Top 5 ways to drive traffic through Social Bookmarking websites

  1. Start Participating:
First and foremost, you’ll have more success if you participate on these sites by not only sharing your own content  but also by curating the content from other people. It’s not a waste of time: You’ll get more blog post ideas by following the popular posts related to your blog audience. You’ll get a sense of what’s already out there and what’s being shared. But like participating in any social network, it can be time consuming if you let it be. Discover where your time is best invested  by digging into your analytics and learning which social networking site is already driving traffic for you. You can discover this in Google Analytics under Traffic Sources/Referrals.

2.  Sharing Plugins:

use Bookmarks plugin for WordPress, you can add StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit or Delicious as a sharing option for your audience under settings.
I m mentioning few plugins which are nice for this activity :
i) Sharexy – powerful social sharing, bookmarking and blog monetization tool
ii) wp Social bookmarking
iii) Bookmark Export

3.  Make your headlines count:

Your first impression and you have to make it count. Same thing goes for social bookmarking sites. Your headline may be the only thing that your potential readers see in a newsfeed like Reddit. Unlike on Twitter or Facebook where a sharer can include a comment or anecdote when they share your content, on many social bookmarking sites it’s the headline alone that needs to describe the value of the content and market it.



4.  Using the Concept of eye catching Visuals:

 Especially when it comes to StumbleUpon, when your potential readers use social bookmarking sites, they are essentially channel surfing. They are browsing the links on newsfeeds to find something that stands out to them. With StumbleUpon, they are clicking from site to site until they find an article that catches their eye. A great site design helps, but remember that pictures are especially appealing along with a great headline. Before you hit publish on your next blog post, think of it as a TV show. Ask yourself, “If I was channel surfing, would I stay on this show, or would I turn the channel?”

5.  Blog and Blog and Blog often and often and often

Color me obvious, but creating great content on a reliable schedule is a good way to build a community of people who enjoy and are willing to share your posts. It’ll make your blog’s brand more recognizable. When potential readers see a link from you show up in a newsfeed, they’ll be more likely to check it out because you’ve proven yourself. They trust your quality, and are interested to see a new post from you that they haven’t checked out yet.
While these tips are particularly helpful for earning traffic on social bookmarking sites, they’re also sure to help you gain more traffic from other social networks. At the end of the day, great, frequent content gets traffic – no matter where that traffic comes from.
Thank your for reading.. :)
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