Promoting Associated Content Articles with the 5 Most Effective Social News, Networking and Bookmarking Websites

There are countless ways to promote Associated Content articles. However, five specific social websites are easiest, fastest and best for this purpose: Digg, Reddit, Fark StumbleUpon and MyBlogLog. While some articles may lend themselves to submission on multiple websites, virtually all articles are appropriate for at least one of these social news, networking or bookmarking sites. The key is to gain a basic understand each of these sites, their users and what kind of content is successful on each one. These five sites in particular are both easy to use and highly effective if used correctly. The following tips are designed to help Associated Content producers make the most out of time spent promoting content - earning more money and drawing relevant readers to their articles.

Digg.com: Digg has a much more limited set of niches than other social news sites. Digg is ideal for any news item, especially articles that can fit into the "Offbeat News" or "Tech Industry News" sections. Digg also works for articles on the environment, business and politics. However, Digg is not designed to handle more personal or general opinion pieces. There is no single correct strategy for successfully writing a headline and description for a Digg submission. However, a good headline should be irresistible and sensational but also very clear. A lengthy description is useful if the content is hard to explain, but a short description can also hook a new reader and encourage them to click to the article rather than just Digging it (or not) and moving on. Promoting on Digg is extremely easy to do, which makes it an attractive option for any story that might get even just a few Diggs.