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What are some good ways to advertise your site/blog offline?

Would love to find some good ways to advertise my blogs and forum offline to attract more readers. I've considered making up flyers and distributing them locally. Any other suggestions?

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smaraggo
1. Start small. In the beginning, get feedback from trusted friends. Ask trusted friends to give you honest feedback. When my brother and I started On Violence, for the first three or four weeks, we only told five of our closest friends. They provided feedback that helped us re-format pages to make them easier to read. We also found out what posts grabbed their attention and they pointed out those pesky typos that dog beginning and expert bloggers. And your friends can tell you, as one of ours did, that your language sounds pretentious. (Not all of the criticism feels good, but it helps.)
2. Tell your friends and family. First, I targeted emails and phone calls to my friends who I thought would want to be part of our community. If you are truly passionate about your topic, I bet a bunch of your friends are too. But this is obvious, what about your Great Aunt Mable, or your weird uncle Ted? Surely they don’t care about your new blog on early 90?s hip-hop. Maybe, but maybe not. You never know who your blog will interest, or who your next loyal reader will be.
3. Tell your co-workers and fellow enthusiasts. Chances are, unless you write a blog on making money from blogging, your blog is about a hobby or interest area. You have other friends in that area; take advantage of this. If your blog covers surfing, then talk to the surfers you ride with at the beach. If they aren’t interested in your blog, who will be?
4. Advertise with Groups and Associations to which you belong. Do you belong to a fraternity or sorority? An industry group? A church with a newsletter? Send out an announcement about your blog.
5. Target the real world recipients of your blog. Similar to tip number three, you need to target the people who are probably interested in your blog that you’ve never met before. If your blog reviews local restaurant, then talk to restaurant owners you know. Basically, wherever your blog can connect with real world people, you need to let them know about it.
6. Ask friends to guest post. There are tangible benefits to this. It is one less post you have to worry about writing, provides another voice to your website, and will help expand your reach into your friend’s social network. The biggest benefit I’ve had is in discovering another wonderful writer. My friend Matt contributed a post about his experience as an aid worker on the Thailand/Burma border. It was meaningful, well written, on topic, and a joy to read. If we hadn’t reached out, he never would have shared this story with us, and our blog wouldn’t be the same.
7. Ask your friends to comment. Nothing is sadder than a blog post with no comments. People want to go to blogs with community. Our blog, though small, has one. When new people come to our blog, they feel free to comment without feeling like they are the only one commenting. (Though to be fair, on some days we still struggle with this.)
8. Invite your friends on facebook/myspace/linkedin. I have over 300 friends on facebook, why would I not invite them to our blog? The more interesting thing has been connecting with friends I haven’t talked to in a long time, and restarting conversations and relationships with them. You have a social network already, use it.
9. Tell people you meet, in real life. This seems obvious, but was hard for me in the beginning and it still is. It is hard to put yourself out there and say, “I have a blog.” It seems pretentious. But again, you never know who or when you could meet a new reader. I met one of our most loyal readers at three in the morning outside a hostel in Munich. A tip: order business cards. They are cheap, practical and will help give you an opening.



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Corzhens
Spreading the word to your circle is better to be done online unless you are meeting in person those people every day. Just one post in social media will let them know about your blog. I guess the poster is still effective for an online advertising. Tarpaulin printing is cheap and you can afford to have 2 feet by 2 feet of the tarp to herald your blog and post it on conspicuous spots in your vicinity.



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SFactor123
That was a great post, Gained a lot of info from it, I am going to develop a blog and forum and I will definitely try these methods to promote them.



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SFactor123
That was a great post, Gained a lot of info from it, I am going to develop a blog and forum and I will definitely try these methods to promote them.




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crunkatlanta
Believe it or not-- I wore a T-SHIRT around the mall one saturday... All it said
Front of shirt---MONEY- MUSIC- SEX
visit...
Back--
Tell me where you saw this by email or text

I received over 500 emails by sunday night... I been doing this every other weekend. YOu may say 500 isn't much
but u figure if you are selling something--- 500 people are interested.. if its only for $10.
do the math... $2500 with a t- shirt invested in Advertising
Do you u gotta do to drive attention.. to your site. There are people willing to hold a sign for $13 an hour.



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Beverly
Believe it or not-- I wore a T-SHIRT around the mall one saturday... All it said
Front of shirt---MONEY- MUSIC- SEX
visit...
Back--
Tell me where you saw this by email or text

I received over 500 emails by sunday night... I been doing this every other weekend. YOu may say 500 isn't much
but u figure if you are selling something--- 500 people are interested.. if its only for $10.
do the math... $2500 with a t- shirt invested in Advertising
Do you u gotta do to drive attention.. to your site. There are people willing to hold a sign for $13 an hour.


This is a really awesome idea about the T-shirt and linking it to a response required (such as tell me where you saw this by email or text). And, you made money off this?



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crunkatlanta
This is a really awesome idea about the T-shirt and linking it to a response required (such as tell me where you saw this by email or text). And, you made money off this?


If you have an affiliate program that you believe in an really want to push. I suggest you get a domain to point to it instead of using the long url's ...
i like songcast( help artist get their music on iTunes - i used http://www.sellyomusic.com its easier..

You gotta spend a lil money to make money. I am willing to work with anyone that is driven and focused.



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crunkatlanta
This is a really awesome idea about the T-shirt and linking it to a response required (such as tell me where you saw this by email or text). And, you made money off this?


Its like a bumper sticker or vehicle decal... how many times have you read this stuff sitting at the traffic light...
the t-shirt idea came years ago.... it works..



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seoconsul
Hi, you may sponsor "those" 100 Free Visiting cards to random visitors.



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Beverly
Its like a bumper sticker or vehicle decal... how many times have you read this stuff sitting at the traffic light...
the t-shirt idea came years ago.... it works..


I love reading bumper stickers. Some people even collect them. For the price you pay for a bumper sticker or window decal, they're a really good deal. You might also sponsor a local kid's sport's team with jerseys, that have the back imprinted with your website details. You might be surprised how cash strapped local teams would go for that.



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Corzhens
When I was co-writing for a blog, our main promotional method is the email. I have to admit that we were sending emails that can be considered spam. But that method is already obsolete and I guess promoting your site social media is the most effective. With offline advertising, the best approach is to distribute flyers or posters to places directly related to your theme. Like my blog that is about pets, it is ideal to approach the pet shop and the vet clinic for permission to stick my poster for promotion. You can also attend events that are related to your theme where you can distribute your flyers.



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vinaya
I am thinking to launch a maternity eshop. I am thinking to sell maternity products to the locals. I have the domain and hosting. Here are some of the offline advertising methods I am considering:
I will create posters and paste these posters in the maternity clinics.
I will create pamphlets and brochure and leave these pamphlets and brochure in the doctor's chamber and pharmacists.
I will paste posters in the cafes and coffee shops.



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Kakashi2020
Be a minor sponsor in an event. It could be a concert or a movie premier or a business expo. You'll be entitled to a booth where you can give out some stickers and flyers. You can also tap the all the businesses who joined by giving out proposals for your services.



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