August 18, 2009

Are there better ways on getting noticed on Digg with a new WordPress blog?

Posted in Social Networks by Alex | Tags: digg, social networking, Social Networks, twitter, Wordpress

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A reader who visited one of my posts asked me this question. I tought it would make an interesting article to write about. The answer is fairly simple, yes you can get noticed on digg with a new WordPress blog, as a follow up I will post some of the best features to get noticed with a blog post on digg.

Planning your post and strategy

As most of you know, the best and only way to successful way of getting on the popular section of the site (regarding of the category) is to have a quality post/image/video posted. This is the first step, learn how to write effectively and originally. Do not treat Digg as a machine, treat it like a bunch of people that are reading a newspaper.

Here you can find how to Write Sharp and Snappy Blog Posts by Darren Rowse

Set up friend relationships with Digg publishers (not competitors) in your niche

Articles get promoted faster when you are 2-4-8 in the same space, mutual diggs on each others stories can have a great impact. First you need to identify them, then add them as a friend, afterwards ask them politely if they would want to be mutual friends with you. You can do this by sending them a private message trough the Digg interface.

Tweet the digg story

If you want Digg exposure on your post, one of the tricks is to Tweet the digg page of your story. This enables the twitter user to Digg your post directly.

Run a blog campaign or a small Adwords campaign

Run a Digg campaign on your blog for a interesting Dugged story, you can set up text, images, videos basically everything that comes in your mind. I try and make a campaign at the end of every popular post I have on my blog. Link that campaign to the Digg page.

You can try and set up a low budget Adwords campaign if you know what you are doing and receive relevant diggs for your post.

Everytime I use these tips my blog posts get dugged, it`s best to use them effectively and with your best published posts, and not with all your posts.

NOTE: DO NOT! And I mean DO NOT! under any circumstances ask for diggs on twitter because it is not nice and spammy and you could get your article buried.