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Whenever you publish an excellent article, let people know about it and push it in any way you can.

Examples include:

• get some friends to submit the article to social bookmarking sites
• get some friends to Twitter the article
• post about the article in online forums and/or newsgroups

Don't just be social on social networking sites, take time to actually visit other people's websites and blogs, read AND leave a constructive comment. Link back to other blogs and sites and add some of these authors to your Twitter or Facebook.

Remember that your goal is to build genuine relationships, so don’t approach people just because you think they can help to promote your blog. Approach them because you respect their work and because you think the two of you could grow together.

Spend one hour a week writing a really good article. Your goal is to release one of these articles every week. These articles will take time to research and write but it will be worth it.

This type of article delivers a huge amount of value to potential visitors. If you have a web design blog, for example, you could write an article with “100 Free Resources for Designers” - something that will pull people in, wow them and compel them to share your article and definitely return to your site for more.