NEW BLOG COMMUNITIES to Promote Your Design Blog Topic

There are so many ways to promote your design blog niche. If you're still doing promotion to some specific design forums, there's nothing wrong to try general blog community for more campaign activity to your blog. A general blog community should always include design category or art category inside. Accordingly, there would be easier for the viewers to find your blog inside the community.

UPDATE:
This article is updated, after almost a decade since it was published :D.
There were 8 once-new blog communities I mentioned in the initial post version, but only one that is still existing till now, which is Blog Engage!
Blog Engage is actually featuring general blog topics but they include 'Design' category for everyone who wants to submit their article there.

   
For more relevant content, you can visit a newer post from Webtoolhub.com entitled: 25 Top Websites to Submit Web Design Articles and News.
Blog Engage is also mentioned in the round up links there!

Do you know any other new general blog community that you are currently join on? Why don't you share with us why you like being part of it?

Your A-Z Blogs: Viral Linking to Increase Technorati Ranking and Google Page Rank

The first time I know about Viral Linking after I read Rocky John Tayaban post in his blog: Blogging Mix.

Here are the simple instructions you should follow to join this activity:

Copy and paste the links provided below. (From Blog "A - Z")

Replace the link to which the first letter of your URL starts with. (e.g. "G" for Graphic Identity) You may choose to use anchor text to link to your blog and replace the link to which the first letter of your anchor text starts. (e.g. "S" Search Engine Optimization.

Please limit your anchor texts to 4 words to make it more manageable.

Here are some reasons why I encourage you to join viral linking:

Increase your Technorati Ranking and Google Page Rank.

Since this linking activity is viral, expect that you'll get results fast.

You could probably get more friends, fans or readers.

Increase the number of traffic to your blog.

Let's study the alphabet of Viral Linking. Allow me to start with the first A - Z Blogs.

A A Few Good Pens : A blog collection of interesting stuff.

B Blogging Mix : All about Blog, Blogger, and Blogging.

C ColorStruck : A left brainer with right brain aspirations.

D Derrich.com : Crude yet refined.

E Environmental Economics : Economists on environmental and natural resources: news, opinion, and analysis.

F Flowers Blog : A blog about flowers.

G Graphic Design Blog : graphic design, freelancing, illustration, advertising, web design.

H Home with Heather : Networking and sharing the latest tips and tricks on Web 2.0, Internet Marketing and much more.

I Instructor Blog : Instructions on Blogging and Blogs.

J Jonathan Phillips : Personal "music" blog of Jonathan Phillips. Random stuff and thoughts of a rock guitar player. Guitars, gear, studio, life in general!

K King's Blog : Views from Kingsley.

L Lady's Confessions : I have a confession to make. Will you listen?

M Missylicious : Making money with the internet

N Networking Blog : Blog about networking and social media.

O One Dollar Man : This is a man's dreams sanctuary. See his strange and weird dream occurrences.

P Photoshop Weblog : The unofficial photoshop weblog.

Q Quest For Fair Trial : Show us the inherent law. Quest for fair trial in Concord.

R Rob Sellen : Silence is golden.

S Scribble On The Wall - Blog about different stuff.

T The Blogger's Haven : A place for bloggers to hangout!

U Untwisted Vortex : Blog reviews, promotion, issues, monetization and more.

V Very Best of Blogging : All about blogs, blogger and blogging!

W Western Standard Blog : Tells it like it is.

X Xplain - The visual thinking company.

Y Youth Blog : An insight into youth issues, volunteering trends, charity life and more from the UK charity YouthNet.

Z Zealous Blog : My little place on the web.
I hope you like the idea. Looking forward to your participation.

Cheers! Do take a look at my previous post if you have time.

BlogsRecord: A review

It's a new Blog Community, where you can build interactivity by joining certain Groups or Forum. Blogsrecord is also an interesting blog directory which designed to find information on anything blog related.



There are a lot of benefits you can gain by interacting with others in a forum.



Why you should join to Blogsrecord?

1. Blogsrecord will increase your blog visibility
Chris, our friendly admin, guarantees you to have all your blogs would be easy to read in Blogsrecord user list.
5 (five) Latest Users always shown on BlogsRecord home page, in other words: your profile and also your blog visibility to others will increase as much as your frequent visit to the Blogsrecord.com.



2. Submit multiple blogs in one account
You can add as many blogs as you like to BlogsRecord, all blogs will be checked by humans for content, so you can be sure the site will be spamblog free.

3. Cool Blogsrecord tools to show off your blog
Upload Files
You can upload files like templates and plugins.
Web Forum



You may have noticed by email if the forums are picking up and becoming quite active in it.



Image and Photo Gallery
Free image or photo submission to a gallery for all members (the admin then will check all submitted photos)

While it is still in Beta, you are welcome to give a hand and test whatever you find; the admin said that no data you enter will be lost.

Spread the love of BlogsRecord by referring this Blog Directory to your friend.



And add Blogsrecord to your Technorati Favorite !

Another BlogsRecord review:

• Blogsrecord.com - Blogging Mix Review