Written on May 17th, 2008 at 02:05 pm by Darren Rowse

Which Social Bookmarking Site Would You Prefer to Hit the Front Page Of?

Reader Questions, Social Media 53 comments

Here’s a question that might provoke some interesting discussion over the weekend:
Which Social Bookmarking Site Would You Prefer to Hit the Front Page Of?
Would you prefer to hit the popular page on Digg, hit StumbleUpon’s buzz page, make it big on Delicious, Mixx or Reddit or is there some other social bookmarking page that you’d […]

Written on May 12th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

Building Your Twitter Presence Part 3 - TweetBaiting

Social Media 25 comments

Last week in my 5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence post John suggested that an additional strategy to grow your follower numbers in Twitter is to target bigger Twitter users for conversation.
The logic behind this is that if you can get them to reply to you and even have a multiple part conversation with […]

Written on May 9th, 2008 at 05:05 am by Darren Rowse

Building Your Twitter Presence Part 2 - Pre-Prepared Tweets

Social Media 25 comments

Yesterday I wrote 5 tips to help increase your follower numbers on Twitter. Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions on the topic.

As I read over the comments I realized that there were a few more things that I’d been learning on how to use Twitter that might be worth sharing. So over the […]

Written on May 8th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence

Featured Posts, Social Media 71 comments

Since starting to use Twitter more regularly I’ve been asked by quite a few readers for tips on how to grow the numbers of Twitter Followers. Today I’m going to give a few tips on how I’ve grown my own Twitter Follower numbers up over 5500 in the last few months:

1. Leverage Other Profiles
Do you […]

Written on May 4th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

It Takes a Gathering to Build a Crowd

Blog Promotion, Social Media 36 comments

In this guest post Steven Snell (who writes about social media at Traffikd) examines the topic of generating readership for your blog through social media.

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If you spend much time on social media websites, I’m sure you’ve noticed that you tend to see many of the same websites and blogs on the front page […]

Written on April 24th, 2008 at 05:04 am by Darren Rowse

Tips For Social Media Toddlers

Social Media 8 comments

I don’t do many guest posts on other people’s blogs these days but this week I was asked to do one that I couldn’t resist. Kristen from Social Media Mom asked me to write something on Social Media and being a Dad.

My first thought was that it was all too hard - but I decided […]

Written on April 18th, 2008 at 03:04 am by Darren Rowse

Why I Love Twitter

Social Media, Video Posts 59 comments

Two days ago I asked my followers on Twitter why they loved Twitter.
There were over 100 responses within 2 hours and some of them were really good - I wasn’t sure what to do with them all but just yesterday I’d seen a video with a whole lot of screen caps of Tweets at Rocketboom. […]

Written on April 8th, 2008 at 12:04 am by Darren Rowse

How to Target the Right Social Media Sites

Social Media 49 comments

This is a guest post on targeting Social Media Sites is from Steven Snell. Steven writes about social media marketing at Traffikd.
Most bloggers recognize the incredible potential that exists with social media marketing. Many want to maximize the traffic they receive from social media, so they add a Digg button to their posts or sign […]

Written on March 15th, 2008 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse

Using Social Media to Grow Your Blog’s Readership

Blog Promotion, Featured Posts, Social Media 53 comments

This week we’re looking at five different methods that I’d use to find readership if I were starting a new blog. So far we’ve explored guest posting, advertising and networking - but today I want to turn our attention to the explosive and dynamic area of social media.

Social media sites have exploded onto the online […]