Are you using Facebook?  Are you using it to market your blog?  There are several ways you can do this in a way that will bring you more readers and ensure that your existing readers are seeing your blog in other places.

Firstly, make sure that everytime you add a new post to your blog, you add the link to your profile page. This is very simple to do. Go to your profile page, click “Share a Link” and enter the url for your latest post.  The great part of this is that Facebook does the work for you.  When you use this tool, Facebook pulls a thumbnail of your blog and posts it along with the link.  So people can actually see your blog on your profile page.

The second method is to join Networked blogs.  This is an application used within Facebook.  It takes a little more effort than the previous method.  Firstly you will have to identify your blog, and claim ownership of it.  This you can do in one of two ways - invite people to confirm you as the author or place a piece of code on your blog.  Whilst the second way is quicker, the former gives you a good excuse to invite your existing network on Facebook to get involved.

Once you hit certain benchmarks your Networked Blog page will get additional features.  For example once you get more than 15 fans your last 5 posts will be pulled through to your page.  You will start to appear in the Networks you are associated with as a blog with (x) number of readers - get enough readers in your network and you will appear in the top ten for that network.

Ensure you choose the categories for your blog carefully.  By promoting your blog to your own network and getting a reasonable sized follow (20+) you will start to appear in the Top 50 for that category.  Appearing in this list opens your blog up to other Facebook users who are using the service to find new blogs to read in those categories.

Popularity: 4% [?]

After being last month’s Comment King, Danny Cooper earned his way to getting this free blog review. It’s been a while since I wrote a review about a blog, so Danny, prepare for an explosion of criticism! (Just kidding).

What Is Linkers Blog?

Just by the name of the blog, it can be easily assumed what Linkers Blog is all about. The new blog was founded and is managed by Danny Cooper, who calls himself a “junior web developer”. But there’s something about Danny that I like. He’s unique. He’s not like everyone else that tries to be like… well, everyone else. Just read his short little blurb in his blog’s profile page:

Incase you are wondering I am not earning as a living as a ‘problogger’ but I am instead acquiring a vocational qualification in the web development field…

Unlike most bloggers I am not looking to escape the 9-5, in all honesty I quite enjoy it, plus I am gaining an education while working as an apprentice. I find the 9-5 gives a structure to my week, plus most people I know are also occupied during the 9-5 period so its easier to organize events around that.

Anyway, back to the blog. Linkers Blog is all about link building. Although it does talk about other topics such as internet marketing and blogging, the main focus of Linkers Blog is to provide readers with tips and tricks on building links to blogs and websites. I know for a fact that this blog isn’t just any other blog about link building. Danny proves himself to be the real deal. He knows that blog commenting is one of the best ways of blog promotion, while at the same time gaining backlinks. And guess what? I see his name on almost every blog I visit that has a Top Commentator list! Truly a “doer” of all the tips he shares on the blog.

Design and Content

Overall, the design of the blog is great. I have never seen anything like it before, so I’d say it’s pretty unique. The only thing I don’t like about it is that the sidebar has almost no content. Yes there’s the subscription box, a link to his ebook, a few links, and a couple banners, but it could use some more things. It seems as if Danny decided to put everything in the footer area. If I were in Danny’s shoes, I would at least move the Top Commentator list to the sidebar to show readers that it even exists.

Another thing that is bothering me is the Sphinn button. Why do you need it for every post? I’m looking around the blog, and it doesn’t seem like every post is getting “Sphunn”. If nothing is getting submitted, you might as well remove the button. And if you can’t handle doing that, then it’s better off under the each post right by the Share This button instead of having it up at the top. The design just needs a few tweaks here and there, but nothing big.

When I first visited Linkers Blog, I was hooked on the great content that was posted. Below are my favorites that you need to check out.

• How To Get a PageRank of 3 In Just 1 Month
• What I Didnt Tell You About Blog Commenting!
• Blog Commenting Your Way to Stardom
• Paid Links - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Like I said earlier, Danny is a big advocate of blog commenting. It’s something that I had challenged myself to do this month by commenting on every blog post that comes up on my RSS reader. There may be times when I have to skip a few, but then I would realize that I’m missing the opportunity to gain a few backlinks and exposure on other blogs. This is something I learned from Danny’s promotional techniques.

Wrap-Up

All in all, Linkers Blog is a great new blog that is worth subscribing to. It’s a blog that has reached its way into my RSS feed as I will need to keep up with its new updates. If you haven’t checked it out yet, now is the time. Don’t forget to subscribe while you’re there!

Popularity: 11% [?]

Do you know how to build links to the sites that you own? Link building is something that is a very important part of internet marketing, especially for site owners like us who want to get more exposure for their site. It helps with SEO, getting traffic, and increasing the readership of your site. Check out LinkBuildingWiki.com and you’ll find all the great resources on link building.

What Is Link Building Wiki?

Link Building Wiki is a, well, wiki full of resources about link building from the people who brought you TextLinkBrokers. The whole site is divided into different sections like how you would see in any wiki from Wikipedia. From compilations of blog and forum posts to sites and tools all about link building, this wiki helps users like us to find what we want.

Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 13% [?]

There is now a new name in town when it comes to text link advertising (and selling). I first heard about it on the DP forum when a post was made by them claiming to give free links from 5,000 quality websites. On the thread, TNX (pronounced “thanks”), which is what the service is called, posted a quick review about who they were all about.

With the help of TNX System you are able to get large amounts of non-reciprocal links from thousands of relevant websites: In just few minutes you can order thousands of links from high quality Internet resources. Links can be placed on main pages as well as on individual, deep pages of websites that either have few other outbond links or no links at all.

Sound like any other text link exchange/broker? Well, according to them it’s not. At first, everything seemed confusing when it came to figuring out how the system works. The one thing I can tell you is that this is a unique and easy way to advertise and make money from TNX. Here’s how I intrepret it:

Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 5% [?]

When I first started blogging, I never knew what some blog terms meant like deep linking, anchor texts, backlinks, etc. If you plan to have a better page rank for your site then you must learn how to do this if you still have not.

What is a deep link and how do I use it?

A deep link links back to a web page other than the site’s homepage. Deep links are very easy to make that you already know how to do it. It’s just how you utilize them is what’s important. An example back link is this. Here, you will see an excerpt of one of my blog posts that deep links into another.

” …Yes, you can actually get paid by doing what you already are. Check out this post to learn how to make money surfing the web, or sign up now if you already have some clue to what AGLOCO is… “

As you can see, I deep link to another one of my AGLOCO posts by using the anchor text “make money surfing the web”. Instead of just saying “click here” to learn how to make money surfing the web and using “click here” as my link, I use the other anchor text instead. By doing this, you are giving yourself another link to one of your posts for Google search engine. You can probably start finding out by yourself right now why and how it is very important so I’ll stop here. Just remember that when back linking:

• anchor texts
• do it often
• don’t just stick a link in a post, make sure they relate in some way
• use it to let other know about your older posts

Popularity: 4% [?]