Have you ever participated in a “blog carnival”? I did it this week for the first time. I was curious to know if blog carnivals are easy to participate in and if they would drive new traffic to HomeBusinessWiz.
The answer is yes and yes.
Participating is as easy as going to a website such as BlogCarnival that lists upcoming blog carnivals, browsing through to find a carnival or two that fit the theme of your blog, and typing in the title and URL of the blog post (article) that you wish to submit. It took me only 20 minutes to submit to six different Blog Carnivals.
In terms of traffic, HomeBusinessWiz received an average 40% increase in visitors on each day my posts appeared in a BlogCarnival.
Definitely worth the effort.
If you’d like to see which carnivals I participated in, here’s a sampling:
My article How to Outsmart Credit Card Companies was published in several carnivals this week, including the Carnival of Finance, Internet Money Makers, Carnival of Shopping and Carnival of Entrepreneurs
How to Write a Professional Bio fit in well with the Carnival of HomeBusiness theme of setting up your online presence.
And I’m pleased the Carnival of Customer Service and Carnival of Hope and BalancedLife included Compassion and Business: Not Mutually Exclusive, which has been one of my most popular posts ever.
And finally, How to Build a Life You Want kindly included my article How to Write an Action Plan in their blog carnival.
If you have a blog and you want to increase your traffic, while at the same time developing relationships with other bloggers in your subject area, consider participating in Blog Carnivals. There’s no cost beyond your time. A courtesy link back to the host blog is appreciated but not mandatory.
I’m pleased with the results and plan to make participating in blog carnivals a regular part of my blogging.
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What a great idea and something to look into Barbra, thanks for sharing. My, there are always great ideas at your site — traffic will come and be back!
Thanks Ellen. Glad to hear you found it helpful!
Hi Barbara,
I’ve participated in two on the same topic, and to tell the truth, I had trouble getting my posts in to both, and neither generated much traffic.
It’s great that you found them worthwhile. I plan to continue to participate because I think they’re informative and fun, but … maybe I’m trying to participate in the wrong carnival.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment Michelle! I looked at your blog and I think it’s great. Don’t give up on the blog carnivals – perhaps you just had bad luck the first time out. Let me know how it goes in future.
Hi,
I found your blog via google by accident and have to admit that you’ve a really interesting blog
Just saved your feed in my reader, have a nice day