Blog Chain - A Great Networking Tool

Activity and interaction on a blog increases its popularity and raises its ranks in search engines. One good way to do this is with a blog chain.

What is a blog chain?

A blog chain involves twelve people who have a blog and want to participate in a fun group activity. You can certainly have more or less than twelve, but visiting more than a dozen blogs in a week may be difficult for some people. I try to keep it simple and easy for everyone.

Each participant will visit the blog of each person on the chain within a certain number of days. I usually set my time limit for one week when I ask people to do a blog chain with me.

When visiting the blog, you will read and comment on several posts that interest you. By leaving your name and the URL of your blog in the comment, you have established a link back to your blog. This works like a link exchange on Web sites, but you do not have to permanently feature a site in the valuable space needed for promoting your own goods or services. The comment is usually hidden on a blog, but the link is there indefinitely. The link helps you; the comment helps the other blogger.

If the blog you are visiting is set up for technorati, digg, del.icio.us, newsvine or another popular news site, click the link under the blog post and bring this post to the attention of the media. You will need to be registered as a member of each of these news sites to do so, but it only takes a minute to create and account and it costs no money.

When you visit and comment on twelve blogs and receive comments from twelve people on your blog, you have increased your interaction

How to Find Participants

To get a group of bloggers together for a blog chain, ask your friends, family members, other online companions, who have blogs to network with you.

If you do not have an established circle of online networking friends, you can browse the Internet for blogs that interest you, contact the blog owner and ask them to participate in your blog chain. If they do not understand what a blog chain is, you can have them read this article.

I've had some very positive comments from participants in my current blog chain. Carma Dutra wrote, "Yvonne, the blog chain is such an excellent idea. Much more meaningful than a meme. I am happy to have the opportunity to meet new people and learn about new books and projects. Thanks for including me. "

Taryn Simpson commented recently on my post about blog chains, "Not only is doing the blog chain a great marketing tool, it helps those of us fixated on our own writing to stop and see the originality of writers around us."

Decide for yourself if a blog chain is worthwhile. Start your own blog chain or simply sign up for my next blog chain by contacting me through my Web site http://www.yvonneperry.net/contactUs.asp.

Yvonne Perry is a freelance writer and editor who assists people with any type of writing project. She is available to assist you with telling your story or writing your book. See http://www.yvonneperry.net for more information about her writing and editing services, books, newsletter, podcast and blog. Her podcast Writers in the Sky is filled with information about the craft and business of writing, publishing, marketing and networking. New subscribers to her F*REE monthly newsletter receive a complimentary eBook "Tips for Freelance Writing".

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