Internet Marketers know the value of getting targeted traffic to their websites.
Much of their time is spent trying to get traffic, and through that traffic, sales.
There is a new method of getting traffic for you websites that you may have overlooked in the past.
It's using Social Bookmarking.
You know what bookmarking is, right? Of course you do.
It's what you do when you come across a website that you find particularly interesting or of value to you for some reason.
Perhaps it's amusing, or it could have some sage advice for you regarding marketing strategies.
You bookmark it so you can locate it later.
What is social bookmarking? Excellent question.
Social bookmarking is a the new wave of gaining targeted traffic to your websites by storing, organizing, searching and managing bookmarks of websites online.
Bookmarks are generally public but can also be saved privately, shared with a group or only shared within certain networks.
In other words, you can share your bookmarks and pass them on to others.
By sharing your bookmarks you're telling others that these are useful, interesting, funny and vital sites for them to visit.
You'll get more traffic this way.
If you have a list of subscribers, you can send them a bookmark, or a bunch of bookmarks.
Here are seven strategies to improve your social bookmarking: ·Bookmark your own web pages.
This makes sense because these are the sites you want people to visit and bookmark as well.
·Bookmark your other important web pages that have information you think is important and you'd like to share with others.
If those websites have links back to your website-all the better! ·Make frequent blog posts and then bookmark them.
Everyone likes to look in on someone else's life and business.
We all like to look at other people's lives, their pictures and videos.
This will bring you more traffic as well ·You haveshared files, like PDF's, reports and videos and music that you can bookmark as well.
·Create a lens on Squidoo with links back to your other websites and then bookmark that lens.
·Don't be greedy and selfish.
There are other websites out there with interesting content besides your own.
Make sure your bookmarks aren't just bookmarks of your own sites.
Bookmark other websites that you like, articles with informative posts, other people's Lenses as well as amusing and funny sites that you've enjoyed.
It's good to pass on valuable bookmarks as well as the fun ones.
Remember that you're building relationships here and no one likes someone who is all business all the time.
Show your human side as well as your exceptional business skills.
Bookmark sites that link to your primary site.
It's always good practice to do this as it also gets your link out there without it being an obvious move on your part.
Links to your site from other web pages will also help build up your main site.
By sharing your bookmarks, you're sharing links to your sites and putting the link you want people to visit out in front of a lot of people.
Social Bookmarking is the way to go because people pass them on.