How to Use Social Bookmarking to Go Viral
SEO isn’t the answer. Neither is Twitter. Or Facebook. Or LinkedIn.
Your website isn’t the answer. Neither is your blog.
Social bookmarking isn’t the answer either; but in combination of all of these, it could be your answer.
There’s a lot of overlap between social media and social bookmarking; but at its core, bookmarking is just that: tagging a website or blogpost that might be of interest to other members of your community.
How do you start?
I would suggest starting an account on the major social bookmarking sites:
Just like social media, sooner or later, you’ll find the one(s) you (and your network) gravitate more towards. In other words, don’t feel like you have to commit time to all of them.
How can you leverage them?
Every time you write a new blogpost or article, digg/stumble/sphinn/buzz/etc. that post. Better yet, have someone else do it for you!
If your article or blogpost makes it to the homepage of one of these sites, the viral possibilities are endless, and you’ll reap the benefits of a ton of traffic.
In addition, mark your favorite blogs, blog posts, and websites on your favorite social bookmarking site. Ask friends and coworkers to join your favorite site and start building a network.
What will happen?
You might just see the benefits of social bookmarking traffic.
Nicki Hicks
Bookmarking Socially
Tags: social bookmarking