The Blogging Networks You Need to Know

So you started your company blog, now what? You need to get your blog seen by more people, more often, and get comments and start building a community. Check out these sites and register your blog. These are the communities in the blogosphere that have the most users and pack the biggest punch! 

Technorati
Register your blog or blogs, including microblogs like Twitter. You can make friends, share blog articles, comment, etc. From there you add your tags (stay tuned for an upcoming post from the Hive about tags), start making connections with like-minded bloggers. With an index containing 112.8 million blogs and 250 million pieces of tagged social media, Technorati is one of the big boys. That’s a whole lot of reach, so sign up for your piece of that massive blog pie! 

Digg
Digg is as large as Technorati but goes beyond the blog. It’s a more general news aggregator and social content site. While a blog’s visibility is increased using Digg they also pick up content from larger news, gossip and media sites. While that may dissuade you at first, Digg is set up with community and communication in mind. It may not always be about you or your company, but with these other types of sites added to the network, you can find even more specific groups with more specific interests. Great networking tool! 

StumbleUpon  
StumbleUpon focuses on personal recommendations based on your interest, to the point they want your stumbling tools right on your web browser. Like Digg, StumbleUpon utilizes user voting, as well as being able to submit just about any article, blog or video on the Internet. You may also want to check out a site that’s coming to be the ‘new’ StumbleUpon, Twine. 

Other sites definitely worth your attention are Del.icio.us and Slashdot for various blog and media sharing communities. As you work on your blog you need to make sure your readers have access so they can recommend your blogs for these sites! AddThis is a great tool for that! With one button on your blog, your readers can submit your blog everywhere from Facebook, Propeller, LinkedIn, even Fark, and of course all the sites mentioned above - 43 in total at the time of this post.  As we continue to assist you in the journey into social network marketing, we look forward to your leaving a comment or let us know if you would like us to expand on any of these topics

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