Social Media marketing can be a very valuable tool if your looking to spread the word about your new blog, website, or just about anything you want people to know about. Sites like Digg, Stumbleupon, Twitter, Plurk and Reddit just to name a few can really drive traffic to your site if you want them to.
The key to these sites however is more then just adding friends and submitting your articles. You need to develop yourself almost brand yourself. Don’t skimp with your involvement on the site. Use everything the services allow you to use to get as much information about yourself out there. Put a picture up and write a profile. Add links to your other profiles and pick interests that really do interest you. This is how other people will find you and respect you.
Having a developed profile on these sites is almost as important as submitting good content as far as I’m concerned. People want to know what you do and what your into. Just a little thing like a couple sentences about yourself make people feel welcome to your page and it gives off a friendly feeling. I know that if I come across a persons profile who doesn’t say anything about themselves I will almost always move right along without thinking of sending them a friend request or looking at their stuff.
So make it easy for people to like you. It’s hard enough as the social media world grows to be able to stand out and be heard. Don’t make it any harder.
