SUBMIT 2.0

On my previous article, we covered list building method through social networking. This article talks about similar strategy called Social Bookmarking. When combined, the two methods truly payoff in a big way. Always remember to respect tor observe the sites spam policy and rules.

Social Bookmarking

You may already use sites like StumbleUpon and Del.icio.us. Well, in addition to alerting your friends to sites you enjoy, you can also use it to draw attention to your own websites, blogs, and your squeeze page. These can go a long way to help you generate traffic to these pages.

Here are some of the most popular sites:

• stumbleupon

• digg

• del.icio.us

Be careful not to abuse this tool, however. If you spend the whole time bookmarking your own sites, this may lead to your account being canceled.

You need to give a little in order to take. If you bookmark sites you enjoy as well as your own, you’ll be contributing to the community in a positive way.

Hubpages and Squidoo

On the surface, these sites both look very similar. However, the basic philosophy is a little different and one that is worth keeping in mind. Hubpages is based strictly on providing great content. So, if you write an article and post it on hubpages, this meets that definition. You can also include links and rss feeds, but this comes second to the content.

Squidoo is also concerned about great content but the overall goal is to use the “lens” to point to other things of interest throughout the web, including rss feeds, blog posts, and even products from places like Amazon and Overture. But for the purpose of building a list, both sites have their use.

Hubpages.

As mentioned above, the focus here should be on content. So, if you are already using article marketing to promote your list, all you need to do is post some of them on Hubpages. At the end of the article, you can include a link to your squeeze page.

Squidoo.

On Squidoo you can use your lenses to help build signups in several ways. The first is to provide good content related to your niche and include a link to your squeeze page. The second is that you can put an image of your signup box directly on Squidoo.

At one time, Squidoo allowed iframes. This meant that anyone could post a sign-up box on their lens and let people signup for their lists directly in the lens. They don’t allow this anymore.

Instead, you can simply post a screenshot of your signup box. When they click on it, they will be directed to your squeeze page and can enter their information from there. Since this method doesn’t use iframes, it is perfectly legal according to Squidoo’s rules.

Promoting Your Hubs, Lenses, and Profiles

If you want, you can take that extra step and start promoting your hubs, lenses, and profiles. One of the easiest ways is to make comments on other people’s lenses, hubs, and profiles - especially if they seem interested in

your niche. Just refrain from putting your link URL directly in the comment. If people are interested, they’ll click on your profile.

The same tactics apply here when it comes to promoting anything else. You can do things like article marketing, put the links in your email or forum signatures, or place links for them on your websites.

Source: EzineArticles

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