{Hooking for Cash 101} Connecting with Crochet Bloggers with Linkys and Blog Hops

Blog tours and Linkys

A Linky is defined as a tool to aid in blog hops. A blog hop is when you link together with other blogs for a common topic like ‘crochet hats’ or ‘etsy shop features’.

Linkytools.com  is the site I use for this. I now use inlinkz.com. There are other sites that offer the same service but I’m most comfortable with them.

Blog Tours (Hop) have mainly been used by book authors but more recently are used by all product releases. I had a small one for my Hooking for Cash eBook release.

Basically you get a number of blogs together to review your book or product, offer a giveaway, or just write a post about your book/product. You do this in a short amount of time like a week or less and drive traffic to your buy page. It is a very effective marketing.

Introducing the Queen of Blog Tours

Nicole Dean (a mom blogger and niche marketer) used a Blog tour to help market her affiliate products and blogs. Basically she visited 1 blog a week for 15 weeks. She did a guest post for each blog and gained business partnerships, traffic and sales. This is definitely a big undertaking but I can see the benefits of doing something on a large-scale like this for a new product or a new blog.

NOTE: It is bad practice to link affiliate products and self-promoting links within your guest post and/or author box. Any links need to be related to the topic.

Today’s Assignment:

Google ‘crochet linkys‘ and check out the various active ones. Participate in one this week to get a feel for it. If you have time, schedule a blog tour for your blog by contacting a couple of bloggers you are familiar with.

You don’t have to promote a product you can just write on the same topic or even host a giveaway.

Go to Lesson 26

Read More on Linky’s, Blog Hops, and Blog Tours

• Connecting with Linkys and Blog Hops 
• Webinar – Hooking Up With Your Crochet Community
• 15 Crafty Linkys
• Crocheting a Business Blog Tour – Cre8tion Crochet
• Crocheting a Business Blog Tour – Hooking For Cash Starts
• Final: Crochet a Business Blog Tour
• October – Crocheting a Business Blog Tour
• Crocheting a Business Blog Tour – Lisa Auch
• Crocheting a Business Blog Tour – Moogly Blog
• Crocheting a Business Blog Tour – Crochet Addict UK
• What’s a Blog Tour – How to Guest Post

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