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Look at paid advertising optionsIf you have a budget, you can boost your initial traffic through paidadvertising. Google AdWords allows you to pay to promote your blogon Google Search and their display networks. Social networks likeFacebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and StumbleUpon have their own advertisingplatforms to help you drive traffic to your blog and blog posts.You can also look at advertising options on other blogs in your nichethat receive a lot of traffic. This will generally be in the form of banneradvertisements or sponsored reviews.Ways to promote your blog contentIn addition to promoting your blog as a whole, you will also wantto promote your blog content, i.e., each, individual blog post. As youpromote your content, your blog as a whole will gain more traffic,social shares, and engagement. Here are some ways to promote yourcontent.Submit your blog posts to bookmarkingand voting sitesSimilar to directories, there are hundreds of social bookmarkingand voting sites. And similar to directories, not all of them are worthwhile.Your goal is to look for social bookmarking and voting sites thathave engaged users. These include Delicious, StumbleUpon, Reddit,BizSugar, Inbound, and similar. Note that many of these sites are notfond of people promoting their own content all of the time, so youmay want to consider making a friend on those networks and occasionallysharing content with them in hopes that they will submit it tothese networks.Try blog promotion networksSeveral networks exist solely for the purpose of gathering peoplewho love to help each other promote their blog posts. These networksinclude Triberr, Social Buzz Club, Viral Content Buzz, and similar.You can also build your own blog post promotional network asyou network with others in your niche. Just have everyone connectin a Facebook group or in an email list where they can share theirlatest posts.44