P is for Promotion

Today at the Blood-Red Pencil, Maryann Miller and I discuss how difficult BSP is for authors and how the rest of us can help. It's all about liking each other. Go read what I'm talking about.

Rana DiOrio at Little Pickle Press has another effective tactic for promoting her blog. When LPP writes about other people, they not only include links to mentioned sites, but after the blog publishes, Rana emails the mentionees and asks them to stop by the blog and leave a comment. Here are examples of emails she sent for today's blog post:

Good Morning!

We feature you today in our blog post about the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival:

http://bit.ly/g3QpFO

Please stop by and leave a comment!

Thank you,

Rana

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Good Morning:

We just wanted you to know that we have a very favorable mention of your business in our blog today:

http://bit.ly/g3QpFO

Please stop by and leave a comment.

Thanks so much,

Rana

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Good Morning:

Just thought you'd like to know that we extol your organization today in our blog post about the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival:

http://bit.ly/g3QpFO

Please stop by and leave a comment!

Thanks so much,

Rana

It takes only a few moments to send these reminders,  but the benefits in the way of traffic and comments to the blog can be great. Don't miss an opportunity to gently encourage someone to read your post about them!