Blog Carnival: Exposing others to Your Audience

Posted by Mariano
November 10, 2009

iStock_000005749512XSmallWhat is a blog carnival?

I was actually first introduced to blog carnivals when poking around Steve Pavlina’s blog.  For those of you who don’t know, Mr. Pavlina is someone who’s got both marketing and blogging right, and a great success story on the web (and very public about his success).  Blog carnivals are great for people just starting out with blogging, because:

  1. They’re essentially free marketing, where a post you’ve written is published as a link on another person’s blog
  2. They improve your SEO by providing incoming links to your site from other people’s blogs
  3. Hosting a blog carnival introduces your readers to other blogs that might be of value to them

The main resource for blog carnivals is…um…Blog Carnival.  You create an account there and you can either create a blog carnival or participate in one.  Participants submit their blog articles to hosts that are gathering posts on a particular topic (in my case, blogging and social media).  Regardless of whether you want to be a participant or host, it’s all free.  It’s perfect to gain notoriety on a few related sites.

So I’ve been a participant for a while, but now I’m taking the opportunity to be a host.  Please see our submissions this week below.  We have some great articles out there and I encourage you to go and check out the different articles out there.  If successful, we’ll make this a regular feature on this blog.  For now, enjoy!

Welcome to the November 10, 2009 edition of the web and you blog carnival.

Blogging

Jaime Teele presents it builds character… posted at Jaime Teele.

Angela Martin presents 100 Educational Twitter Feeds for Journalism Students posted at Online Colleges.org.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Make Money Blogging: Top Bloggers And How Much They Earn posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thanks!”

MBB presents Start Blogging To Make Money Online posted at Money Blue Book Blog.

Howto

Kano presents Free Keyword Research Toolkit posted at Online Money Making Guide, saying, “Keyword research is the life blood of internet marketing. Whether it’s organic search, pay per click, article marketing or some other strategy, you need to know what people are searching for. This post contains a list of free keyword research tools to help you make money in your next internet marketing campaign.”

Saundra Washington presents Mine Internet Data Like a Pro with Google Alerts « Technology Tools for Real Estate posted at Technology Tools for Real Estate, saying, “Internet users can be overwhelmed with too much information if they don’t know the best short cuts and Internet tools. Please consider my article on how to use Google Alerts to stay on top of important business information.”

The Smarter Wallet presents Online Business Guide: Start, Sell and Succeed! posted at The Smarter Wallet.

Carolyn Friedman presents Top 20 iPhone Apps for Business Travelers posted at Executive MBA Programs.

Social Networking

Shannon ODonnell presents A Little Technology…Harnessing the Power of Twitter posted at a little adrift: a rtw travelogue, saying, “Tips for using Twitter when traveling for finding local networking and coffee meet-ups.”

Allan Inocente presents 5 Powerful Business Secrets Revealed from Playing the Facebook App Restaurant City posted at Rich Money Habits, saying, “Have you ever played Restaurant City in Facebook? If yes, you might have been staring at powerful business secrets all this time! If not, then this is your chance to discover the 5 powerful business secrets hidden in this popular online social game as they are finally revealed to you!”

Case Ernsting presents FindItLocal411 – Blog posted at FinditLocal411 Blog, saying, “Social media is a force in business relations right now. A social media presence can leverage your entire business. We promise .”

Web Advice

Rose King presents 100 Best Websites for Your Business News and Know-How posted at Online Classes.org.

Kaitlyn cole presents 100 YouTube Videos for Your Business Education & Enlightenment posted at Online Colleges.net.

Anne Simone presents 100 Extremely Useful Search Engines for Science posted at Online Courses.org.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of The Web and You blog carnival using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Comments
Comment by Rich Money Habits on November 10, 2009 @ 8:32 am

Nice blog! Interesting articles! Looking forward to your next edition of the web and you carnival! :)

Comment by Jaime Teele on November 10, 2009 @ 7:08 pm

Thanks so much for including me in this carnival! I really appreciate it.

Comment by Shannon OD on November 10, 2009 @ 8:05 pm

Thanks for hosting the blog carnival! I look forward to reading these other great posts :-)

Comment by Mariano on November 10, 2009 @ 10:32 pm

No problem Larry. I LOVED your post…thought it was very clever and funny!

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