| For those of us who are dedicated Second Life | | | | sell. I personally notice an increase of about 11% |
| bloggers, deciding where to go about publicising | | | | in the days immediately after releasing and |
| our blog can be tricky business. Here are a few | | | | marketing a new free item. |
| places I heartily recommend both in world and | | | | As for the out of world marketing, well your |
| out. | | | | options are as vast as the options of a |
| In terms of in world marketing for a blog, target | | | | non-Second Life blogger. is an amazing place to |
| the groups. Second Life has hundreds of groups | | | | market your Second Life blog. is used by those |
| dedicated just to advertising. Yes, you can target | | | | searching blogs, as an effective blog directory and |
| those. But better still would be to find groups | | | | also gives you an idea of your blog's |
| relating to the same niche as your blog and to | | | | performance, through the Technorati authority |
| contact the owner of those groups. Perhaps you | | | | statistics. Social networking sites are also an |
| can come up with a deal to have the owner of | | | | effective way of posting your blog's link. Don't go |
| the group send out a URL in a group notice. You | | | | overboard though. Your Facebook friends list will |
| should also have it on your profile and, a personal | | | | not appreciate constant spamming, but as well as |
| trick of my own, is to create freebies, distribute | | | | having your blog link in your profile, you should |
| them on and to have a note card inside the box | | | | post particularly appealing or relevant posts to |
| with the URL to my own blog on there, as well as | | | | your friends as well. Twitter is a great way to |
| the URL to my partner's blog. | | | | market your blog - in fact I personally use a plugin |
| The freebie distribution on Second Life is | | | | on WordPress, that automatically posts my post |
| immense, thanks to and you can shift literally | | | | title and the link to my Twitter account. This does |
| thousands of a high quality freebie in a very quick | | | | mean that your titles should be catchy in order to |
| time. Give your note card a quirky title that may | | | | attract more views, but that's nothing new! |
| make people want to read it and you might just | | | | In essence, just because your blog is a niche one |
| get some traffic. Obviously, not everyone will visit | | | | and relates to Second Life, does not mean that |
| a URL in a note card inside a freebie, so don't | | | | you have a fewer marketing portals. |
| expect an extra visit for every single freebie you | | | | |