The challenge with forums is that while they are often strong and vibrant, they do not always have the exposure of blogs or
prominent social news sites.
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder
of social news site Reddit and partner at startup accelerator Y Combinator, talks about how platforms like Kickstarter are making his role as a startup investor more challen...
This week, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks participated in a question and answer session on popular
social news site reddit where he discussed all things business, basketball and, of course, Shark Tank.
These are also great link baiting pieces that people usually bookmark to
social news site so that the post gets more traffic.
Consider using your email list, online social networking outreach and blog outreach as well
as social news sites like Digg or Stumbleupon to get the word out.
Ryan Davis, vice president of
social news site Vocativ, encountered a young female canvasser for Mr. Spitzer near the Flatiron Building yesterday afternoon.
You can submit your news and rally colleagues and users to vote it up on
social news sites like DZone and Stack Overflow, for the software developer community.
On Friday morning, the coverage of the bombing suspects took an even more «meta» turn
on social news sites and throughout the media.
NewsBoiler is a network
of social news sites, each with a passionate community sharing and discussing the latest news in their dedicated sector.
To get a sense of how efficient the operation is, consider that
the social news site Digg generates about 250 million page views each month, or roughly one - sixth of Plenty of Fish's monthly traffic, and employs 80 people.
One audience member advocating paid links questioned why the same negative stigma was not attached to purchasing services where stories are submitted to
social news sites like Digg and Netscape in an attempt to gain inbound links.
To get things started, Jeff and his colleagues spent $ 300 on Blogads and Google keyword ads, emailed a list of about 3300 people and tried posting on
social news sites (Digg, etc.).
While browsing
a social news site the other day, I came across a link to an e-book search engine.
There are several places to find potential reviewers, including social networking sites,
social news sites, and vendor sites.