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67 Ways to Get Your Content Into the Cloud

I’ve been doing a series of videos about how to get your content into the cloud, meaning, how to take what you’re publishing on your blog and get it into the cloud of content consumption in which web users live and breathe each day

Rather than trying to create a video for each method, or even a single blog post, I thought I’d put together a lengthy list of a variety of ways. I wanted to do this partly to demonstrate the sheer magnitude of options, but also to give you a list from which you could select one, two, or even ten “doable” tasks to apply today.

  1. Write great content. (It all starts here.)
  2. Tell your friends and family… face-to-face.
  3. Email your friends and family to introduce your blog (but don’t spam strangers).
  4. Include a link to your blog in your email signature.
  5. Get up earlier (aff link).
  6. Make sure your blog gets indexed by Google.
  7. Try to get your blog indexed by Google blog search.
  8. Submit your site to search engines, but don’t pay for it.
  9. Build an email marketing list. (I recommend MailChimp [aff link].)
  10. Use Feedburner to publish your site’s rss feed in universal formatting.
  11. Also use Feedburner to make your feed available to email subscribers.
  12. Make the links to your feed, both email and rss, easy to find and use.
  13. Publish your full posts in your feed, not just excerpts.
  14. Submit your feed to feed directories.
  15. Sign up for Twitter and send links to your articles out (along with links to other helpful things).  Stay abreast of the latest Twitter news in your niche.
  16. Join various Twitter directories to make yourself findable, such as WeFollow and Twibes.
  17. Tweet links to your posts multiple times, but disclose this and do it in moderation.
  18. Sign up for Facebook and post links to your articles on your profile.
  19. Create a Facebook fan page for your site.
  20. Post links to your articles on LinkedIn, or in a LinkedIn group.
  21. Use other networks like Friendfeed, Cliqset, etc.
  22. Try to get listed with Alltop.
  23. Join or start a group to share articles that are worthy of attention.
  24. Add sharing buttons to the top of your posts for re-tweeting, facebook, etc.
  25. Add sharing buttons to the bottom of your posts for even more.
  26. Make sure sharing buttons show in your feed.
  27. List your social networking profiles on your blog for others to connect.
  28. Create or join Ning networks where you can share valuable content.
  29. Add your blog’s link to all of your social networking profiles.
  30. If you run multiple sites, inter-link them if they fit together.
  31. If you don’t run multiple sites, start another site and interlink them.
  32. Use social bookmarking sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, and Dropjack.
  33. Submit to blogger-specific sites like BlogEngage, MMO, and BloggerDen.
  34. Leave comments on other blogs.
  35. Look for blogs that use CommentLuv and be sure to comment there.
  36. Use video-sharing sites to share videos, and use TubeMogul to distribute videos.
  37. Maximize your video-sharing site profiles to link back to your blog.
  38. Subscribe to your own blog’s rss feed, then “share” your articles via Google Reader.
  39. Join BlogCatalog and add your blog.
  40. Join Blogged and add your blog.
  41. Begin your own news submission and voting site at Slinkset.
  42. Refer to your own articles in comments on other blogs, but ONLY if it actually adds value to the discussion.
  43. Offer links to articles you’ve already written when answering questions people ask you.
  44. Take old articles and re-shape them a bit, then submit them to article directories.
  45. Submit links to nice-specific news sites or blogs with community news sections.
  46. Make your blog readable on mobile devices.
  47. Use Google Reader’s extra sharing features to offer a widget to other bloggers with your content.
  48. Publish free white papers or ebooks with your link on them.
  49. Distribute your free resources on document-sharing sites.
  50. Add your link to your business cards, letterhead, etc.
  51. Advertise your blog with pay-per-click campaigns.
  52. Make graphic banners available for fans of your blogs to use, especially 125 x 125 buttons.
  53. Link to other blogs often, not only to gain attention, but to be unselfish.
  54. Bookmark posts from other blogs that refer to your own posts.
  55. Guest post on other blogs.
  56. Write a press release.
  57. Install the free plugin MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer
  58. Create or sponsor a blogging theme or plugin.
  59. Double-check your on-page search engine optimization.
  60. Participate in discussion forums and have your blog’s link in your signature.
  61. Host a workshop, webinar, or online chat and invite people to it.
  62. Have a giveaway and ask people to become eligible by promoting or commenting.
  63. Answer questions on LinkedIn’s answer board, Yahoo answers, etc.
  64. Advertise offline, the cheap way, with flyers.
  65. Work on branding with a nice logo and beautiful blog design.
  66. Work on readability, usability, and ease-of-navigation on your blog.
  67. Ask advice of mentors and experienced bloggers, even directly.
  68. Ask for critiques, reviews, or suggestions.

Well, make that 68 and I’ll add more later. By the way, don’t do all of this everyday or you won’t have any life at all. Find what works for you, rinse and repeat. I’m bound to have left something out. If you have a tip, a site, or a suggestion, even your own post about how to promote blogs, please plug them in the comments.

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About Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox is a Pastor who is currently planting Grace Hills Church in northwest Arkansas. He is also Editor of Pastors.com and Rick Warren's Pastor's Toolbox, one of the world's largest online communities of church leaders. He's also a communications consultant for churches and nonprofits and writes a top 100 church blog.
Brandon is married to Angie and has two precious little kids. You can catch up with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+.

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  1. The information you have shared really worth for anyone, especially for new comers. The list you put is really brilliant. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

  2. Great article, innovative title you have put to this article

  3. Gr8 work dude .. awesome list & wonderfully explained .. this list has made me think that i am lagging behind …..

  4. Rather than trying to create a video for each method, or even a single blog post, I thought I’d put together a lengthy list of a variety of ways. I wanted to do this partly to demonstrate the sheer magnitude of options.

  5. Great stuff! Long list, but there were a few things I hadn’t thought of or at least forgot to do ;) Thanks!
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  6. Great list indeed.

    Point one is by far the most important. Putting out great content is what blogging is all about.

    Point 53 – ‘Link to other blogs often, not only to gain attention, but to be unselfish.’
    This is something I have done from the start of my blogging journey. I believe that if everyone helps each other then you can build a good community in your niche and everyone in it will benefit.
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  8. Sally Thompson says:

    Great Job! You really have a nice blog here.. Keep it up!
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  9. The information you have shared really worth for anyone, especially for new comers. The list you put is really brilliant. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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  11. Rather than trying to create a video for each method, or even a single blog post, I thought I’d put together a lengthy list of a variety of ways. I wanted to do this partly to demonstrate the sheer magnitude of options.

  12. Like those pointers, many I am using them already.
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  13. I appreciate these tricks to get Content into the Cloud with us, but I looking for seo services, so i hope you will be write something more about the services. By the way nice blog!

  14. This is very useful for me. I have added your list of 67 tips to get content into the cloud. It is an indeed very nice article. Thanks for posting.

  15. Great tips. Yes, there are some of these that I do. The key is to find what works for you.
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  16. Great post Brandon. No. 1 Writing Great Content is the mother of all internet marketing success. No matter how beautiful your site (design, logo ) is, if your content is useless.. your hard work will just turn into trash. This post really rock! This is an example of a one of a kind blog post. Thanks for this great, valuable and informative post. Keep it up. Your the best!
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  17. That is a great article, i enjoy reading the information on this .

  18. Great list! Great tips! I’m sure that using all of them while promoting a blog and other resources, one will definitely have a great success.

  19. Great job! i really like it, Thanks.

  20. Au fait post! I am enchanted to know your valued acumen. It will offer me huge help.

  21. For a beginner this is very helpful, thanks again.
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  22. Great ideas.
    This is very nice and informatics blog for promotions…
    Thank you for this blog……

  23. Lots of great ideas!
    Thanks for the great post!

  24. I am glad to know that list of 67 tips to get your content into the cloud. It is an indeed very nice article. Thanks for sharing it.

  25. Great post, but i like most is innovative title
    istead of normal seo titles

  26. Great article, innovative title you have put to this article

  27. This is a very extension list Brandson. Will definitely bookmark this post for future reference. Appreciate you sharing this to us.
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  28. Wow so many tips you have… Thanks for helping us and sharing your link…

  29. There is a handful of these I’m not doing. Great list, got to get cracking and lift my game!
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  30. Holy moly, that’s an enormous list. I think you covered pretty much everything. You should add this as 69: “Don’t do all of this everyday or you won’t have any life at all.”
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  31. Really useful tips you got there @Brandon. I haven’t heard of alltop or Bloggerden, but thanks to you, now that I am familiar with more blogging networks….

    Jeevan

    P.S : If you have got a masterpiece than I would say its this one. : )

    Happy Blogging !!

  32. Brandon, I need a nap now!

    Great list!
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  33. I just wrote a post asking for this kind of help – perfect timing. Thank you!
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  34. Great stuff! Long list, but there were a few things I hadn’t thought of or at least forgot to do ;) Thanks!
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  35. Brandon this is my first time here via our “shared group” will GLADLY share, love your blog man!

  36. Brandon,

    I love that you always go big. It blows my mind how you can consistently come up with such large lists. There’s never any junk in the list either.

    #46 jumps out at me. Keep preaching on that one. We have to keep thinking about other platforms than just web browsers. It’s amazing how fast the mobile media platforms are growing.

    Brad
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  37. Thank you for these awesome links. I’ll definitely listen to your advices.
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  38. Brandon,

    Great post. There are some great tips for marketing your sites. Several of your tips, I never thought of, I will have to look into those.
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  39. Your website design is different and great. I love it.

    I love your list. I wouldn’t recommend using MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer though because it still pings when you are just making an update to your blog.

    I would recommend not using any ping service on Word Press and just using http://pingomatic.com or http://pingoat.com to ping your newest blog posts.

    This is the safest way from not getting banned.

    Oh yeah, and I just got accepted on Alltop, even though I am at the bottom of the page, I am glad to be there. This was a great suggestion for your readers.

    Dynasty Web Marketing – Drive More Traffic To Your Site
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    • Thanks so much for that. My understanding is that their ping tool actually is designed for the purpose of preventing that very thing from happening. I’ll do a little more research.

  40. Great list indeed.

    Point one is by far the most important. Putting out great content is what blogging is all about.

    Point 53 – ‘Link to other blogs often, not only to gain attention, but to be unselfish.’
    This is something I have done from the start of my blogging journey. I believe that if everyone helps each other then you can build a good community in your niche and everyone in it will benefit.

    There are quite a few things on this list that I have not considered so will have to look into them in more detail.

    Thanks
    David
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  41. Wow! That is an awesome list Brandon! I am going to have to come back repeatedly so that I can try some of the things that you suggested!
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  42. Gr8 work dude .. awesome list & wonderfully explained .. this list has made me think that i am lagging behind …..
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  43. very fantastic post…you have very much covered everything.
    i have bookmarked it…it shows i still have work to do
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