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