While browsing for some meaty news and information, I found a nice article penned by Thomas McMahon of WebProNews. The article gives 7 ways to promote a blog. Here are the ways:

1. Search Engines - Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask are constantly looking for new content to crawl and rank. Ensure your site is search friendly and submit an XML Sitemap for faster indexing. Before you know it, the search engines will start bringing traffic.

2. Tagging Engines - Sites like Technorati have blog searches that focus on serving up content based on what categories and/or tags you've used with your post. Ensure you're using good categories and tags for additional exposure in tagging sites.

3. Blog Sites - Technorati, Google Blog Search and community sites like Topix all index blog sites specifically and use those posts to feed their content. No websites allowed, only blogs.

4. Feed Reader Suggestions - Rojo and Bloglines have the ability to share or suggest feeds based on what the user is already subscribed to.

5. Social Networks - If you have a Facebook, MySpace, MyBlogLog or one of the many social bookmarking sites, included your feed in those sites to gain a bit more exposure.

6. Social News Sites - If you spent a lot of time and have one great post, it may be a candidate for Reddit, Digg or Mixx. Or maybe one of the many Pligg sites that are popping up.

7. Social Bookmarking - From Furl to del.icio.us there is no shortage of social bookmarking sites. Bookmark a few of your best posts to gain exposure in those areas. Just don't over do it by bookmarking everything.

It's time to mix the potion. Stir it well and offer it to the web. Then you can enjoy the aftermath.