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Top Ten Social Bookmarking Websites

Top Ten Social Bookmarking Websites

Social bookmarking websites have become huge over the past couple years and there are now thousands of different websites out there that allows you to submit your blog posts too. Many of them aren’t worth submitting too due to them not being well ranked by the search engines as well as not having much traffic. If you’re going to spend time submitting your blog posts everyday to social bookmarking websites then you’ll want to make sure you submit to the websites that will offer you traffic. I’ve come up with a list of the top ten social bookmarking websites out there and I would recommend that you try to submit to at least these websites and if you have time then I would suggest finding more and submitting to more.

Whether you submit your blog posts to the social bookmarking websites yourself or with software is up to you and once you start making money you should definitely look at software out there. The best program is social bookmarking demon and you’ll be able to submit to hundreds of social bookmarking websites automatically within roughly ten minutes. It doesn’t take long to submit your blog posts using the software, but it does cost money so you’ll need some initial money to invest. If you want to wait until you make money then that’s fine as well and I personally waited until I was making money as well before I bought social bookmarking demon.

Certain social bookmarking websites receive millions of unique visitors each and every month so there is a huge potential for gaining traffic on some of these websites. The traffic isn’t always targeted, but it’s free traffic to your blog which helps increase your search engine rankings as your page becomes more popular. Some of the social bookmarking websites also give you do-follow links which count in the search engines so you should try submitting to these ones often.

Building links to your blog is one of the biggest tasks you’ll have as a blog owner and it isn’t always fun. Submitting to the same websites day in and day out can quickly become boring, but if you’re motivated to make money then you need to be ready to work. Social bookmarking submitting is one of the easiest things you’ll do and although it’s repetitive you need to do it, especially in the early stages. It’s a good way to get your blog out there in the social media spotlight, as you’ll be giving it the potential to become a hot item. If people like what they see on your blog then you could become the next social media icon which will result in a lot of traffic coming your way. Without further discussion I would now like to share the top ten social bookmarking website with you.

• Digg – www.digg.com

• StumbleUpon – www.stumbleupon.com

• Propeller – www.propeller.com

• Del.icio.us – www.del.icio.us

• Reddit – www.reddit.com

• Fark – www.fark.com

• NewsVine – www.newsvine.com

• Yahoo Buzz – www.buzz.yahoo.com

• Technorati – www.technorati.com

• MyBlogLog – www.mybloglog.com

There are plenty of other social bookmarking websites out there that are worth submitting too so if you have time then make sure you research some of the other social bookmarking websites out there. You can never submit your blog posts to too many social bookmarking websites so don’t ever worry about that and make sure you submit to as many as possible. You need to be consistent when you submit your posts though, so make sure you do it everyday.

Once you sign-up for accounts on the social bookmarking websites and get used to submitting your posts each day it will become a lot faster. You’ll get into a routine and it won’t take you long at all, you also should try keeping your accounts logged-in so that you don’t need to sign-in each day. It will save a lot of time for yourself and every second saved is valuable when you’re a blogger. Remember that once you have some money to invest you should get social bookmarking demon so that you can submit your posts to hundreds of different social bookmarking websites at once within ten minutes. It will save you countless hours and the small investment is worth it once you consider how many hours you’ll spend submitting to social bookmarking websites.

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How to Promote Your Blog

There are tons of methods to promote your blog and you shouldn’t limit yourself to only a few of these methods because to ensure a successful blog you need to utilize all of them. If you’re new to blogging then you don’t need to worry about using all the methods listed below right away but as time allows you should start implementing the methods listed below. Everyone says content is king, which is true because you’ll need awesome content in order to keep your visitors but without promoting your blog properly nobody will find your content that you’ve spent time writing. This is why I believe promotion is just as vital as the content you write because without people reading the content there is no point in writing it. I think many new bloggers get lost in the hype of writing killer content and then lose their way once they realize they have no traffic coming to the blog. You should make sure you have a good ten to twenty posts of solid content before promoting your blog, but once you hit that number of posts you need to start promoting right away, and frankly I begin using some of the methods below right from the get-go. The methods and techniques I list below will all be beneficial to your blog and you should work on implementing them as soon as possible.

Social Bookmarking

Bloggers have the ability to utilize social bookmarking everyday and if you want traffic you need to use them. I use them everyday when I post to my blogs and it doesn’t take long at all. There are hundreds of these social bookmarking sites to use, but since time is an issue for bloggers you should only use a handful of them on a daily basis. I typically use StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit, Propeller and BlogsVine which only takes me about three minutes a day to submit my posts to. I’ve gotten over a thousand unique visitors some days from social bookmarking sites and you always get traffic coming from the sites for the life of your blog which is why I love using this method. It takes a few minutes a day to ensure that you get some daily traffic coming from these sites and although some people say that the traffic isn’t targeted I know for a fact that I’ve had some sales from social bookmarking in the past.

Article Marketing

Not only do bloggers need to write posts for their blog, but they also need to distribute articles across the internet so that people can find their blog. There are thousands of websites where you can post articles to and there are lots of great lists on the internet. If you only use one directory to submit your articles to then make sure it’s EzineArticles as they bring the most traffic to your blog. You simply write a 250+ word article and add your links at the bottom and submit it to the site. They have some guidelines which you need to follow, but there simple and can be found on their website. If you have time you should really be submitting articles on a daily basis to different directories. You shouldn’t limit yourself to only EzineArticles but if time only allows you to use one directory then use that one. If you have time though then submit articles to new directories each day. Typically I try submitting one article to EzineArticles and one article to another directory. I always switch the second directory around everyday so that I’m gaining links and exposure on different sites.

Buying Links & Blog Posts

Bloggers often buy links and blog posts to boost their search engine rankings and to gain exposure. Buying these types of advertising is beneficial as long as you’re buying the links on sites or blogs that don’t have tons of links and appear like a link farm. If you can find good sites and blogs to buy posts or links on then you should analyze the blog and see if it’s worth it. If the blog has a high page rank and a good authority in Google then buying a link or blog post would be great for boosting your search engine rankings which is ideal. Depending on how well the blog or site is known on the internet will reflect the cost, but you can find many great deals on the internet for links and blog posts. The main thing here is to remember to only buy links and posts on relevant sites or blogs meaning on the same topic as your blog, and you also need to ensure that the site or blog you’re buying a link or post on isn’t full of links.

There are still tons of other methods you can use to promote your blog but following these simple techniques will ensure you maintain a steady stream of traffic to your blog. Once you get into a routine of completing all of the above then you can start looking for other methods of promotion which can be anything that draws traffic to your blog. You need to get creative with your techniques to see maximum benefit and the more you do that your competitor doesn’t, the better chance you have of becoming more successful.
 

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