The blogosphere can have a tremendous impact on a blog. One list blogger writing about your blog can send thousands of visitors to you. So can several bloggers from the next level, or even a bunch of smaller blogs. Getting people to want to write about you in such glowing terms has a lot to do with how you establish yourself as a good citizen of the blogosphere.
Here's the number one rule of being a good blog citizen. Give with the expectation of receiving nothing in return. That's right figure out how you can help other people, and show that you care. You just need to get involved in the community. How you may ask? Well, it simple... blog about other bloggers. Your blog is your best tool to help other bloggers.
Here Are Five Things You Can Do to Help Out Fellow Bloggers...
1.One of the things you can do is have lots of outbound links to other blogs. Talk about what they wrote, and send readers over there to check it out for themselves. I like to use trackbacks for this purpose.
2.Promote other bloggers offers without always having an affiliate link. I'm not telling you to abandon affiliate marketing. What I'm telling you is to promote other bloggers offers even if they don't have an affiliate program.
3.If you have a product or service to offer... why not give it to another blogger who is having a contest. You are adding value to their contest, which is something a blogger will appreciate.
4.Offer to be a guest blogger. This is a great way to help out other bloggers. Original content is something every blogger is on the look out for. Take one of your best posts haven't published and give it to another blogger to use on their blog. You help them out by providing content. It becomes one less thing for the blogger to worry about for at least a day.
5.Read and comment on other blogs. This shows you are paying attention to what others are writing about. Make sure you are adding to the conversation. Participate in the community. Bloggers like to see people commenting about the subjects they are writing about.
These are a five ways I found that will help you establish yourself as a good blogosphere citizen. You will be helping out other bloggers, and that will help with your reputation.
One word of caution here... Don't think because you are a new blog you won't be able to help. This is far from the truth. Now if you aim for only "A" list bloggers then it will be hard for you to get noticed. The "A" list bloggers receive dozens if not hundreds of people contacting them daily; and it will be easy for you to go unnoticed.
Instead, I encourage you to focus on the bloggers who are at the next level or two up from you. They are the bloggers who are most likely to notice, and appreciate your help. This gives you the best chance of building relationships, and becoming activity involved with the community.
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