| probably the dream of every social bookmarking | | | | overrated or too hard to do. My vote is on the |
| network's user to have their submitted stories | | | | latter. With so many “unique” |
| and articles make it to the front page of the site. | | | | stories popping out everywhere on the internet, |
| Why? Because making it to the front page (and | | | | people's attention are divided into the many |
| not just in the “just submitted” | | | | different unique articles being submitted into social |
| category) means that a lot of people voted | | | | bookmarking sites. Try to scour the web for |
| positive on this article. It only follows that they like | | | | something that you think would make it big; if it's |
| the article because they voted positive for it. By | | | | not there, you can bet that it's your time to |
| liking it, it means they have read it. By reading the | | | | shine, and if it is, think of some ways on how to |
| article, it means they have visited your site. This | | | | beat that existing article that you found. |
| is very rewarding in terms of traffic and, more | | | | 2. Offer something useful and informative |
| importantly, in potential income. | | | | It always helps to offer up an article that other |
| If you have a site and/or a blog, you should know | | | | people will find useful. Be it a technique on how to |
| how the basics of making money off them goes. | | | | fix a software bug, a review on a newly released |
| It's either one or all of these money-making | | | | gadget or the latest news on nuclear warfare, |
| strategies: | | | | people tend to flock to something that will give |
| * People buy your service or product | | | | them more information about their daily lives and |
| * People click on your affiliate links and other | | | | the world around them. |
| advertisements and purchase from them | | | | 3. Titles and descriptions make a big difference |
| * The page views and page loads that you get is | | | | There are some members of social bookmarking |
| converted into money by some ad servers | | | | sites who rarely read the stories being submitted. |
| This is, of course, impossible without traffic and | | | | These people are more into the |
| attention from potential visitors which is why | | | | “social” part rather than the |
| social bookmarking can help especially if you're | | | | “bookmarking” side of these |
| just starting out with your business or site. In | | | | networking sites. One common characteristic that |
| order to achieve good traffic from these | | | | these kinds of users have though is that they |
| bookmarking sites, you must first learn how to | | | | vote on stories based on the titles and |
| attract people into voting for your articles and | | | | descriptions. Even if the story is really dull and |
| making them popular for more people to see. | | | | boring, they wouldn't care (and neither would they |
| Listed here are a few tips and tricks (depending | | | | know) because they didn't read past the title and |
| on how you call them) on how to create that | | | | description. So make sure that you have this |
| popular article to promote your site: | | | | really great title that people will quickly notice |
| 1. Offer something unique | | | | among a sea of other titles and write a |
| I know, I know. Being unique these days is either | | | | description that will complement the title.... |