Most bloggers write great content regularly and publish immediately. Few bloggers update their sites at a lesser frequency. Few bloggers do not succeed as they are not promoting their blog posts enough. You need to be aware of the requirements to promote a blog post after you publish. Your articles and posts will be read more based on the outreach of the posts. If you do not publicize your article enough you are not getting the visibility required.  If you are getting visitors consistently and the number is increasing it is truly for the content.

Remember “Content is king” and you need to do sufficient research to create a good blog posts. After you create a good posts and publish , your job for promoting the blog posts begins.

Two prime activities to be done prior to publishing your posts is:

Edits and Re-Edits: You can go back to your older posts and make corrections, check  for spelling and grammatical errors. You can also update the article to ensure it is current and matching the requirements. Remember to place a note about updation such that the readers also observe and realize you are on good track. Improving on posts and regular updations will help your standing with Google. Your blog posts will be given more scoring than the pages that are stagnant and do not change.

Link Building: Link your posts internally with older posts / articles that match the content and will add value to the reader. You infact are guiding the reader for more information and they will stay on the page for longer duration. This is one way to bring in organic traffic. You can also get high backlinks by posting in sites like Yahoo answers and social book marking sites to improve visibility for higher traffic gain.

You can establish links with other sites with a decent page rank such that Google notices your presence and improves your page ranking. If your blog posts has useful and great content , links will show up on their own with time.

The right promotion will bring in more visitors and high ranking will ensure you have better place in Google ranking. The activities to do on priority are:

SHARE YOUR BLOG ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:

You can make a huge difference in traffic after sharing your blog posts on social networks. The prominent social networks are: Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest etc. If you have not included these networks for promotion you are depriving huge traffic from visiting your site.

• Facebook:

Facebook is the world largest social network. It has more than 1 Billion active users and therefore your efforts should be focused . There are two free ways to promote your blog post, one is creating page of your blog(give name to your page on which topic you are blogging to get more subscribers quiet easily like if you are blogging on html then you may give name of your Facebook page “HTML Tutorial”) then don’t forget to share each new article on your page, even if you are having one subscriber after sharing, click on like by self to reach to maximum number of people and another one is sharing your blog post on your profile and don’t forget to tell other friends to share your blog post on their profiles too.

• Google Plus:

Google plus is the best place to promote your blog for Search engine(Google). You can create a page on Google Plus to attract your readers to follow your blog page. By doing this you can get more people to your circles and get more visitors to your blog post and ultimately to your blog.

• Twitter:

Twitter is the world largest micro blogging website. You can use twitter to promote your posts. You can share your blog posts on your profile and you will notice an increase in traffic as your followers will get the shared posts. Be sure to retweet when a customer has something nice to say about you, and don’t forget to answer people’s queries as much as possible. Twitter revolves around dialog and communication, so be sure to interact as much as possible.

SHARE YOUR BLOG ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

Social Media are a great resource for driving traffic. You can promote your blog posts on Social media sites as there is huge traffic and your posts will be seen by huge number of people. To quote the best few Social Media: Digg, StumbleUpon, Delicious, Reddit etc.

• Digg:

If your blog posts has good content then don’t forget to add your blog post to Digg. Digg can drive a huge traffic to your blog and therefore do not give up. Keep trying and submit your articles to Digg regularly.

• StumbleUpon:

StumbleUpon is a great platform for readers as well as for bloggers to promote a blog post, if you are still not using this network then use it and see the difference in traffic instantly and later also.

Send Emails

Send an Email to your subscribers telling them there is a new post on your blog. You can get targeted traffic to the new post quickly. You need to build an email list and be proactive to gain consistent visitors and viewing. You will gain success by regular interaction.

You can use Feedburner to do this automatically and some WordPress plugins also manage this task well.

Share Blog Post on Blog Directories

Blog directories are good for bloggers to get good audience to your blog, specially if you are writing blog post on blogging niche.

Commenting on Other Blog Websites

Commenting on other blog websites is like inviting its author and readers to visit your blog. It’s also the best way to build relationship with other bloggers. It is a win win situation where you give inputs on the article you read and at the same time gain a visitor and thru’ that several more to your site.

You need to respond to the comments you receive and appreciate the real guys who visit your site. Implement the suggestions if possible and keep improvising your techniques.

Here is the chance for you to take a step to become a successful blogger but if you want to be best then you have to give best possible information to your blog post. Follow the top 10 steps to promote a blog post after you publish.