But this post sure makes me think a lot more about the small things I do without much attention. Thanks!

That is more than I could hope for. Great ideas!!!

I actually already have aWeber for people who join the initiative, but am not doing my daily RSS with them. So, point taken.

I like how you are putting it: the concept of ‘finding the audiences and approach them’ vs. ‘being found’. Right now I’m doing both.

I have a Facebook group already, and am posting at like-minded groups there. However, as per your suggestion/comment, my Facebook, Blogcatalog and Delicious’- efforts are patchy and not as effective as could be, probably. Given my limited time: any suggestion which would be best for this kind of audience?

Last but not least, I was unaware of ANY social calendars, and will explore that right away. Excellent idea!

Again, thanks so much for your suggestions, Andy. I’ll report back with you how things are going in a little while!

As for linkbait, think of what you can do to leverage interviews with famous people with similar beliefs.

You might need to think of the best forms of social media for promotion, whether it be reating a group on Facebook, or maybe a concerted effort to encourage use of Delicious among your readers.

You need to find your audience and approach them, not approach the masses and hoope that they will accept you.

I would also try to leverage various social calendars such as Upcoming.

Well, I’m a novice in all this blogging ~ in contrast to you, who seems to be quite the expert, so I have a question for you.

I run a blog with an initiative of We Are One World Healing, which is an initiative whereby anyone can join our monthly group meditation sessions to help heal the world. We connect in spirit and send out unconditional love/healing Reiki energy to all of humanity. 1 hr each full moon.

We are growing nicely from session to session, but as my target is 2 million more participants, I would love some advice to you on how to create that linkbait that you’re talking about. I feel that my entire blog is a link-bait kind of site, and traffic is quite ok, but we’re not anywhere near the 2 million yet…
What to do about it?
Am I doing something something wrong here?
Or should I simply have more patience?
Any suggestions, ideas, tips, hints welcome…

Thank you so much in advance!
Namaste, A

Great insight on link bait.

IMO, the ‘bad’ link bait you mention will not last for long. The good one, however, prevail and will drive constant traffic.

Moreover, fabricating a story is not ethical blogging!

btw, thanks for the links to dead rooster and kevin. i had not heard of dead rooster before. will check it out. it’s nice to see kevin blogging out of usual character as well. (although i love his humor!) ;-)