What are some of the easiest and cheapest ways to advertise your blog? Here are some extremely common ways to do so. Though they are really obvious, surprisingly some people still forget to do them.
Forums are a great way to stick an advertisement both in your signature and in an advertising section of the forum. Make sure to get involved in the community a bit first though, or else you will get an undeserved bad rep!
Comment on blogs. Comment, comment, comment! Comment on blogs that have related niches as you. Yes, I may sound like a broken record, but it’s true. Getting involved with other blogging communities is important. You’d be surprised it can stream in a bit of traffic if you talk about a site and then post a comment in their blog and link to it. 
Reaching the Top Commentators list can also bring some traffic and future dedicated readers.
Put your domain in business cards. Come on, who doesn’t use business cards? Adding your blog to your business cards is a good way to get the word out about your blog. Check out this post to see how to get free business cards.
Join mylot and get into discussions relating to your niche. Answer questions and you can share links if they contribute to the discussion. Click to learn more about how to get traffic from mylot.
Great post!
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Forums are a good one, but I’d say that if you join up to a forum with the sole purpose of advertising your blog, then some bad rep is probably deserved.
I started putting together a list of forums that allow dofollow signature links. They are a good place to start as you have to potential to double your benefit.
That’s true. But, I’m sure most of us that blog are well aware of this and won’t do that.
I do think that commenting does have benefits aside from the obvious ones. That is: even if people aren’t reading them, they are worth it for the commenter!
Commenting is an expression of brief thoughts in reaction to what you read. They are like mini-drafts, if you like, that can be combined to become a more comprehensive article or blog post later on.