Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon: What am I supposed to be doing?

[randall]

I recently got into the whole digg, reddit, and StumbleUpon world of Social Networking, and I don't understand it. I understand how to digg posts, or put them on reddit, or how to stumble, but what I don't understand is how I can use these to get my own site out there, or the most productive ways of using them.

Perhaps I could have some help? I would appreciate it. :]

[artizhay]

Really, for your posts to get anywhere on those sites, they have to be very interesting. (I'm not saying your posts aren't interesting; I'm being general). That, and you have to have other people Digg/Reddit/Stumble it. If it's extra interesting, it may spread automatically, otherwise others need to do those things to push it up in popularity.

For example, my post on fast food secrets had over 120 visits or so, most of which came from Reddit because I guess people there like their fast food. This is without anyone promoting it by reddit-ing it.

It's up to other to spread your content on social sites, hence the term social. Once you submit it, that's about as much as you can do besides encouraging others to share it.

Regardless, even if they don't spread very well, you still get backlinks. Because of my low readerbase, mine don't spread far, but I still have over 700 backlinks because I submit to about 30 social sites.

[sfchin]

The more people to share your story, the wider it will spread, and your blog will attract more visitors and backlinks

[kellymccausey]

You need someone to submit your best posts for you - a social media buddy perhaps?

My friends and I support each other with Stumble Upon quite a lot - but our topics don't tend to do well on Digg so I don't bother with that.

[rypher21]

gain more friends, join groups and be active as well

[munke]

I've had some success with Digg, but you do have to put a bit of effort in to build up some Digg buddys to get the momentum going, a bit like link building.

I haven't tried Reddit though. This is my next adventure. Anyone got any Top tips?

[yagirlnextdoor]

Pretty much anything I Stumble, Digg, Delicious, Redditt ends up in the search engine or at least on Social Mention

[LloydBurrell]

StumbleUpon is great: it renders results related to topic, rather than to keywords, thus promoting your website even further. Just pay attention when you decide which is the relevant topic for your niche.

[brynh]

I like the most StumbleUpon, it gave me a lot traffic but Digg is harder to give you traffic, must have a very interesting article or many friends to digg it.. Same with reddit..