FHK SitRep 10.17.07: Increasing Blog Traffic through Social Networking Sites

A couple of days ago, we brought you a great article from DoshDosh on networking with other (more popular) bloggers. Today, we’d like to bring to your attention another very informative post by Maki on DoshDosh, called “How to Influence Powerful Social Media Users for Traffic and Attention”

Maki explains in detail how to “become the influencer” and how to “develop a network.” For example:

There are two ways to find the right social user that fits your content. One is to examine any public user ranking list (like this list of top Digg users) in order to determine who has influence. Visit each profile on the ranking list and check out their submissions in order to get a feel on what topic interests them.

An alternative would be to do a simple keyword search on the social media site to find which specific users frequently submit content of a certain nature. For example, let’s do a search on ‘blogs’ on Digg and limit the search to frontpage stories.

Also:

It is important to network with the end of a mutually beneficial relationship in mind. True social media users are always interested in buzz-worthy news or ideas, particularly when it bolsters their own authority within the social media community.

This is essentially the golden rule to follow: Your content and whatever else you offer must not only meet the integrity of their personal brand, but it should improve it, along with the user’s popularity or position within the community.

We strongly recommend this article to anyone interested in becoming more effective on sites like Digg, Propeller, Reddit, Stumbleupon, etc.. Click here to read more.

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