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Problogger’s tip: How To Use Social Media to Grow Your Blog’s Readership?

Just came back from Darren’s blog and I am very happy to read new tips from him. This time, I admit that the article is really helpful because many of us still or never try the new method like what Darren’s said. And for me, I really like the no. 6 tips.

Here is the no. 6 tips:

6. Find what Works Best for Your Blog - a regular comment on posts where I write about the power of using social media is people saying that they’ve ‘tried it’ and it doesn’t work. When I unpack these comments with people I often find that what they mean is that they tried one social media site once or twice - and it didn’t have much impact. The mistakes with this kind of thinking are numerous (ie it takes time to get to know a social media site, get to know people etc) - but one main thing that I’d say is that not all social media sites work for every topic of blog.

For example I find that StumbleUpon works really well here at ProBlogger - but that Digg works on some more technically focused sites that I have worked with. The other thing that I’d say is that sometimes the biggest social sites are not always the best ones to use - but rather smaller and more focused ones can have bigger benefits. Every week new social bookmarking sites appear around different niches - search them out and focus on them too.

Actually, Darren has listed 9 Keys to Using Social Media to Find New Readers for Your Blog. If you want to read the rest, then head over to his site at Problogger.net.