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Post edited 7:17 pm – July 13, 2011 by Marissa

Hi all,

I have to admit that my efforts with social media (with the exception of twitter) have been nonexistent. So I am wonder what sites do you use frequently and what are the best channels for sharing others posts and such. 

I don't have the visibility that most of you have so Facebook seemed pointless to me at this point.

I set up an account for Reddit last night and not really sure what to do with it. 

Any help would greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Marissa – What is it exactly, that you want to do with social media?  Some sites are better for some things than others but I think they all take time and some work to build traction.  You might find it better to pick one for a bit.  For sharing, Twitter and Facebook are nice.  Google+ is growing and that's another place to look.

Just be careful with the frequency at which you post on Reddit, especially when it links back to your own site.  They put me on hiatus for a long time for doing that…it's hard to resist though, I have definitely found Reddit to be the most powerful of all those sites, I have had many many referral visits from there.

just submitted today's post, let's see if any traffic comes from Reddit

I have used a variety of them before. I like Reddit, Digg and Stumble upon…however, I have found social traffic doesn't convert very well, but I will take it if they come to my site. 

I have been meaning to get more involved with Tip'd as I like the community a bit.

The thing about FB, Twitter, and G+ is you have to use them if you expect to rank in the search engines. It seems the social component has really gotten some loving from the search engines these days…seems like this is a trend that might grow and grow.

Gonna have to start using Reddit now, after reading this. Thanks guys!

Interesting, my Reddit experience has not been great, Stumbleupon however drives some traffic my way. I like Twitter for promoting others, but nothing tops Facebook for traffic to my site. I think it's all about the thumbnail…people are like fish, they are attracted to bright shiny things…just a theory

I've only been using Twitter and Facebook.  Looks like should expand into a few more, esp. Reddit after reading all of your comments.  So many different channels!  No wonder people hire virtual assistants! 

Back when I had time, I used to post to a lot of them – about 8 manually and 25 or so through a plugin (Onlywire). Reddit and Tip'd provided the most traffic, but Tip'd started to die out.