How to Use Bookmarking Websites and Social Networking Website For Increase Site Traffic

Social bookmarking sites allow users to store and
 

share bookmarks of pages from around the web.
 

Most of them use a ranking system to determine
 

what bookmarks and submissions are popular
 

among the community, and usually those get
 

displayed on the front page.
 

One of the most popular social bookmarking sites is
 

Digg.com.
 

If one of your blog posts gets featured on the Digg
 

homepage you can expect to receive anywhere from
 

20,000 up to 100,000 visitors in a matter of 24
 

hours. The drawback of Digg is the fact that it is
 

hard to get promoted to the front page, as there is a
 

lot of competition from larger websites.
 

StumbleUpon.com is another large social
 

bookmarking site, and it works around a toolbar that
 

users must install on their browsers.
 

The advantage of StumbleUpon over Digg is the fact
 

even a small number of votes can bring some traffic
 

to your site, and that traffic can last several days.
 

Other social bookmarking sites that you could try
include:
 

 Reddit.com
 

 Delicious.com

 Mixx.com
 

 Propeller.com
 

 ShoutWire.com
 

 Fark.com
 

 Buzz.Yahoo.com
 

 Newsvine.com
 

 Faves.com
 

The important thing is to dedicate some time
 

to using those sites and trying to understand
 

the tacit rules around them. Analyze what kind
 

of content gets promoted to the front page, how the
 

headlines are crafted, what kind of comments the
 

users leave and so on.
 

4.5 Social Networks
 

Social networks are useful marketing tools because
 

they allow you to interact with your existing
 

audience on different channels and because they
 

can also be leveraged to attract new visitors.
 

The first network that you should use is 

Twitter -

 

given its exponential growth on the web.
 

You could create an account with the name of your
 

blog and use it to share posts from your blog and
 

relevant links from around the web. Your goal is to
 

create value through your tweets while interacting
 

with as many people as possible.
 

Facebook is another popular social network you
should try.
 

Create a personal profile for yourself there, and then
 

a page for your blog. Make sure to explore the other
 

features as well, including the ability to post
 

pictures, videos, articles, and to interact with
 

groups.
 

Finally, consider using niche social networks as well.
 

They will probably be smaller and have less traffic
 

generation potential, but you will be able to find a
 

very targeted audience on them. Here is a list that
 

you can use with over 400 niche social networks.

4.6 Promoting Killer Articles
 

Your promotional activities should focus on two
 

points: promoting your blog as a whole (i.e., by
 

leaving comments on related blogs) and promoting
 

your killer articles.
 

In the first chapter of this ebook I already covered
 

the concept of killer articles, but here are some
 

tactics that you can use to promote those articles
 

after you hit the “Publish” button:
 

 Email all the people in your network to let them
 

know about the article.
 

 Email the owners of blogs and websites in
 

relevant niches and let them know about the
 

article.
 

 Ask a friend to submit the article to a suitable
 

social bookmarking site.
 Give the submission an initial push by asking
 

other friends and contacts to vote on it.

Mention the article and link to it from your
 

social networking accounts.

Link to the article from other blogs and
 

websites that you might own.

If the article has a good chance of ranking high
 

for a keyword, do some linkbuilding focused on
that keyword.

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