I appreciate that but this was more of a general question about promoting a site.
I will definitely do the signature thing and I'm keen to not break Café rules.

The excellent post above by Lavey is well worth reading twice.

Good luck with promoting it.

Tom

Well ive put a link in my signature now. I should finish SEO next week. As much as I don't want to I think I will do a Facebook account. The blog will be fun. I already have a big name lined up for 1 article.

Thankyou everyone for your ideas. Its very much appreciated.

Build a List... A Good and engaged list is like a personal ATM machine.
For a new or un engaged list, the standard is $1 per month per person on the list..
You want 40k a month, build a 40k member list.

What helped me the most was focusing on SEO first, just making sure I had good keywords and meta descriptions so people could actually find my content. It took some time, but I noticed a steady increase in traffic after a few months. Social media was also a game-changer, especially when I started interacting more with people in my niche and sharing relevant content, not just my own links.

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