Carnival Buzz

Here's great news for managing and promoting your blog carnival: the new Blog Carnival Widget!!!.

What is it? Where do you get one?

You can see the carnival widget if you browse all the carnival and select any one. Click here, for instance, to see Blog Carnival's listing for Carnival of the Capitalists.

Those of you paying attention will notice a new widget that gives you quick access to important carnival links like the current edition, the submissions page, and the carnival home page. You'll find tabs taking you to links to all past and scheduled carnival editions, too.

Too cool for school? We think not!

Why? Because you can put this widget on your blog, and you can tell all your friends to put this widget on their blogs (or websites).

Too cool for school, yet?

Maybe. But check this out. Here's the widget page for Carnival of the Capitalists. Notice that you can "dial in" how wide you want the widget for your blog. Try putting a number in the "Width" box and pressing return. Presto change-o, you have a widget that fits your blog's (or website's) layout.

We're pretty sure the Blog Carnival Widget is too cool for school. We're hoping you'll tell us ways to make it even cooler!

Have fun playing with your new widgets!

From a long, long blog post entitled How to Make Money From Your Blog, this paragraph:

Take full advantage of blog carnivals when you’re just starting out (click the previous link and read the FAQ there to learn what carnivals are if you don’t already know). Periodically submit your best blog posts to the appropriate carnivals for your niche. Carnivals are easy ways to get links and traffic, and best of all, they’re free. Submitting only takes minutes if you use a multi-carnvival submission form. Do NOT spam the carnivals with irrelevant material — only submit to the carnivals that are a match for your content.

Lots more here on how blog carnivals helped this blogger increase traffic, as well as other tips on building a successful blog.

In the long run, blog carnivals are a great way to build community, too. Don't stop submitting after your blog has become a runaway success.

Like blogs, carnivals take time to build audience and traffic, too. Make sure to take advantage of some of the traffic building tips in the article to help with your carnival, too.

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