Entries Tagged as 'Social Media'
5 Niche Social Media Sites for Web Designers
Published October 11th, 2007 in Social Media - 69 Comments
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 [...]
SEO vs. SMO
Published October 8th, 2007 in Social Media - 56 Comments
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? [...]
233 Social Networking Sites for Marketing Your Blog
Published September 30th, 2007 in Social Media - 240 Comments
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. [...]
Using Social Media to Find Quality Information
Published September 25th, 2007 in Social Media - 13 Comments
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, [...]
How to Set Up a Domino Effect of Traffic
Published September 16th, 2007 in Social Media - 234 Comments
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 [...]
Social Media Marketing: Is it Worth Your Time?
Published September 4th, 2007 in Social Media - 16 Comments
Social Media Websites such as Digg, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, and Reddit can bring thousands of visitors to your website or blog in a very short amount of time. However, it often seems like only a small percentage of the users of these sites actually see any results and the rest are just wasting their time. You [...]
10 Tips for Making Your Blog Posts More del.icio.us
Published August 15th, 2007 in Social Media - 55 Comments
Like the other leading social media websites, del.icio.us can be a great source of traffic for your blog. In order to make the most of del.icio.us, follow these steps and you’ll be on your way to driving thousands of new visitors to your blog. 1 – Use Powerful Headlines/Titles Headlines and Titles are always important [...]
