Make Money Blogging

I’m the author of a fairly popular humor blog called "Mental Poo"

Http://midgetmanofsteel.blogspot.com

I get roughly 30,000 page loads a month, but want to increase the visibility of the blog as well as attract potential people interested in my writing style and humor (publications, newspapers, dirty magazines, etc.).

Does anyone have any ideas on how to further my narcissism and get me noticed a little more?

My goal is to snag the eye of someone who will offer me a giant writing contract.

Not literally snag their eye, of course.

That would be gross.

Yeah, snagging body parts should be avoided.

Major traffic-generating methods involve RSS feeds, search engine optimization (SEO), social networks, partnerships and community building. Also, popularity is not just measured in total number of unique page hits or number of followers. You should look for ways to retain readership, beyond a one-time visit. Just visiting and commenting on other blogs helps (popular ones or not). Marketing your blog effectively will take time and effort. Also, it’s not clear what you’ve already done to generate traffic, so you can see these posts for some ideas:

Google – your blog host – has a list of promotional tips here:
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42377

"Why My Blog Gets No Comments"
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/qa-why-my-blog-gets-no-comments/

"Daily Blog Tips (Website Traffic Series – 20+ articles, see links at bottom of post)"
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/website-traffic-series-part-1-web-design-and-css-galleries/

"How to Find Readers For Your Blog"
http://www.problogger.net/how-to-find-readers-for-your-blog/

"Kick Your RSS: Jumping on the Syndication Bandwagon"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/25/kick-your-rss-jumping-on-the-syndication-bandwagon/

"Search Engine Optimization for Blogs – SEO"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/08/15/search-engine-optimization-for-blogs/

"Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips for Bloggers"
http://www.problogger.net/search-engine-optimization-tips-for-bloggers/

"Using Social Media Sites to Grow Your Blog’s Traffic"
http://www.problogger.net/using-social-media-sites-to-grow-your-blogs-traffic/

"21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/07/18/21-ways-to-make-your-blog-or-website-sticky/

"9 Things to Do to Make Sure that Your Next Blog Post is Read By More Than Your Mom"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/09/03/9-things-to-do-to-make-sure-your-next-blog-post-is-read-by-more-than-your-mom/

"How Not to Promote Your Blog: Top 10 Broken Promotion Strategies"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/05/13/how-not-to-promote-your-blog-top-10-broken-blog-promotion-strategies/

"Three Simple Actions that Doubled My Website Traffic in 30 days"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/30/three-simple-actions-that-doubled-my-website-traffic-in-30-days/

See these sites for general blogging tips:
Problogger: http://problogger.net
Daily Blog Tips: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/
Blogging Tips: http://www.bloggingtips.com/

NOTE: Some web sites or forums have guidelines (like Yahoo! Answers) regarding advertising and/or posting external links. Posting against site rules can get you classified as a spammer and/or banned. So, posting your blog link "everywhere" without restriction is not an effective strategy. Again, see the links above for more productive methods.

You may want to post future questions related to Blogger/Blogspot in the Computers & Internet > Internet > Google category.

UPDATE: Also, you can get into "guest blogging", so that your writing shows up on other people’s blogs, which may in turn generate interest in yours. Here’s a listing of humor-oriented blogs at http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/humor/ . In terms of syndication, you can look into getting shown on a site like http://humor-blogs.com/ . Also, see http://technorati.com/pop/blogs/ and http://news.cnet.com/CNET-News.coms-Blog-100/2009-12_3-5887900.html for the most popular blogs online, according to those companies. See below for more information on guest blogging:

"How to Get Guest Blogging Jobs"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/03/01/how-to-get-guest-blogging-jobs/

"How to be a Good Guest Blogger"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/03/02/how-to-be-a-good-guest-blogger/

"How NOT to Get a Guest Post Published on a Blog [in 11 Easy Steps]"
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/06/04/how-not-to-get-a-guest-post-published-on-a-blog-in-11-easy-steps/

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