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How to Promote Your Blog Post for Free
You've worked hard on writing a really good SEO-friendly Blog Post. Now you want your audience to read it. Here are some great tips on how to promote your blog post for free.
Make sure all your sharing widgets on your blog are working. Do you have Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest widgets?
Place your email opt-in form on a few different places on your website (within blog post, end of blog post, side bar, pop up, etc.)
Post your blog to all your social media accounts (facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, etc)
Create 10-20 shareable tweets or quotes from your blog post that you can tweet out over the next few months on Twitter. You can also use HootSuite.
Make sure you are on Google +
Give whoever you mentioned on your blog post a shout-out on social media and/or email them
Create a sharable guide or infographic from your blog post
Create a content upgrade for you site to get readers to sign up for your email. Create a pinnable image of your content upgrade to share on Pinterest.
Send out a email blast to your readers
Comment on at least 5 to 10 other blogs
Link your post to other related blog posted on your website
Link older related blog post to your new post
Create a blog round-up of similar blogs on your website
Create beautiful pinnable images (at least one should be on your blog, add two more to Pinterest and link to your blog post)
Resend out an email blast to everyone who didn't open your last email. Write a new intriguing subject line
Find a podcast or two to be interview on
Get your blog listed in Google News
Join Quora and see if you can help by answering any questions
Join H.A.R.O. and see if you can respond to needed content or be willing to be interviewed
Join Facebook, reddit, or other online groups related to your topics
Guest post on someone else's blog
Go on Instagram Live to talk about your blog post or topic. Or find someone to interview you live.
Go on Facebook Live to talk about your blog post or topic. Or find someone to interview you live.
Share your other relevant blog posts to social media. Make sure those post blogs are linking to your new post
Join and use Triberr
Create a video or slide-share for Youtube
Create and publish Slides to Slideshare
Engage with your audience. Respond to all comments or questions
Analyze your Google Analytics to see what keywords are doing well or what you are ranking for. Add more content, images, and boost SEO on those blog post
Improve your website speed
Share again on all social media platforms, one week later, one month later, three months later
This creates a private checklist in your account.