Adding a Digg It Button to Your Blog (Thank You EntreCard!)

I have just learned a quick little trick from my Entrecard friends. (checkout www.entrecard.com for an interesting site that may help drive traffic to your blogs)

The Entrecard community has launched an initiative to Digg each others’ blogs of interest. At Entrecard, members place an avatar on their blogs like the one you see in my sidebar. These avatars are scripted such that other Entrecard users can "buy" advertising spots on each other's blogs for a 24 hour period of time. When you buy advertising, your avatar appears on the site you have been approved for and when visitors to that site click on your avatar, they are directed to your site.

You earn credits by visiting each others’ sites and dropping your "card" at that site. It's a cool idea. Rather time consuming, but if you are building your business and trying to minimize your out of pocket dollars, this might be a site you want to check out.

You can add a button to each of your blog entries that will allow visitors to Digg your blog article with one simple click. You can place this button in your sidebar, but it is recommended you place it on each individual article you think might be of interest. Placing it after each article submits the url of that article and not the entire blog, which is preferable.

To put the button on your blog articles, you need to be in the html editor and then type:

"<script src=http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js”type=”text/javascript”></script>"

This also works in Wordpress blogs, but you will need to put text directly under the code (don't ask me why, I am definitely not an html expert...) something like "Diggit if you do" or "Click Here if you enjoyed this post." For Wordpress users, there is also a plug in you can download. There is a tutorial at the following blog where you can learn more about that than I could possible help you with. Check it out at: http://blog.patyuen.com/lessons/howto_install_diggthis_plugin/

So, if you like this idea, Digg away..

Hubpages

I have posted several articles to the Hubpages website. If you are reading my Blog because you are enrolled  in Renegade University, there is a very good step by step tutorial on how to set up your account on Hubpages as well as techniques you can use to get your articles published very quickly.

I like Hubpages. It allows you to easily post articles to the internet with links to sites that provide relevant background or related information. You can earn Affiliate commission through Google Adsense and Amazon if you set it up properly, and that never hurts! It also provides useful statistics to show you who is reading your articles and provides the capability to post comments - all of which will drive your Hub score and Google scores higher.

If you want to view my Hubpages profile, it is located at:  http://hubpages.com/profile/mlmsage Check out what I am doing on Hubpages, if you'd like.

I recently discovered Lissie on Hubpages. I found her article on Hubpages for Internet Marketing to be hugely informative. I would be foolish to attempt to try to give you more details than she has provided. I consider her an expert in Hubpages, at best I am in the apprentice stage! In a relatively short period of time,  Lissie has been able to attract large numbers of reader and fans with a relatively low article count. Her hubscore is in the 90's, so she has definitely learned how to use this site wisely and is sharing much of what she has learned.

I really like Lissie's perspective on promoting your own information. Renegade University promotes attraction marketing, but as I have tried to replicate what many other RU students are doing, it still feels very much like too much self promotion and not enough "good, valuable content." I intend to follow Lissie's example and recommendations in my future articles. After all, it's all about attracting people to your article. If they want to learn more about what you're doing, the links are included in your profile, so it's all available. You don't have to cram it down their throats.

I dunno... what Lissie says makes sense to me. I am going to incorporate her advise into my future Hubpage articles. You might give her article due consideration as well.

Content Sharing

Content sharing websites are easy to configure websites that allow you to get information on the internet quickly and easily. Two common websites are squidoo and hub. Content sharing websites are a very important tool in marketing yourself. Search engines like unique sites and changes. Since content sharing sites are easy to change, they can be instrumental in generating traffic to your websites. I like Squidoo. It's easy and it is free. Squidoo also readily accepts links to other websites making it a good place to market your websites as well as other people's websites. Consequently, if you are marketing online, Squidoo is a tool worth consideration. Other attributes of Squidoo that make it of value: a. It is similar to a blog, but easier to set up. b. It provides the ability to generate side income using affiliate marketing. c. Search engines like Squidoo. d. Very useful for traffic generation to lead capture pages. So check it out and get your marketing on line today. If you need step-by-step directions to set up your account, The Renegade University offers easy to understand tutorials that will walk you through the process.