You’ve probably heard a million times that social bookmarking is super important. I won’t argue that point – not one bit. Social bookmarking is one of those things that can have a HUGE impact on your traffic, helping you to increase your readership from multiple corners of the Internet. So, how do you turn those supposedly useful tools into powerful traffic sources? Here are 7 tips to get you going.

1. Bookmark More on Less Sites – Don’t use so many sites and try to bookmark so much content. Do you think it helps to have a handful of really good posts or dozens of poorly written, template posts? Go for quality.

2. Bookmark Only the Best Stuff – If you have 10 posts a month and 2-3 of them are really top quality, with big lists, lots of links, and tons of info, those are the ones that need to be bookmarked. I have seen bloggers toss up anything they write on the bookmarking sites and it creates indifference in readers.

3. Get Readers as Members of the Sites – If you have regular readers on your site, get a handful of them to sign up and use the social bookmarking sites of your choice. The more readers you have on your side (hint, hint), the more plugs you can get on those sites.

4. Get Niche Specific Results – Not all niches have this problem, but some do. If you think you can go on any social bookmarking site and get readers, you need to think twice. Some sites are tech centric, others news, and others still making money. Find the readers that like your content and send bookmarks only to them.

5. Keyword Your Bookmarks – For a while now the social bookmarking sites have shown up in the search engines, but with millions of posts every day, you had better do something to make them stand out. That means using lots of keywords and mixing things up to optimize how many people see the post.

6. Review the Most Effective Posts on Each Site – Next time you’re online, take a close look at the posts that sit on page one and see how they’re formatted. What do the other people say and how do they say it? Format your own bookmarks after those others to make sure they match up.

7. Interact with Other Bookmarkers – Many social bookmarking sites have comments and profiles that allow you to get closer to the other members and create a rapport. It will help keep your own posts higher in the rankings.

The key to a good website is getting as many people in front of it as you possibly can. That’s what social bookmarking has been doing for people for the last half decade and if you’re not using it, you’re missing out big time. It may seem like a small part of the formula, but trust me – it works wonders.

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