Guest Post Written by:Betty (@its_me_betty)

I am the wife of a blogger, I help my husband

Joe promote his blog The Joe Review ( HYPERLINK “http://thejoereview.com/” http://thejoereview.com/).

Simple Tips To Help You Promote Your Site

When my husband first told he was starting a blog, I was taken back a little. I thought to myself, how are you going to have people come and read what you have to say? What are you going to write about? Tons of things ran through my mind but I wanted to support him, and that is what I’ve been doing ever since he started.

Joe my husband started his blog (http://thejoereview.com/) back in September of 2008, and his blog has gained great momentum. He writes tech reviews, brew reviews and iPhone application reviews. We have met tons of great people, and companies in the process of promoting his blog. I want to share with you some simple tips that have helped us make his blog relatively successful.

Whether you have a site or blog that you want to draw traffic to, people aren’t going to know about it unless you tell them about it. You need to be socially active and there is no way to better do this then through social networks. Picture yourself at a work dinner party you want to go around the room and make yourself known; so you greet people, start up and join in conversations. This is the way you have to think about social networks. You can join all the social networks in the world, but if you don’t introduce yourself, the purpose of joining these networks is pointless. In interacting with people make sure you are always yourself, and don’t over promote yourself. The best tip I can give is to find people that have the same interests as you. Make sure you also visit your followers blogs/sites frequently, and comment. You need to support each other. Help each other with tips, suggestions, and leads.

Twitter is the one network we use frequently. Twitter is starting to be widely known, lots of bloggers use it, and now there are companies on there as well. Put your Twitter badge on your site/blog so you can let others know you are on Twitter. One benefit of using Twitter for us, was that we got to meet people from different countries, and this helped get our site out to different parts of the world.

And the most important rule to follow is to write about things that interest you. I know you’ve probably heard that before; but you can definitely tell when the writer has put thought into the piece they have written. You need to draw the reader in, and keep their attention by using your own examples and life experiences. Readers can feel your emotions in your post. Make sure your posts are kept short, and to the point. The longer the post, the less the reader will take interest in spending their time reading it. Have fun in the process, there will be up and down days, but remember all your hard work and passion towards promoting your site/blog will pay off in the end. Remember only you can determine how successful your site will be.

Wishing You Tons of Success.

~Betty