It's not that you aren't willing to invest time promoting your blog - you are. Indeed, you spend so much doing so that you haven't got much left. Have you, therefore, hit a wall in the amount of exposure you can generate for your blog? Not if you can tap into some slacker-friendly ways to broaden your community. To that end, here are a few examples of services and techniques that work. I invite you to add your own favorites, too. Slacker-Friendly Services: Communities Now, I'm not promoting a self-centered view of online communities, where the only goal is to receive and not to give. However, if you truly understand and believe in the value of your blog ( do you ? ), then even limited community participation can pay off. Does your blog sell itself? Here are two such communities that are sending traffic my way: SpicyPage A Digg-like voting site for blogs that I joined recently. Setting it up is quick and easy, and possibly all you need to do. While active community part...

Cool points are hereby awarded to StumbleUpon . Think of it as a mid-point between del.icio.us and Digg , with a great social element. Here's why winners use it: It's fun, and the toolbar is actually useful. It's easy to integrate into your blogging/surfing habits. It connects your blog to a larger community. The 'Stumble Effect' is arguably better, and far less painful than the 'Digg Effect' (traffic over time as opposed to all at once) The friend/contact mechanism makes much more sense than, say, MyBlogLog 's. You get ME as a buddy. (This clearly should have been #1) The Basics and More The Basics: There's really not much to using StumbleUpon (I like this). There's a toolbar you'll use to find, vote on and review new pages, and there's your profile page which includes a mini-blog that catalogs your Stumble activity. The Toolbar: The main functions of the toolbar are the "Stumble" button, which takes you to various websites...