes by, and as more worthwhile articles are put up.
Contributing to forums can to help, because you can put up your signature / blog link on your postings.
Also contribute articles to resource sites of your interest; for instance if you're in Web Development, it may serve well to contribute to sitepoint.com. Most sites reserve a short blurb about the author, and if you're interesting enough, audiences will follow thru.
posted by arrowhead at 12:36 AM on May 9, 2006
Contributing to forums can to help, because you can put up your signature / blog link on your postings.
Also contribute articles to resource sites of your interest; for instance if you're in Web Development, it may serve well to contribute to sitepoint.com. Most sites reserve a short blurb about the author, and if you're interesting enough, audiences will follow thru.
posted by arrowhead at 12:36 AM on May 9, 2006
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2. Make a bcc list of entrepreneur blogs that you enjoy reading, and occasionally send them posts you've written that you think are especially good.
posted by evariste at 12:52 PM on May 5, 2006