Do you have a website or blog post that desperately needs more Facebook Likes, Twitter Retweets, Stumbles, etc? Here are a few helpful suggestions…
Let’s start with some of the things you may already know…
Post on all the social platforms
- Facebook http://www.facebook.com/
- Twitter http://twitter.com/
- LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/
- Google+ http://www.google.com/+/demo/
- Stumble Upon http://www.stumbleupon.com/
- Digg http://digg.com/
- Reddit http://www.reddit.com/
If you are promoting your blog or website, you should have accounts on all of the above. Login in often and post your website url with a little new info. Always post links to your newest blogs as soon as it is published. These sites are at the center of the social media universe…take advantage of them.
Now let’s be a little more creative…
Post in discussion boards/forums
- Search for similar topics
- Suggest the link (“Thanks for the tip! This is another article that helped me out….”)
Join discussion boards or forums that are pertinent to your website and blog info. Search these boards to find out what others are saying and “suggest” your blog or website as additional information for them.
Question/Answer boards (similar to discussion board concept)
- Quora http://www.quora.com/
- Yahoo Answers http://answers.yahoo.com/
- Ask.com http://www.ask.com/
- LinkedIn Answers http://www.linkedin.com/answers
Do the same with these question/answer boards. Craft some of your blogs as informational and add those links as “answers” to questions posed on the boards.
Think “out of the box”…
Post on CraigsList
- Either straight out ask that you are looking for Likes, etc
- Post a funny title in personals, etc
Lots of people read Cragslist. Don’t be afraid to post your site or blogs and just ask. Including a little humor may help.
Contests
Having a giveaway that randomly goes to someone that LIKES your page or retweets a post if very effective. If you have the ability, giving away an iPad is as good as gold. Services such as Wildfire and other contest apps can help with this.
QR Code Like buttons
People are quite curious about QR codes. Many people will “read” them just to see where they go. In this case, link to your site and your blog. It is even possible to generate a QR Code “LIKE” Button. When someone scans the code with their module phone, it automatically has them LIKE that link. Try it out below.
Groveling
Finally, don’t forget old fashioned groveling and hitting up friends and family. It’s the same technique that gets you out of hot water with your significant other. Send them every blog post and just plain ask for the “like” or “retweet”. When in doubt, offer to buy them coffee!
What other ideas do you have? Post in Comments below?
