Ask HN: How do you promote your personal blog posts?

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I have recently started writing blog posts on a self hosted ghost blog. I went this way because I like to have full control of my blog . In this world where medium, facebook, twitter are the main mediums of consumption of articles, how do you guys promote your blog posts.

I just want to promote my blog using simple methods for information purposes. No business or ads revenue.

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If you're writing great content, submit it on Hacker News.

Apart from that you can drive traffic from your blog's social media pages.

You can also publish a story on LinkedIn and link to your blog post. Use (don't spam) LinkedIn and Facebook groups as well.

Have a look at some niche social networks. An example: Growthhackers.com for content related to marketing, user acquisition, engagement, etc.

Write guest posts on other authority sites and put a link in your bio.

I try to write original content but still a long way till I reach the Hacker News level. LinkedIn looks great for non-technical posts though. I also have a huge network on LinkedIn.

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