Promoting Your Blog Part 2

We are now going to focus on the most apparent way to promote your blog "Social Media." While many bloggers simply add their blog posts to their business/personal social media there is more then this. You have not read part 1 click this link and go.

Facebook

Of course Facebook!! Most of you have already done this, but if you haven't, join groups. Groups are a great way to promote your blog. Promoting your blog in groups instead of your business page allows others to get to know you. When people are able to get to know you, you become an expert in your field in their eyes, they trust you more, this is more personal then a business website where they can not connect with you on a personal level. 

Linkedin

Linkedin is a great place to promote your blog for a lot of the same reasons mentioned above. People want to get to know who you are, why should they trust you, and what are your expertise. Use the ability to write an article on linkedin and talk about a blog post you created. You can then create a live link for them to read more. Again join some groups where you can share your blog and expertise. You can also just share your blog post for everyone to see. Personally I have had more success using the write an article option.

Google + & Twitter

While these are two other options for promoting your blog they tend to get lost in the mix. That doesn't mean you should exclude them, I just don't take a lot of time on either platform.

Pintrest

Pintrest is a great place to share blog post as you can create content for it along with creating specific boards. For instance I have a board for products and one for ingredients. I'm planning on creating one for crystals and jewelry. Here again there is an opportunity to join with others to post on a group board.