One of the areas in which I have been gaining some steam is promoting my blog on various blog hops and linkys. They help my traffic tremendously and lead me to find some great new blogs to read as well. But, how do I keep track of all that I am doing to make sure I have hit everything and reciprocated by visiting the other blogs who are listed?
Enter my system:
1) I have all of my linkys and hops organized in Google Calendar. It allows me to save the web address and tweak the times to when they tend to go live. It’s key to get in early on some hops so that enough folks see what you have to offer.
2) Each week, I keep a running Google Doc going with the sites that I have linked to and then I can delete the address as I visit 2-3 other blogs in the hop/linky. It allows me to keep my info in one spot and stay sane.
3) I have a blog hop page here on my blog. I organize it by day and my next step is to reogranize the buttons so that they are the same size and organized in an array to allow for easier viewing.
4) One thing that I need to do is find a plugin so that I can set up a template to link up to different blogs each week instead of the current cut and paste method. It will help me to save time each week and make sure that I am giving credit where credit is due on the hops.
How do you keep track of your hops and linkys?
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So excited to be first! 🙂 Getting a handle on an effective linky party strategy is one of my goals, too!
I just started one myself at cityofmotherlylove.blogspot.com, and it’s been an interesting experience 🙂
I will have to check your out, Tracy! Thanks for coming by for mine.
Hi Becky,
Thanks for supporting and commenting on my blog! I wanted you to know I linked to this post in my Weekend Goodies here: http://mishmashmama.blogspot.com/2013/01/weekend-goodies-january-26-27.html
I’m looking forward to mastering the blog hop!