Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “U”
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Table of contents for Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog
- Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “V”
- Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “A”
- Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “L”
- Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “U”
- Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “E”
Ok, so you want your blog to have more value … scratch that, you want it to have mega-millions of value … you’ve come to the right place. We’ve been outlining value on a blog through the acronym: “v.a.l.u.e.”. Let’s do a quick review:
- “V” stands for visceral
- “A” stands for aphoristic
- “L” stands for linkage
Now, as promised, we probe the mysterious area known as “U.” It stands for “Ubiquitousness.” If you don’t know the meaning of the word, check this out:
ubiq·ui·tous
Pronunciation:
\yü-?bi-kw?-t?s\
Function:
adjective
Date:
1830: existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread <a ubiquitous fashion>
— ubiq·ui·tous·ly adverb
— ubiq·ui·tous·ness noun
In theory, if you could post a link to your post everywhere on the interweb at one time, then you would have “U” down pat. Obviously you can’t. The more I think about the hundreds of millions of blogs out there the more fatigued this letter can become. So you can’t do it all? What CAN you do? Here are a few suggestions to increase the ubiquitousness of your post (all of which I do on a pretty regular basis).
- Make a Google Alert for 2 things: 1) your blog’s url through the Google Blogsearch feature ie: link:http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com and 2) the title of your blog. This will send you an email whenever someone links to you and whenever your title shows up on a page on the web.
- Create a Tumblr.com tumblelog and use the Tumblr bookmarklet feature to post the link with a description. In the description of the permalink, include a standard linkback to your blog’s main url. This will help your backlink count and with some online measures, your rank and authority.
- Create other blogs on various “subtopics.” Link to your post there, sometimes through a related short article using the text: “More info on this topic at: (your blog url)”
- Use social bookmarking. DIGG and Stumbleupon only work if other people submit. You can ask friends to on the posts you really want to get out there. But most all the rest it is “kosher” to bookmark your own posts.
- Guestblog and link back to your article.
- Post to AC or Blogcritics and include a relevant linkback to your article.
- Get the free info on backlinks and blog promotion at socialmediadaily.com
- Other ideas out there?
Getting your posts link out there so many people have access to it is key to producing value for your blog. Being “ubiquitous” is a full time job. Get ready!
Ok, now for the last frontier of this series. We’ll be looking at the letter “E” in the next couple of days. While you wait, why not pick one thing at a time and work on it. These are all equally important to gaining value for your blog.
