Basics of Digg marketing

August 4, 2008
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If you do not know what digg.com is or does, then you are far behind on the trend. Most essential knowledge required for marketing is to know the trend and the secret behind it. Learn about digg at wikipedia and let’s move on.

Rating Standard
What matters most for Digg is the number of diggs. While receiving comments are plus at servies like Youtube, it is not really important at Digg. So just focus on getting more votes than any other things.

Naming your article
Users on Digg really like to see titles like “10 iPhone gadgets you should have.” It tells you the amount of useful information you can get just by reading the title. So add numbers to the title of your posts if you haven’t tried yet.

Do not Digg yourself
If you ever submitted your article on Digg, you probably thought about this: what if I create fake accounts and vote for myself? Well, do not even try. Once you register for 3-4 Digg accounts, Digg will ban your IP and do not even let you to login to your digg account from same IP. It doesn’t even tell you that you are banned, they simply show you an error page that make you contact to the support, and you know what happens next.

Should you place Digg script?
You can add your
digg button by placing simple script on your blog theme. This can let people who landed on your website from Digg read your article and digg instead of going back.

Getting help
You can get help from your friends or from your network on Facebook to just vote for your article. Once you gain certain amount of votes, it stands out from rest of 1-3 digg article and people will start to pay attention on your article.

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