Among the many ways to get free web traffic one of the easiest and most straightforward must be using Blog Carnivals. A Blog Carnival is where someone decides to compile a selection of blog postings all related to one topic that he/she has chosen. It’s a bit like a magazine where you have an editor (the organiser), contributors (you plus other bloggers) and an audience (readers). The beauty of a good Blog Carnival is that it will give the readers a selection of articles that they will find interesting and stimulating.

The benefit for you as a blogger is that readers will see at least a straight link to your blog posting or at best a synopsis of your posting plus your links. Readers who click on your link will be taken directly to the blog entry you have submitted. While they’re on your blog you hope that they either sign up for your blog or click on an affiliate link or product you have for sale.

So, how do you go about it? There are a variety of blog carnival sites but I’d suggest the best place to start is at blogcarnival.com. On this site you’ll find an enormous range of different blog carnival topics and there are sure to be some that match in with your own niche.
Once you land on the Blog Carnival home page start off by having a look at both About Blog Carnival and Frequently Asked Questions. These will supply with info that can save you a lot of time. This is what you see.

1) Click on the Submit button on the right hand side near the top of the page. You will then be taken to the Submit an Article Page.
2) Click on Carnival and an alphabetical drop down list of carnivals will appear.

List of Blog Carnivals

3) Make a note of any carnival that applies to your niche
4) Find a good blog posting of yours that will be applicable to some or all of the carnivals you’ve noted. By a good posting, I mean one that is a self contained item. Not a response to another topic and certainly not one that’s full of selling content. It’s got to be interesting and stimulating and be able to be read as a stand alone piece.
5) Select the blog carnival your posting is good for, and complete the other boxes. In the Permalink URL box submit the URL that goes straight to this specific posting. Enter your name, your email address, choose the category most appropriate to your posting and add any comments you may have.

Then just fill in the CAPTCHA code and submit.

Blog Carnival Submission Page

6) Repeat this process for as many postings or blog carnivals you have that are appropriate.

You’ll be notified if your submission has been successful. The success rate you get will depend entirely on the quality and suitability of your submission.

So keep records on what works and what doesn’t work to improve your success rate.

Now it’s down to you to do the work – it’s not rocket science – unless that’s your niche.