6 Tips To Use Digg To Drive Traffic To Your Blog

    Boosting your blog or website traffic is not easy without multifaceted techniques.  One of these venues is Digg, one of the most popular social news website. If you have an interesting news article, people on Digg will tend to share it. Users submit links to content they like, and other users comment on those submissions and add their own votes (called Diggs) to those links. Popular links will rise to the front page of Digg and are likely to get a lot of traffic. It's important to understand that you may submit your own content to Digg, but if you over submit your own content, you will be penalized and your submissions will not be readily available to other users. User caution and submit not just your own content, but other links of interest as well.
       

         How Does Digg Work?
      Digg operates under a very simple methodology. Users submit (or "digg") web pages or blog posts they like by entering the URL for the specific page as well as a short description and selecting a category that page fits in. Each submission is open for all Digg users to view through the "Upcoming Articles" page. Other users can then digg or "bury" those submissions (or completely ignore them). Submissions that get a lot of diggs will appear on the main page of the Digg website within the list of "Popular Articles" where other Digg users can find them and click on the links to visit the original articles.
      The Challenges Of Using Digg;
      When it comes to how effective Digg is at driving traffic to your blog, it's important to understand the power of the top users at Digg. The top Digg users have enormous influence on what shows up on the main page of Digg and what stories get buried quickly.
      The Positives Of Digg Are:
*Digg is the most popular social news site on the Internet.
*Digg can drive a lot of traffic to your blog if your blog post gets to the main page.
*Digg can help you find interesting blog posts and blogs.
*Digg can help you network with like-minded bloggers by sharing submissions and commenting on each other's submissions.
      The Negatives Of Digg Are:
 *It's hard to get your blog posts on the main page of Digg.
*Top users control much of what gets on the main page of Digg.
*Traffic that comes from Digg is generally short-lived
*Spam content finds its way on Digg frequently.
*People pay the top users and other companies to generate diggs for content and move it to the main page of Digg leaving less chance for your posts to get to the main page.
*Digg does not like it when users submit their own pages or blog posts and will penalize users who do so too frequently.
                                  6 Tips to Use Digg to Drive Blog Traffic
   1.Staying on Top of the Page
The ideal way to get much traffic is to make sure your content stays on top of the page, but such a feat is way too hard as a challenge for some. One thing to keep in mind is to write engaging, interesting, and fresh articles that tickle the pulse of the readers. It’s a challenge to come up with articles that people are willing to read and share. Writers often have to survey the social media for hot topics and write about these topics in their own perspective. Content in this case has to be catchy. The title has to be punchy. Then the writer should grab curious readers’ attention in the introduction. Thus, it’s vital to come up with powerful content.
   2. Don't Digg Your Own Posts
Digg will penalize users who submit their own content too frequently. If you want your blog posts to have a chance at making it to the main page of Digg (and generating a lot of traffic to your blog), don't be the first to submit your post. Ask a friend or colleague to submit it first.
  3.Digging Others’ Posts
SEOs, online marketers, and news writers who succeed in their game usually make connection with potential affiliates in the field. You don’t spend 100% of your energies trying to promote yourself. This is a poor way to build valuable connections that may just work for your favor at some point in the future. So, “Digg” the post of other members, because they may likely “Digg” yours back. This tactic takes time before becoming effective, but don’t fret. Continue expanding your Digg network. You will be surprised at the rise in the number of your website visitors.
  4.Be Active On Digg
In order to get your post on the homepage of Digg it is necessary for you to be active on Digg. Active users have more chances of getting their posts noticed as compared to inactive ones. To increase your chances of getting on the homepage of Digg, you will have to Digg news articles and posts from blogs and websites frequently, also try to make as many friends as possible and be active in commenting.The more active you are, the better you will understand about Digg. You will come to know about the best time for submitting your stories, it is recommended that you submit the stories in the peak hours to get your post noticed.
  5. Digg Several Articles at a Time
When you ask your friends to Digg your blog post, make sure they Digg more than just your post while they're at it. Digg keeps tabs on people who just Digg a single item while they're on the Digg website in order to penalize spammers (particularly those who are paid to Digg specific stories). Ask your friends to Digg your post as well as a few other stories of interest or on the main page of Digg at the same time.
  6.Add A “Digg This” Button To Your Posts
The very first step towards getting free blog traffic is by adding a “Digg this” button to all your blog posts. Your readers will Digg your blog posts if they really like your articles and your writing skills. Adding a “Digg this” button will also make it very easy for the logged-in users (Users logged-in to Digg) to share your blog posts. You can therefore increase the number of shares because most people don’t like to waste their two minutes to simply submit an article to Digg and that too that won’t be getting anything for doing this.
NOTE:
  If you want your blog post to be on the first page of Digg, it is highly recommended that you don’t submit it yourself, but ask one of your friend to submit it first.
   While Digg has the potential to drive a lot of traffic to your blog, it happens less frequently than users would like.It should be used with other promotion strategies and tactics (including other social bookmarking site submission) for you to drive the most traffic to your blog overall.

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9 TIPS ON USING GOOGLE PLUS TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO YOUR BLOG

Without great traffic to your blog site, your posts will not be get read, regardless of the quality of your articles.Getting traffic to your blog site is an integral part of marketing. The more you can cross-promote your content, the more eyeballs you will get. The more eyeballs you get, the more your content will be shared. The more your content is shared, the better your search rankings are, and so on, and so on.Google+ is one the fastest-growing social networking site. It's a perfect place to connect with people around the world, build relationships, and drive readers to your blog.And no matter what you feel about it, there’s no denying it’s good for your blog’s traffic, when used correctly.
                   

                          Here are nine tips on using Google Plus to drive traffic to your blog posts.
1. Create a Complete Profile or Page
If your blog can be identified as a business or brand, then create a Google+ Page for it. If not, use your personal Google+ profile to connect with your blog audience. The first step is to create a comprehensive profile or page that fully describes who you are, what expertise you bring to the table, how to find your blog, what your blog is about, and what makes it special.When you’re setting up your page (or revising one you already have), be sure to take advantage of the large cover photos. Your image can now be as large as 2120 x 1192 pixels, as indicated in this G+ cover image:
         And to drive traffic to your blog,do not forget to:
*include your blog URL in your introduction section, and give a good call to action (CTA)  as to why a user should visit.
*include your blog site in your Links section.
*create a profile image with an arrow or other CTA to your blog (there’s no restrictions on G+ cover page CTA’s)
2. Connect with People
Once you've created your Google+ profile or page, you need to start connecting with other Google+ members. Search for people you know first. Then look through the people they follow to find more interesting people to follow. As you spend time on blogs and other social web destinations, look for links to connect with interesting people on Google+.
3. Create Circles
Next, you should create circles to categorize your Google+ connections and then place people into appropriate circles. For example, create circles for your blog readers, your blog post sources, people who influence your target audience, people who can help you promote your blog or publicize it, and so on.
4. Share with your Circles
   Circles provide an amazing opportunity to share your blog posts to targeted people. They are a way to segment G+ users that you follow. You can kind of segment circles a bit like you might bluntly do so for an email list. For example, create circles for customers, industry leaders, partners, and team that suit your business needs.
        NOTE; People don’t know what circle you have them in, so you’re not going to offend.
To promote your blog posts, share them with targeted audiences, and connect with them by writing specific updates for your post.For example, say you’ve written a blog post about a new product. You can post specific updates to your segmented G+ Circles:
*If you want your customers to read it, you could share it to your ‘customer circle’ with an update written to include prices and why they need to buy it.
*If you want your industry leaders to read it, you could share it to your ‘industry leader circle’ with an update written with a requests for reviews.
5.Engage in Communities
Google+ Communities provide an amazing way to expand your reach and networking online.Communities are very different than Circles. Communities are groups online - kind of like really modern, interactive forums. For a blogger you can also think of them like a huge marketplace where you can branch out and network with readers.
There are tons of Google+ Communities, and you are sure to find ones that cater to your business needs. (If you can’t find groups for your niche, you can make your own-but you’ll need to develop your own members - which takes time and know how!)
Let’s say, for example, you have a blog that is all about driving traffic to sites and you write blog posts about all kinds of ways on and how-to tips. Here’s a quick run through of how to use G+ Communities to drive your ‘tribes’ to your blog site:

Do a search for 'driving traffic to sites’ in Communities, and you’ll find tons of results:
Then….
*join a few of the groups that are most relevant to your posts.
*take part in the dialogues that are happening.
*comment on the updates, share posts you like and G+ them.
and you will quickly get to know a lot of drivetrafficfolk.Once you’ve started to establish yourself, post links to your blog in your niche driving traffic  Communities.Your updates will get shared, G+ed, commented on, and clicked through. Not only that - but, if you do it right, by getting to know your angler groups online, you’ll be amazed at how quickly you develop new customers too!
When you share your blog posts in Communities, write a brief summary of your article, include questions to engage your reader and add specific hashtags to reach your niche market. Here’s an excellent example of a fishing update to get readers to click through to the blog:
6. Host Hangouts
Google+ hangouts are video chats between up to 10 Google+ members. You can host a hangout and promote it as a small virtual webinar or tuturial session. Think of how you can tie a video chat session with your blog topic and what kind of valuable information you could share in such a session. Then promote it on your blog as a special event!You can also share your Hangouts on your YouTube channel, so even more people can watch it.You can listen to most of them, and if there’s an open invite, you can join in and get to know your customers a lot more. The more you get to know a core group of business supporters, the more your blog post links will likely be shared by them.
7.Use Hashtags
Hashtags were introduced to Google+ recently. Use them as a way to better reach your niche market on the site.Hashtags enable you to kind of categorize your updates, and help you to get found in searches on the site.  When using hashtags, there are a number of key strategies to keep in mind:
*Include at least one to three tags in your blog post updates. Less is often more in hashtags. It shows you know who you want to reach, and you know the key elements of your blog post you are sharing in your update.
*Make tags to include really detailed subjects. The more granular you get in hashtagging, the more likely your post is going to be found, read and clicked on by your interested niche readers.For example, the hashtag “#howtodrivetraffic can be used.
*Make tags to promote a campaign. You can use hashtags to create a shared, interactive category about a marketing campaign your business is running. For example, if you are hosting a contest or promotion on your blog, create a campaign specific hashtag so that you generate more awareness of your contest, and your community can publicly participate in it too.
*Use hashtags when posting to public posts, circles and communities.
8.Share Your Google+ Posts Publicly
*When you share your Google+ posts publicly, it can be found in search engine results.
*Increase the probability of attracting search engine traffic to your blog via Google+.
*Sharing publicly also allows your post to be embeddable, therefore increasing the probability of traffic from other websites if your Google Plus post is embedded within a blog post .
*When sharing a post publicly, others are able to re-share your posts to their network. Google Plus users that you’re not connected to will be exposed to your post, therefore increasing traffic to your blog and adding to the size of your Google Plus network as new people who are introduced to your awesomeness circle you.
9.Include +1 Button
Last, but certainly not least, make sure you include a +1 button on all of your blog posts. This may be an obvious point, but don’t overlook it.
A G+ button makes it easy for your readers to share your posts to their public feed, their circles, and their communities.
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