| 1. Find someone that has a blog related to | | | | topic that you do, ask for a blog post |
| your topic. Offer to blog about their blog if | | | | exchange. Tell them you will write a "guest" |
| they will blog about yours. In doing this, | | | | blog post for them, if they will do the same. |
| you'll both be swapping blog readers that you | | | | That way both of you will be giving fresh |
| may have not been able to reach otherwise. Do | | | | content from a different person to your |
| this with several different people that have | | | | readers. Adding some variety to your blogs |
| blogs related to your topic and soon you will | | | | will keep people coming back often. |
| have a huge blog readership. | | | | |
| | | | 6. Create an audio blog post (podcast) for a |
| 2. Endorse a product that belongs to someone | | | | few blogs related to your blog. Make sure to |
| else via your blog. Ask them to endorse one | | | | mention your blog in it. Tell the blog owner |
| of your products in exchange. By doing this | | | | if they post the audio blog post on their |
| both of you will benefit from each others | | | | blog, that you will create an audio blog post |
| blog visitors. | | | | mentioning their blog for them, and post it |
| | | | to your own blog. You'll only want to do this |
| 3. Grab a sheet of paper and a pen, or open | | | | with blogs that have a lot of readers because |
| your word processing program. Now go to a | | | | there is a bit more work involved in this |
| blog search engine and search for keywords | | | | tactic. |
| related to your blog. When you find blogs | | | | |
| related to your blog, write down (or type) | | | | 7. Large businesses actually hire people to |
| the blog website address, any side notes | | | | blog for them. Not because it's profitable |
| about the blog, and the contact information | | | | for these big companies but because it let's |
| of the blog owner. Now take your list and | | | | the outside world know what's going on with |
| start emailing each blog owner for a link | | | | these big companies. This starts to build a |
| swap. | | | | trust with the people who read these blogs. |
| | | | Knowing this information, I decided to start |
| 4. Get a group of people together that are | | | | a testimonial category on my blog. In doing |
| bloggers. All of you pick one topic that can | | | | this, people begin to trust me and see me as |
| be profitable either by promoting affiliate | | | | an authority figure on the topic I am |
| products or by Google Adsense revenue. All of | | | | blogging on. You can also do this by telling |
| you will start blogging about the topic. Take | | | | people you have started a testimonial |
| the RSS feeds from each persons blog, and | | | | category on your blog. Ask them to leave a |
| place them on one website. All of you will | | | | true testimonial on your blog in exchange for |
| make reference to this site where the RSS | | | | something like a free ebook. If they have a |
| feeds are placed. By doing this you will all | | | | testimonial category on their blog, tell them |
| share traffic via a group effort. | | | | you will give them a testimonial if they will |
| | | | give you one. Always remember though only |
| 5. If you know someone that blogs on the same | | | | give true to heart testimonials. |