For a change I thought I would take a different direction and write a blog post that is going to be useful for bloggers rather than travel consumers. I have put a lot of effort into my blog, both writing unique content and promoting it on the internet, so don’t let anyone tell you that it’s easy creating a blog, because it isn’t.

Here are my tips to help promote your blog
Write Unique content.
When blogging about a news story, don’t copy the content from the news site, i.e. BBC, instead re-write it completely, and add your opinions on the news. Ask for people’s thoughts on the story and people will leave comments.
Visit other related blogs
Find other travel related blogs on sites like Google’s Blog Search and leave comments. Don’t promote your blog within comments instead write a useful reply giving your opinion. Promotion within comments is frowned upon [well I it is with me]
Submit your blog to directories
They are a ton of blog directories out there, so spend a few hours and submit your blog to these directories. Also keep a look out for RSS feed directories where you can submit your RSS feed and this attracts people who are interested in your content.
Claim your blog on Technorati
I’ve found that Technorati to be a good referrer of visitors, even though I haven’t promoted Technorati within my blog by using tagging etc. I do think people spend too much time on improving their Technorati ranking, but its popular place to promote your blog.
Analyse your blog stats
I’ve tried out all sorts of applications for analysing my blog stats, and I have to say that the best application is Google Analytics. It’s free, and provides tons of stats with graphs – you can easily find out where your traffic is coming from and what keywords people are using in the search engines to find your blog posts.
Link Love
Yes, the search engines love links – and if you write unique and interesting content then people will link to you without you having to offer anything in return. Most people link to your content or blog because they enjoy reading your content or because they think that their readers would be interested in what you have to say.
Don’t give in
The hard work will pay off – only in the last month I have been featured on the Travel Guardian website, website of the day on the Breakfast show on Splash FM radio, interviewed by a freelance reporter for the Times about the impact of blogging on travel and featured on Rolf Potts Vagablogging.
You might be interested to know that I have finally launched my little secret – Blogged Out – yep, another blog [am I mad? - Yes!] which will help fellow bloggers promote their blog. Drop by and let me know what you think.