Hi, There's lots of good information in this thread and I thought I'd try to contribute a bit. Over the last few years, I've tried lots of things to get visitors to my various blogs. Some that have worked for me include: Blogrolling.com - a free service that lets you keep track of your "blog roll" or the blogs you recommend. I update my blog roll now and then with my own blogs and blogs I read on a regular basis. It's easy to publish my blog roll on websites and other blogs. Tagging my blogs and some of my articles at del.icio.us and technorati.com. I also publish my buzz cloud, or what del.icio.us calls a tag roll on various sites and blogs. An example of this is at: http://johndilbeck.editthispage.com/buzz-cloud This easily can be added to websites and blogs that allow the creation of pages. Contributing to forums, such as this one, can be effective in bringing visitors to your blog, assuming that you are contributing to the discussions in a meaningful way. Sites such as 43things.com are effective in providing ways to get involved in ongoing conversations and linking to your blog. Setting up a free blog at sites like bloggerparty.com can bring visitors to your other blogs. The community setting and links to recent posts on the blogs there can bring attention to you that would be difficult on a stand-alone blog somewhere off in cyberspace. Commenting on popular blogs related to your niche. I don't mean spamming the comments with your link, but providing feedback, critiques, suggestions, or praise on the author's post can get you a free link back to your site or blog. If you post relevant feedback or ask questions related to the topic at hand, your comments will be seen as constructive and will be welcomed - usually. Each of these sites/methods has brought visitors to some of my sites and blogs. Maybe they'll be effective for you, too. All the best. Act on your dream! JD

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