Comments on: 4 Ways To Promote Your Blog Offline

By: Shaon

Shaon — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:32:51 +0000

Nice ways

By: Lenny

Lenny — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:48:12 +0000

A lot of things you can do to promote, among others are offline, such as advertising in magazines, on radio, and some other offline media that you can do, so expect your blog to become more popular

By: Boerne Search

Boerne Search — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:44:06 +0000

I have always used #1 and #3 in my town there are boards all over to post your card. Good ideas, i need to try #4 out.

Kane

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:58:23 +0000

I really dig number 4! I’ve been hosting a monthly luncheon (a bloggers meetup/tweetup). We usually get a great crowd in attendance (20 or so peeps) and turns out to be a great social outing.

By: bikram

bikram — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:11:55 +0000

i have two issues with this guest article.

1. The writer had nothing new to say. I love daniel’s work on this site as well as on dailywritingtips, but after reading this post, I feltt liked wasted. This guest writer got a link back for free. This post adds nothing to the exisiting knowledge of a reader like daniel’s posts does. Reading it was waste of time.

2. On top of that reading a bad post in a badly written language. Yes, this is my second contention with this post. The language was flawed: full of grammatical and puncational errors. The language doesn’t flow.

A word for daniel: please ascertain the quality of guest posts on your blogs. A bad post will cost you your reputation. Your brand is getting diluted by these kinds of posts.

I am aware that i was harse in commenting, and i used this language deliberatly to convey how bad I felt after wasting my time reading not-so-good post.

By: G. Amorsolo

G. Amorsolo — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:37:05 +0000

Interesting article which reminds me of what I saw a few weeks ago. I saw this car sticker placed on the bumper of a car which I was following. It was an eye catcher, and below the logo you could see a a very legible URL.

Trust me, if ever that site address come across my eyes in the web, unconsciously I’ll click it.

By: Shout SEO

Shout SEO — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:35:58 +0000

It’s a good topic. One that has worked for me is offering a business free content for their news letter with a reference to myself on the bottom of my article. No different to an author bio on article submissions. It can get a lot of traffic if it has a large publication base.

By: Hesham

Hesham — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:19:23 +0000

I agree with you that doing a promotion offline is a great way to get attention to your blog, I remember one offline way from Brian of ExtremeEzine, he is making a promotion by “Promotional Buttons” that looks great and have the logo printed on them!

Thanks for the nice tips!

By: V.C

V.C — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:40:29 +0000

What about non business?
I think just present to everybody you know is ok 😀

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:14:13 +0000

Some great tips here. I was thinking about putting something in the paper for my writing services. I do like the idea of getting some people together like that though. I think that would be very beneficial.

By: Wayne Key

Wayne Key — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:51:30 +0000

Good stuff! I would add local industry / tech meet-ups. I attend a wordpress meet-up in Austin and it is a great way to learn and network.
There are some fine people out there to meet, and it helps to get away from the computer even if we are talking about blogs. I like meet-up.com, many local groups use it to connect the users.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:37:21 +0000

Lots of good tips here which will be useful for me. Will bookmark this post and use it for the tips. Thanks for sharing these with us.

By: George Serradinho

George Serradinho — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:21:46 +0000

I have been wanting to get some business cards out for my site to spread the word around people I know, but I have been lazy I guess.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:31:40 +0000

A lot of people are underestimating the power of offline advertising. I mean even wearing a simple shirt in an event can pretty much increase your brand awareness…

Readers meetup is something that looks interesting and I might try it soon.. 😉

By: AnastasiaCarroll

AnastasiaCarroll — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:12:51 +0000

I think an offline promotion isn’t as effective as an online one. I think it’s more expensive and less people will see that ad. But attending industry events is a good idea!

By: Web Marketing Tips

Web Marketing Tips — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:03:07 +0000

Certainly these are the effective way. With this you can also add Radio. Because of Radio FM and many other channels people are listening radio often.

But for news paper and paper advertisments … I think if your blog is related with the common interest of public than you will be able to gain more benefit.

By: Chester

Chester — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:55:37 +0000

Don’ underestimate the power of businesscards. It may sound odd but it really works. You just have to pass out a lot of ’em though.

By: Alex Lim

Alex Lim — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:34:45 +0000

I remember a tv ad which promotes a search engine or an online directory, I it saw few weeks ago, it was advertised late midnight. It’s pretty weird, but sounds useful, I bet that page got some traffic rising. Is tv ads consider as offline method?

By the way, I also watch this tv program which features different blogs and other activities in the web. It’s a good promotional strategy to be a guest there, considering that tv programs got a huge size viewers.ss

By: Eric C

Eric C — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:16:21 +0000

5. Telling people you meet in real life.

This may seem either obvious, or strange, depending on the blogger, but a lot of us have uge interpersonal networks or friends, family and colleagues. There is no reason they can’t be a part of your blog along with the digital community.

Also, great call on the Newspapers for publicity. Old media still has customers.

By: Adam Baird

Adam Baird — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:53:44 +0000

Business cards may sound weird, but in the offline world its standard business currency. I’ve gained relationships I never would have had otherwise because I happened to have a business card on me.

By: Surender Sharma

Surender Sharma — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:31:46 +0000

Newspapers and local publication is the best source for new bloggers but if someone want to become professional blogger then blog meet ups and industry events can more effective.

By: Aminul Islam Sajib

Aminul Islam Sajib — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:09:34 +0000

I totally agree with the author. But it’s a bit hard to arrange an Industry Event. Other 3 points can be done by almost anyone having a huge readership with one or more busy blog(s).

By: Blake @ Props Blog

Blake @ Props Blog — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:58:01 +0000

Promoting offline seems so much more challenging than online. It is funny how even your best friends won’t bother to spend more than 10 seconds on your blog unless it is something they are already into. Becoming an online powerhouse must change your friends a lot 😉

By: Ben Moreno

Ben Moreno — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:51:55 +0000

I think handing out business cards for a blog seems weird but I am sure it is not when your blog is an actual business.

By: Young

Young — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:26:48 +0000

I spent all my time at computer and online.

By: Sohail

Sohail — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:55:21 +0000

hmmm ncie one
sometimes offline promotions can do wonders. You can do loads of networking through meet ups and these methods don’t cost much as well.

By: Simone

Simone — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:08:02 +0000

Thank you for this post. Very helpful…Printed out and will consider your recommendations. I really like the idea of physically meeting with your readers. I hadn’t thought of that. Good stuff!