If you have a blog, I think the best way to promote it is by commenting on other blogs. You can also promote non-blog websites this way, but I believe it especially works well for blogs.

When you comment on a blog, almost all blogs have a field for your URL. When your comment is published, a link to your website will be published with it. If your comment is very interesting or helpful, then the people who read it may check your link.

The person most likely to check out your link is the blog owner. If you have a blog, you probably check the website of people who regularly post quality comments on your blog.

For this promotion method to work well, you have to remember two main points.

Firstly, make good comments. Most importantly, do not spam. Your comment needs to be specific to the post. It needs to be useful. It could be useful by being interesting, informative, or helpful. You probably want to keep the tone of the blog. Also, you probably want to keep a positive tone and be polite because you represent your website.

Secondly, you need to have a good website. Blog commenting will usually not bring in that many visitors directly. If you have a bad, useless website, then the few people who do come will not stay long and will not tell anyone else about it. In contrast, if you have a great website, then the people who come will stay longer, come back more often, and tell their friends about your website. Since the bloggers will probably come check out your website, they will likely post about your website on their blog if your website is really that good and helpful.

Take this blog for example. You all come here because I provide helpful advice and information. If everyday I just came on here and typed gibberish, nobody would read this blog or share the link to it.

So, remember, post great comments and make your own website great.

What do you think