Sharing on Pinterest

Okay, Pinterest is fun. I avoided signing up when I first heard about it because, well, I just didn't get the concept. I finally gave in and signed up after hearing about it's SEO value as a page rank 6 website, but still didn't use it. It just felt awkward to me. Then, I finally gave in again and shared a link to, of all things, a messy desk covered with papers. It was so easy, and, for some reason I can't quite explain, fun. Then I started looking at other people's pins and repinned a couple of them. What a fun, friendly way to share!


Should You Pin It?

My advice to bloggers and website builders, ride this trend and have fun with it, but don't make it just about spamming your Pinterest followers.

• Don't just pin your own work, share the love by pinning other websites and products you really like.
• Add pictures to your site so there is something your readers can pin if they like your site.
• Add a Pin It button to make it really easy for your readers to share your site.

I realize this site doesn't use many pictures, but I plan to start adding more, and when I figure out how to add a Pin It button, I'll pop back with how-to information you can use if you use a Blogger template.

Snipsly Review

With a cutesy name and a big and transparent rev-share cut for writers, Snipsly is probably a site you will be hearing a lot about in the future.

They make it easy to post. Article length is fairly short; after you get the first article approved. Links you post in your articles there are dofollow, so you can link back to your blog or to your other online work.

 The site is set up so it's easy to find the rules and information, though the rules recently changed and I'm not certain everything has been updated yet.

Page views and earnings are recorded through your Google Analytics account, so if you want to sign up at Snipsly and earn anything, you will need one of those. If you just want to sign up to build some backlinks or write about a topic you are passionate about, you could get by without one, but really, why miss out on a  chance to earn money, if you are trying to earn a living as a writer? (Sorry about that run-on.)

Redgage Review

I'm not much of a social networker. I wish I were, my life as a writer would be easier and more profitable if I had that social gift. Redgage is making it easier for me to get into the networking trend.

I've have been reading about Redgage for a long time, a couple of years actually. I signed up months ago and still didn't really do anything there. It took a long time for me to decide to give it a try.

The first thing I discovered when I finally posted, even though the site kind be kind of glitchy, it's fun. I started posting links to my blog posts and articles, and quickly moved into adding photos.

Rating other's work is also kind of fun, though optional. I have never given anyone less than a  five star rating, but then, only if they deserve it. If they don't deserve five stars, I just go on to the next photo, link, or blog post. (I operate on the "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything" theory when it comes to Redgage ratings.)

I only have a couple hundred "friends" there compared to my 500+ Twitter friends, but they are great and actually pop in to leave comments and ratings on my posts while I rarely hear any real communication from my Twitter friends. (I do the same for them - aside from it being fun, it's just the polite thing to do.)

It's even kind of fun watching the pennies add up in my Redgage account. Does it pay anything like "real work"? No, but someday I'll reach payout and buy myself something special - for $25 or less.

Another thing I notice, when I run my sites through the backlink checker tool, I have a lot more backlinks than I had before I started posting links to my blog posts on Redgage.

Finally, I have also noticed increased traffic to my sites and my articles coming from Redgage. I have to say I recommend Redgage as a blog promotion tool, and a social networking opportunity, though, if you are looking at it for the money, it's probably going to take a long while to earn any.

3 Fantastic Sites That Can Drive Visitors To Your Site - Social Networking Spider Web Tactics

Author: Mark Schwartz

3 Great Sites That Will Drive Traffic to Your Site - Social Networking Spider Web Tactics

Do you need to get your messages out on the web, so your articles and ideas can be discovered and shared by a wide number of viewers? Do you wish to get the message out about your services or products? Do you wish to enhance your presence on the internet, brand yourself and increase site visitors to your enterprise? Good! Here are three websites that can aid you in building your Social Networking Spider Maze and drive site visitors to your web site.

Most Advertising folks generate many various kinds of advertising and marketing supplies for their promotional efforts. These might include things like particular studies brochures, displays, or white papers that you simply give to your clients and prospects. There's now a further method to make use of all the "documents" you generate and get some free, targeted traffic back to your website. You should use these websites to rapidly and simply flip almost any file-including PDF, Phrase, PowerPoint and Excel-right into a Web document and share it with the world.

By utilizing these sites you're making your written works available to people on the Internet and mobile devices, and most importantly, fueling the conversations happening round them. All three are online communities and marketplaces to search out and share professional documents.

Here are the three sites it's essential to try:

1. scribd.com
2. docstoc.com
3. slideshare.com

So what is so nice about these 3 websites?

1. For those of us on a tight advertising plan, they're free to use. They are additionally easy to use which is absolutely great. There are some sites out there which can be an actual pain to use. I used to be on one social networking site the other day and it took me close to 15 minutes to figure out an easy way to publish a video.

2. The major search engines like google crawl these sites. A few of the Power Point displays that I posted to scribd.com where on the primary web page of Google's search results inside a day. You may also define keywords and generally create inbound links to your website/blog, thereby growing site visitors even more.

3. You possibly can add virtually any type of file or document you want. They are going to be mechanically converted right into a PDF file and are virtually immediately obtainable for looking at and downloading by others (in the event you mark them public). That is nearly like submitting an article to an article directory aside from all of the different file sorts permitted.

Think about the potential site visitors you possibly can get. Not only will people review your presentations, but they can even get copies and share them with their associates. You'll now have individuals serving to you promote your business. It's possible you'll even start to get people whom have never heard of you visiting your site or calling you!

The bottom line!! - these websites aid you create a viral advertising machine and grow your business!

And final of all.....

4. All three of these websites give you monitoring tools so you'll be able to look at the downloads and see which of your postings are the most popular!

So all in all, these sites present an extremely efficient method for getting targeted visitors and are a very good low cost search engine optimization tactic, and they're FREE. Now you may see why I like them a lot and wished to clue you in on them.

Have fun setting up your Social Networking Spider Web

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About the Author

Mark Schwartz has perfected Social Networking Spider Web marketing and backlinking tactics. Social Media Spider Webs are important for businesses because they serve to increase Branding and serve as a giant lair to draw traffic to their business, websites and blogs.
To learn more of his Social Networking Spiderweb strategies like this one please visit his blog at http://markvschwartz.com/.

And while you are surfing around check out his MegaRich - For Internet Entrepreneurs Blog. Magic happens for those who take action.

SEO, Social Networking, and Backlinking

I'm coming late to the game when it comes to really getting a handle on SEO, Social Networking, and Backlinking. I haven't come across anything that disproves my earlier posts, so I'm going to work my way forward in the series of information I am posting here on OWA.

I'm just finding it to be a much larger category than I initially realized, and my past approach of writing something and just letting search engines find it is not working too well anyore - if it ever actually worked well.

I also have not been bale to find a definitive answer on how many quality backlinks are required to increase a site's page rank. And - I know - some people say page rank is not that important. It does, however, offer a parameter (other than page views) I can use to determine if my site is moving in the right direction.

Network image by J S Creationz/Free Digital Photos.