BlogHer - Tip: Social Networking Sites - Comments

Use Stumbleupon and Mixx

Merrill — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:11:42 -0600

I've found using both of these networks helps in finding people with common interests, webmasters who are interested in cross promoting each others' sites, and people willing to vote for article submissions. Certainly doesn't hurt traffic volume when you submit interesting and topical articles there.

My 2 Cents

Merrill

Social Networks Rock

directorsara — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:46:26 -0600

I found 20somethingbloggers for those of us in our 20's...I'm also on technarati and places like that..

http://mycheckedbaggage.blogspot.com/

Plurk

Queenofwonder — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:48:55 -0500

Hi,

I am a newbie to this world of blogging, and I recently discovered Plurk.

www.plurk,com.

I think you can search for me under Schrot

I like the visual aspect of it. I am not sure it is very widely used in the US. I found it via an Australian blog so maybe it is popular there. It is kinda cool.

Liz

come on, it's gonna be fun ... www.queenofwonder.com

A social network service

james429 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:37:28 -0500

Any one is there who can tell me about some games sites. Please help me out.

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james

widecircles

Kirtsy

pwooster — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:26:38 -0500

Does anyone have any experience with www.kirtsy.com? I signed up, but I'm new to social networking, so I was a little confused. I heard it was a good site for women, but I posted a couple of articles and didn't get any hits.

Patricia Wooster

www.projectorganiceating.com

www.lifeintheburb.com

www.projectgreengirl.com

Entrecard, and Social Spark

missliss — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:49:01 -0500

The only two I use are Entrecard, and Social Spark. Social Spark I dont think helps to generate traffic, but I can take paid assignments to blog about on my blog. Entrecard, on the other hand I love. Its kind of like having a credit card for traffic. After you sign up, verify, add your blog or blogs, you drop your entrecard on other users blogs. They in turn drop their card on your blog. Some actually even read your material, and leave comments. You save up your entrecard points, and then you can cash them in to advertise your blog on their website. It is actually pretty great. I have tried some of the others, and honestly I just dont have the time for all that socializing.

great info

mineaux — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:58:52 -0500

Denise,

thank you for this informational forum. I tend to navigate towards you when I come to blogher because I appreciate what you bring to the table. I find you informative, advice giving and respectful of bloggers all around. I just wanted to throw that at you....:)

Debbie Raymond-Pinet

hi Regina

mineaux — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:38:46 -0500

Thanks for the info on Facebook and the other gems you listed. I've just begun to network myself onto the blogging world and have no idea why it took me this long to even do it! You seem very comfortable in this and I only hope I send off that kind of energy as well! Please check out my website at www.debbieraymondpinet.com to view my books and latest work. Take care!

Debbie

I Stumble with StumbleUpon

Condo Blues — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:22:41 -0500

I get traffic through BlogCatalog. I belong to Digg and StumbleUpon but don't use them as well or effectively as I should. I Sutmble others but I find it difficult to find and Friend the blogs I read on a regular basis. (If you want to friend me on StumbleUpon I'm at http://condoblues.stumbleupon.com/inbox/).

There's also a time management issue with belonging and using so many social networking sites. How do you manage reading, posting, commenting, and friending on more than on site while finding the time to write your own blog, work, and do non computer activities in the real world?

Why don't decorating and DIY projects always work out like they do on TV? Condo Blues http://condo-blues.blogspot.com/

I am fan of MyBlogLog and

guniwan — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:34:31 -0500

I am fan of MyBlogLog and Propeller.com they have a good system. With Mybloglog we could now the details of the traffic which come to my site, and Propeller give me a good traffic.

Goonie

Baby First Year

stumble upon

island wench — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:27:09 -0600

I'm on facebook, but don't really use it much. It takes too long too load for one, and there are too many annoying applications (especially if you're friends with your 18 year old daughter!). I have started interacting a bit on stumble upon. From what I've read, this can be a nice and active community. I've actually "met" a lot of helpful people on blogcatalog as well.

"Friend" me at stumble upon: http://witchqueen13.stumbleupon.com

Island Wench
http://islandwench.blogspot.com
celebrating the joy of living on an island through spiritual crafts, creative living and other soul transformational activities

my favorite social networking site

Rona Maynard — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:41:40 -0600

I just joined blogher today and have a site to recommend: tbd.com, an online hangout for people over 40. Frank, lively online discussions (everything from sex to politics) have given me ideas for both blog posts and magazine articles. My profile page lists my blog, and I've had a trickle of visitors from tbd (these people would never have found me otherwise). To get more traffic from the site, I'd either have to post there much more frequently (which would pull me away from my own site and other writing) or promote myself more aggressively. I've been pretty low key so far. The site works because people behave like their real selves, not like marketers. If you're part of the target demographic, check it out. Warning: you might get hooked.

Comments, comments and more comments

Denise — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:54:06 -0500

It's true - to get consistent traffic you need to make a connection to other people. The way to do that is to become a part of their community and then they'll become a part of yours. It takes time and effort but it is well worth it - not just in terms of traffic, but in relationships as well.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Fast Times @ Homeschool High & Flamingo House Happenings

MyBlogLog

kperfetto — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:01:15 -0500

I've found more blogs there (usually by checking what some of my favorite bloggers are reading) than had a traffic surge. It's hit or miss. Sometimes I get a handful of hits from MyBlogLog, mostly I get a couple a day.

All these things that are supposed to increase your blogs visibility haven't really worked for me, or not worked as well as I thought they would. The things that have worked:

Joining BlogHer :)
Getting named blog of the week in my local alternative newspaper
Getting linked on a more popular site
Leaving comments -- good comments -- on other blogs

Available Light & Five Dollar Radio

Branching out

Lisalikesluck — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:17:35 -0500

I just joined Blog Log to create more traffic to my sites. I orginally started with a Yahoo 360 blog, but with all the problems and confusion from all the changes going on there, I decided to create a wordpress blog and eventually replace 360 with that one. I have a myspace page to keep up with some friends, but I don't care for it too much. I don't get any traffic from myspace at this point. I joined this site for the reading! But I'm hesitant to join too many groups because I don't want to spend my days maintaining a lot of sites. I've found that if I don't visit a site on a regular basis and update, people stop visiting...for obvious reasons! One of the more effective ways I've found to bring people to my pages is to find blogs I really like and just comment on their blogs. Then people visit my blog, and if they really like it, they put it on their blogroll....

Tip: Social Networking Sites

Denise — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:27:34 -0500

I belong to just about every site that falls into the "social networking" category. I have no idea why I belong, besides the fact that it's been my job to check these out. The only three I really use at all are Twitter, Facebook, and Linked In but I don't use them effectively and I'm not sure they help my blogging at all, though I can see how they might.

Do you belong to social networking sites? Do you use the services? Do they help you come up with blogging ideas? Do you get any blog traffic from your participation in social networking sites?

Also, would you like to join the BlogHer groups on Linked In and Facebook? Or follow BlogHer on Twitter?

Linked In (When you join, it may take me 24 hours to approve your request. Be patient with me, please!) http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/28615/4AAC1422F311

Facebook:
Blogher: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2428869003
BlogHers Act: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2470423117
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Twitter:
http://twitter.com/blogher

~~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager