Posts Tagged ‘social networking’
7 Ways To Start Your Own Social Network
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So you want to start your own social network? That can actually work wonders for your blog as long as you play your cards right. If you are trying to start your very own Facebook and go head to head with the real one, then you are going to have issues. But there are situations where you can start a social network about your niche and have a lot of success with it as well. Creating a social network around your blog can solidify your community and help you take your blog to the next level. It’s not going to be easy, and you are going to do a lot of planning before launching your own social network. But you won’t have to spend a fortune to get started. Not when you can use these 6 social networking platforms to get the job done:
BuddyPress: BuddyPress is very dear to my heart as it’s created by the people behind Wordpress. It’s very similar to what we have come to see with Wordpress and can be enhanced with themes and scripts. It’s open source, so you have a lot of flexibility there as well.
Elgg: Elgg is a very powerful social networking platform that enables you to create your very own Facebook-like social network fast. Your users can create their own blogs, forums, and groups. It also helps that you can take advantage of third-party enhancements to offer even more features to your visitors.
Pligg: Pligg is another powerful social networking platform that enables you to create your own Digg-like website fast. It’s a bit tougher to customize and the code is not as easy to figure out. But the platform does save you money and can be enhanced through third-party themes and plugins. Read more »
Blog Link Building 101 – Part 2: Social Bookmarking
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Social bookmarking sites are yet another source of links for bloggers and search engine optimizers. Web services such as Delicious and Mixx can bring you lots of targeted SEO traffic. As long as your listings become popular on delicious, there is no reason you can drive a ton of traffic to your website. Considering that delicious is now closely linked to Twitter, your traffic can multiply in a fairly short period of time. One of the best ways to build traffic through social bookmarking sites such as Digg is by participating in the community and making friends. There are a lot of people who will return you the favor if you help their content go viral. Besides, the more people you know on these sites, the better shot your content gets at going viral.
I recommend you adopt a multi-faceted strategy to take advantage of social bookmarking sites. Sites such as Delicious, Digg, and Mixx are worth being a part of and participating in. You can also add a few niche communities to reach out to others in your niche and get more people to visit your blog. You won’t have time to be a part of every little social bookmarking community, which is why you should use a service such as Social Maximizer to get the job done. There are plenty of social bookmarking submission sites that help you submit your site automatically, but since I haven’t tried them I can’t vouch for them. Read more »
