Every day new social media websites are launched. Unfortunately, most of them never gain enough users to thrive or even compete. The vast majority of social media users stick with the major contenders like Digg, StumbleUpon and Reddit. Some newer sites are able to succeed by targeting a specific niche, like the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Social Media'
A Digg Clone That Might Actually Make It
38 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | November 14th, 2007
3 Days Left to Submit Your Social Media Articles
Just a quick reminder about the social media group writing project. You have until the end of the day on Friday to submit links to your blog posts (can be new or old). It’s an easy way to get a link! Get more details and submit links here.
3 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | November 6th, 2007
A Call for Your Articles About Social Media
I’m compiling a list of blog posts about social media and I’m asking you, my readers and visitors, to submit your work (if you cover the topic of social media). I’d like to work together to create a great list of resources that can benefit everyone. Here’s how it will work:
- Submissions will be […]
24 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | October 31st, 2007
What is Your Social Media Plan?
If you are a blogger or website owner, chances are you’re getting traffic from, or at least hoping to get traffic from, social media websites. Have you developed a plan to use social media to help you achieve your goals, or are you blindly using these sites with no real direction? If you don’t have […]
15 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | October 25th, 2007
Case Study of the Mullet Link Bait Strategy
A few weeks ago Maki from DoshDosh wrote an article about the mullet link bait strategy. The mullet strategy that Maki covers in exceptional detail is when you use a page outside the normal flow of your blog or website specifically for link bait content. This is used for content that for whatever reason you […]
24 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | October 18th, 2007
5 Niche Social Media Sites for Web Designers
Social media can be a huge source of traffic, but making it to the front page of a major site like Digg is difficult, and the traffic is not usually as targeted as many other forms of traffic. For these reasons niche social media sites are a great solution. While traffic volume may not be […]
56 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | October 11th, 2007
SEO vs. SMO
Search engine optimization (SEO) and social media optimization (SMO) are two of the bigger concerns for webmasters and bloggers, as they can both have substantial impacts on the amount of traffic a website or blog receives. But does optimizing your site for search engines hinder your SMO efforts (and vice versa) or can they co-exist? […]
37 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | October 8th, 2007
233 Social Networking Sites for Marketing Your Blog
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about using niche 2nd-tier social media sites to create a domino effect of traffic with larger social media sites . Since then I have received a number of requests to compile a list of social media sites. Here is a categorized list of what I have found. […]
139 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | September 30th, 2007
Using Social Media to Find Quality Information
There are plenty of articles, including some of my own, that focus on techniques for drawing traffic from social media websites like Digg, StumbleUpon and del.icio.us, but there is very little written about using these social media sites to find quality information.
The point may seem illogical since social media sites supposedly show the best, or […]
13 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | September 25th, 2007
How to Set Up a Domino Effect of Traffic
Do you think your blog doesn’t have enough traffic to become popular with major social media sites like Digg, StumbleUpon and del.icio.us? I don’t normally have a huge amount of traffic either, but I’ll show you how I was able to get over 34,000 unique visitors in two days without submitting the page to any […]
182 CommentsCategorized: Social Media | September 16th, 2007
