16 Social Media Optimisation tips, tutorials, techniques & resources
Social Media Starter Moves for Freelancers
"With our attention forever dividing, how can you rise above the fray and be not only seen but selected for the opportunities you seek? Here are some thoughts on the matter."
Why You’ve Got to Dig Digg to Get Dugg
"In this post, I want to talk about the most often overlooked aspect of what is required to write content with strong potential on Digg (and the same principle applies to StumbleUpon, Reddit, or any other social media service you can imagine)."
Secrets of Going Popular Twice on Digg
"What happens if the same URL is submitted to Digg more than once? Will the submissions get buried? Social Alerter's data can help us in answering this question. There is a lot of ground to cover here so buckle up - it's a long post."
How to Get on Digg
"We’ve been doing some double-oh-seven-type investigating and advanced quantitative analysis for several months now, and have come up with the following never-before-published, Best Three-pronged Approach Ever formula for getting noticed on Digg."
The Internet Infopreneur
"StumbleUpon has millions of interested users. They want more information. They are waiting to hear about you. Here are 17 powerful ways you can let them know."
65 Must Read StumbleUpon Articles
"A couple of weeks ago I asked the readers of Newest on the Net to submit their favorite articles about StumbleUpon. I would like to thank all of you who have participated. I think that we have created the ultimate list of StumbleUpon articles."
Relevance and Distribution: Two Essential Factors in Social Media Marketing
"To increases the chances of success, you just need to focus on two main factors: relevance and distribution. Remember them well because these two simple elements will drastically improve the popularity of your bait in a social media channel. Just two points."
Run a StumbleUpon Advertising Campaign For Your Blog
"One of the things that I do from time to time is set myself a small budget for advertising my blog. I do it as a little bit of a challenge - to see what ad systems work best and more importantly to see what I can learn about branding and promotion. The bonus is that it also drives some new visitors to your blog."
Under the Microscope: Six Strategies for Building Viral Content
"This week at Skelliewag has focused on viral content — content that, by its nature, is designed to be shared via social media, word of mouth and links. It’s content that others want to talk about, and will turn readers into promoters of your content."
37 Viral Post Ideas You Can Use Today
"Viral articles are word of mouth worthy, and will grow your site more so than any other kind of content. I want to focus on 37 concrete ideas for viral posts that should be readily applicable to your niche. This post could be a useful port of call the next time you run out of inspiration, or if you want to try something different with your content."
A Beginner’s Guide to Getting More StumbleUpon Traffic
"To answer the most frequent questions I receive, and to give more detailed information about the process that helped even a beginner at StumbleUpon like myself get such amazing and fast results, I decided to write this in-depth guide to getting more StumbleUpon traffic."
The Blogger’s Library: 28 Free eBooks and Excerpts for Bloggers
"Looking for some reading material? These eBooks cover topics ranging from content creation, promotion, social media, general blogging, business blogging, making money blogging to web writing/copywriting, SEO and design."
Social Bookmarking Icons Collection
"Attractive social bookmarking icons are a factor in website visitors clicking on them and help everyone to share, bookmark & promote your content. WebResourcesDepot have collected these beautiful social bookmarking icon sets."
Freelance Bloggers: 12 Tips to Promote Your Work With Social Media
"Social media provides an excellent opportunity for freelance bloggers to promote their writing and draw traffic and exposure. If you can outperform other freelance bloggers by delivering some extra traffic with social media, your services will be more complete and more effective."
Preparing Your Website for Social Media Traffic: Don’t Be Caught Unprepared
"In order to benefit from the visitors that are sent from social media websites, you’ll need to be prepared. Unfortunately, reaching the front page of a popular social media site doesn’t mean that you will automatically benefit from the traffic. If you’re not prepared, the traffic will come and go and you’ll be left will little to show for your “success.”"
Get More Traffic: 18 Social Media Sites for Web Designers
"Yes, it's great to get your article on the front page of Digg's design section — you get a huge traffic spike; hopefully your site stays up; you get a bunch of snarky comments — but it's not exactly easy to do. Fortunately, there are alternatives. Here are 18 web design-related social media sites that are easier to rank well on and will keep sending quality traffic your way."