Marketing & Promotion 1

Successful blogs grow slowly so be patient!
You will not be added to the College's blog list with your first post, or even your second.

Successful blogs grow slowly over time and require input and attention beyond management and content develpment. Being listed on the College blogs list will help as will crosslinking with other college blogs but in order to find new readers it is important to find other blogs, sites and forums on the Web relevant to your blog and begin posting on those sites with links back to your own. These posts must be relevant to those sites and not purely a pitch for your own. This is a time consuming process if not carefully managed. It is suggested that a written plan be developed indicating which sites you will visit, how often and stick to that plan so as to not get caught up in those sites and spending more time than necessary.

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