Do any of you use these to promote your work? Any comments or opinions?
mods - tried to find the best place for this and hope I picked the right one.
mods - tried to find the best place for this and hope I picked the right one.
Digg? Reddit? Stumbleupon? FB? Delicious?
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I have a Facebook page, a Twitter account and a blog. Any more than that and my writing time would decrease. Twitter's handy for keeping up to date with writers and the publishing world. It's also fun to show potential readers another side to me other than Writer.
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I write articles for a website, and have used Reddit to promote some pieces to much success. I try to be picky about what I submit there and only choose pieces I think have a chance of going viral. I also have a Twitter account for my writing with about 100 followers, but I've found that most of my Twitter success comes from other people finding and sharing my work.
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I moderate a blog, and the filters are set so that if Digg, Reddit, or Stumbleupon, are mentioned, or if Facebook, Delicious, or Twitter are linked to (or any bit.ly or tiny URL at all), the post is automatically sent to moderation because 99.99 times out of a hundred it's spam.
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Digg in my experience is a bit dead. Stumbleupon and Reddit do penalize you if you promote too much of your own stuff. Facebook and Twitter are your platforms, rather than the user's, so it's a little bit easier as long as you use them well.
Reddit drives 95% of my traffic. It's difficult but not impossible to maintain a presence there and not get banned for what they call blogspam. Create an identity there that is not dependent upon your blog. Then, when you post blog entries, you'll get a much better response.
I do not. I participate on some of them as a casual user and try not to mix that sort of participation with plugging/promotion. I probably should, but it's just one of those things that make me feel a bit dirty. I prefer not to do it.
That said, my most viewed blog post got a lot of traffic specifically because of Reddit and Fark. Funny thing is, it wasn't me who submitted it!
That said, my most viewed blog post got a lot of traffic specifically because of Reddit and Fark. Funny thing is, it wasn't me who submitted it!
All of the above lol. I have gotten one hit from stumbleupon so far. I've gotten multiple hits from twitter (I can tell because I use google analytics). I just created my website a couple days ago though so we'll see
I use Reddit, and usually only post my blog posts to subreddits to which I participate in otherwise. I comment a lot more than I post my own articles. People seem to appreciate that... well, most of the time, at least. I also mention new blog posts in twitter/identica feed.
I get some responses and readers this way. I'm absolutely terrible at self-promotion but at least I can share stuff with people in similar circles.
I also mention new blog posts in twitter/identica feed.I get some responses and readers this way. I'm absolutely terrible at self-promotion but at least I can share stuff with people in similar circles.
I think read somewhere that Digg just got sold for half a million. Quite the fall from its initial $75MM valuation (if I remember correctly).