8. Start a blog and submit it to the 100’s of free blog directories.

How it works: Submission to any directory can result in some of those directory sites passing their PR on to your site.

Pro: Free. Third Party publishers that “leech” content off RSS feeds sometimes post your entries with your links intact.

Con: This opens you up to RSS hijackers which scrape your content and strip your links. You can protect yourself from this by setting up your blog to publish only summaries. This setting is in the “READING” section of WP setup. RSS feed hijacking can get so bad that the thieves sometimes rank higher than you for the keywords of your entry!