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For those of you out there who aren’t leveraging social media to get traffic to your blog, may I present to you digg.com.

Digg is a site that allows users to “dig” their favorite stories. It works like this:

1. You see a blog entry or story you like.
2. You present it to digg.
3. Other users see it, and then if other people “dig” it, the story moves up the rankings.

The stories that get the most “digs” end up on the front page.

And what translates into is…traffic. In some cases A LOT of traffic.

I recently heard a blogger give a speech saying that whenever his stuff ends up on the first page of Digg, he has to get his server ready for the extra traffic so his blog doesn’t crash.

It’s that powerful.

It’s not just traffic though. Digg is one great way to let people know what stories you find interesting, humorous, or whatever. And other like-minded people do the same. For example, the top story at the moment on Digg is “5 Ways Best Buy Ruined Geek Squad”. I “dugg” it. Pretty funny stuff but informative nonetheless.

So, if you write interesting stuff and want some traffic to your site, you should get yourself over to Digg.com. It’s free to join.

There are other social media like Digg (I’ll talk about them in later posts), but I just dig the Digg format. Don’t know why…personal preference, I guess.

And, hey, why don’t you press the Digg button at the bottom of this post and digg this post.
I would so “dig” that.

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