Here we are on day 22 of our Build A More Successful Blog in 30 Days series, and with all that we’ve learned thus far, you should be seeing good gains in traffic and blog exposure through different mediums.

For those of you who have been following along in the program, I want to hear from you.  What gains have you experienced with your blog?  Any good results?  Any negative results?

Today we focus on how doing something for other bloggers can help build our blog’s traffic.

It’s called giving some link love.

I Link Love You Man

The biggest form of flattery for any person, young or old, big or small, is showing them you care about their blog just as much as your own.

Most bloggers love it when you write a post and include them in it.  They love it when you add them to your blogroll as well.

It not only gives them some credibility as a blogger, but it gives them traffic as well.  Especially if you have a large reader count.

Any blogger who really matters will appreciate your link love, and will either stop by to comment, check out your blog, or give you some link love back.

I Want Something In Return

Does it really matter if it benefits you?  You don’t always have to do something just because you want something else in return.

In fact, the best bloggers are those that give to others without wanting or needing anything in return.

But let’s say you may be a little stingy and you really want something out of this link love thing.  How does it benefit you?

Getting Your Trackback On

Linking to someone elses blog from yours usually results in something called a trackback.

Trackbacks are located at the bottom of a blog’s comments, and show exerpts from those blogs that have given that specific blog some link love.

The best thing about trackbacks is that they not only alert the owner of the blog that you’ve linked to them, but also the readers of the blog.  Anytime those readers leave a comment or read others’ comments, they will see your trackback.

Incoming Link Love

If the blog you’ve linked to from your blog is run by wordpress then the dashboard will also notify the blog’s owner of your linking to them.

This is really great if you want a specific blogger to notice you.  Some bloggers that get noticed this way have gotten great traffic because that blog owner liked what they read and promoted the post in their own social media profiles and other marketing mediums.

Even if you don’t get anything in return for giving link love, you at least become more highly respected for thinking of others.

Do you give link love to other bloggers?  Has it helped to increase your blog traffic or build your blog community? Feel free to give me some link love.