Blogs are an important part of marketing your story.  Your blog is your story and helps to present the depth of who you are for the world to see.

Directories are not the best answer.  They tend to be crowded and not very effective.  I’m not discouraging you from listing your site, but don’t make it a priority.  More people will find your blog through search engines.  Thus, making tagging your posts all the more important.

One of the best methods to encourage people to visit your site is to comment on other blogs and forums.  Don’t hold back, express yourself with insight and whitty comments.  Average comments will not stand out in the crowd, boring will be overlooked and useless information will not encourage people click on your link.

Always make it easy for people to find you.  Place your blog url address just below your name and don’t for get to add the http://  so it will active a direct link.

The ultimate answer is givers gain. The more involved you are in the community, the more valuable advice and creative insight you share the more people will want to read more about what you have to say.

Rosh

http://roshsillars.wordpress.com