Growing your blog is a lot of work. The close friendships that are a result are priceless.
1. Commenting – Comment regularly on the blogs you read. When you receive a comment {from another blogger}, return the favor by commenting on their blog.
2. Social networking – Twitter, Facebook, and the like are all great tools to connect with readers beyond the comments and promote your blog. Use them to their fullest.
2. Email – Email you close blog buddies regularly. Set up times to meet with them. This might be a little more often for bloggers who live closer together.
3. Guest posting – Ask a few friends {with blogs} if they’d be interested in you guest posting for them. Also, you might want to throw the offer out to guest post on yours.
4. Word of mouth – Write really good, make your posts word of mouth-worthy, and make it easy to share them with others.
5. Blogrolls – Put your friends on your blogroll. When you do, they will most likely put you on theirs.
6. Advertising – See if you and a few blog friends can trade blog ads.
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