How to Get Your Blog Noticed in a Crowded Niche

How to Get Your Blog Noticed in a Crowded Niche
Tristan Higbee – @tristanhigbee
Notes from PodCampSLC 2011

1. Be everywhere

• Start with commenting
• Guest posting
• Mentions
• Interviews
• Benefits: Increase in reputation, traffic, backlinks, relationships, comments, shares, likes, retweets

2. Have the best customer experience

• Reply to every comment
• Leave a comment on their blogs
• Respond to emails quickly and awesomely
• Be liberal with your shares (retweets, likes, etc.)
• Thank people
• Add a top commenter widget to your blog - you can then thank them for commenting
• Return favors

3. Provide great content

• Your personal experiences
• Interesting
• Proof
• How personal?
• Interviews
• On your blog - typed interviews rather than audio or video
• Case Studies

4. Personality

• PunchDebtInTheFace.com
• Top Gear

5. Different Media

• Video
• Audio
• Graphics
• iStockPhotos
• Make (take) your own
• Infographics
• eBooks