Social Bookmarking Tips

A very effective way of getting your content to go viral is by utilising Social Bookmarking.

Obviously, you can bookmark your own content, but if you can get others to do it as well, then it not only spreads across the internet more quickly, it will achieve a higher page rankings and possibly even front page placement on the social bookmarking website(s).

The front page is where you want your content to be in order to get the most benefit from new traffic. So here are some pointers on getting visitors to bookmark your content.

Make It Easy For Others To Bookmark

The first thing you need to do is make it easy for anyone reading your content to bookmark it. This is simple to accomplish by adding a widget such as “Socialize This” to your site, or to each post on your blog. This type of application aggregates the most popular Social Bookmarking sites so that a visitor can easily access his or her accounts with a click.

Content Is King

Of course, the easiest way to get noticed for your online content and have it bookmarked is to write really good content. Seems simple enough, but many website owners forget the basics in their quest to post as much as possible in as little time as possible. The best content is not rehashed subject matter, it may revolve around a popular topic but with a different spin, or add further information.

The truth is, unless the reader finds your content unique, informative, or particularly helpful, they are not going to bookmark it. Keep in mind that for some social bookmarking sites, like Technorati, there is a particular focus for the content. Don’t expect to get bookmarks on a site with technical subject matter if you are writing about movie stars.

Get Involved

Remember the law of reciprocity: people will do for you what you do for them. The best way to get noticed on a social bookmarking site is to participate as a member.

Update your profile, send messages, and get involved. Take a few moments to go through other members’ content and give it the thumbs up, chances are they will do the same for you.

Social Networking

Remember to create a post on all of your social networking sites that draws attention to your new content. Include the URL along with a little blurb that thanks your contacts for reading it and then bookmarking it.

Use this tip with caution, however. If all your contact list ever sees is blatant self-promotion, they will quickly tune it out. Remember to create new, interesting posts, too, and comment on others’ posts.

Ask For Help

If all else fails, ask for help. You can do this in a couple ways. For one, add a little line of text above your social bookmarking widget that says something along the lines of “if you like what you read, please spread the news”. For another, consider sending an email message to the list of your contacts and asking them to read the content, and then bookmark it, if they find it useful.

Social Bookmarking is a powerful marketing tool. Use whatever ways you can to get your content noticed on the largest number of social bookmarking sites in order to achieve high ranking, improved SEO, and authority.

Have a most outstanding day.

Sean Rasmussen
Aussie Internet Marketing
www.AussieSEO.com 2010

 

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