No, no, no… Don’t think, that this is another affiliate program. No.. This is another social bookmarking site, but not “another” at the same time. You can submit anything, that relates to blogging, and be sure – lots of people will see that.

This is strange, but I really would like to share some reasons why I think, that Blog Engage is fantastic for promoting your stuff.

Blog Engage community is rather young

Do you know what does it mean? Remember Digg.com, when it was just beginning? Those, who joined Digg at that stage, are now “Supreme Diggers“, and what they do sees almost everybody. That is, what you need, when you start your blogging or something else, that needs a lot of promotion.

Nice green-blue design

Don’t get me wrong, but I like it. Somehow.. it relaxes and makes you act. Two different things in one. Amazing, isn’t it? :)

Blog Engage community is sociable

I’ve never seen anything like this before. Ok.. my experience isn’t that big, but still.. I feel that, this is one of the best places to get some extra traffic to your website.

Your activity at BlogEngage.com equals your promotion

The more you vote, the more you add friends, the more you comment, the more you get those precious views of your own website. Though this system is almost everywhere, it has tremendous strength within the Blog Engage community. So be active, get more visitors. I’d say, that this is fair. Don’t you think that?

Adsense revenue sharing opportunity

I really hope, that this feature will be developed. Read about it.

By the way, sharing Adsense revenue is very clever promotional way to attract new visitors. You should note that and use some similar method for you.

My own proof as a reason

Don’t laugh. I’m just starting :) You can see from the archives how long I’ve been blogging. Did you have anything like this by the end of your 1st month of your blogging?

So.. from this screenshot you can see, that Blogengage.com is on the 3rd place. I should also tell you, that I’ve joined it a week ago. Not bad, huh? I believe, that it is.

So try it, if you still haven’t.

Now you don’t have to tweet about your new posts. Feedburner will do that for you.

Yesterday, it was announced on adsenseforfeeds.blogspot.com.

Great idea. But.. I don’t think, that it should help a lot. It’s just another news, that made too much shout about it.

Moreover, I’d say, that this is a pure promotion of Feedburner. Why not Twitter? Do you think, that Twitter needs to be promoted? Today it is the most popular chat-service. What’s the point of spending money on another way of promotion? It’s better to earn money. It’s better to make your name work for you at this stage.

Why am I talking about it? I just wanted to pay your attention on how the “Giants” promote themselves. This is a great source to learn from. So do it :) All those common ways are helpful, but they are still common ones. And day by day the get older. That means, that maybe tomorrow they will be useless.

I’m not going to speak about how cool is Sphinn. I’m not going to persuade you to join it. If you know this website, then you’re, probably, already joined it.

Today I’d like to share some of my experience in promoting your website or blog at Sphinn.com . First of all, these essential tips (rules) will help you to avoid the termination of your account on Sphinn. You’ll be able to improve your promotion there. And.. that’s probably it for this topic.

Rule #1

Follow the Sphinn guidelines. The main tip here is that, when you’ve just signed up, do not submit more than once per twenty-four hours. It’s essential.
My first account was terminated, because of this. Sad.. but true. If you violate this rule, don’t panic. You have the second chance.

Rule #2

Do not submit your stuff. That’s crucial one.
Of course you want it. Just like I did at the very beginning. But that’s not smart. Moreover, there is no future for that method as well.

Rule #3

Submit others’ stuff. But keep the appropriate measure of it. As your first 7 days let you submit only 7 things, think better. You’re about to make your face on Sphinn. There are good moderators, that whether like you, or not. So be attentive.
Here’s my little example. As my first account was terminated (I’ve submitted more than once per day in the very beginning), I’ve registered another one. Then I’ve submitted my post about RSS directories, which is not bad at all. And guess what.. it was discarded by a moderator for the following reason:
“User was killspammed once, discarding this post, looks to be of little value.”
Wake me up! What was that? Did he remember me or what? Anyways, that’s why I recommend you to follow the rules.

Rule #4

Check the presense of your submission on Sphinn using search. If you duplicate someone’s topic, you have a good chance to be banned for spamming :).

Rule #5

Manage your profile. That’s your weapon. Use it on max. Take some time to get all of your links to your other profiles.
Pick the best photo of you or your website/blog.
Use the feature, that will show your RSS feed. I really think, that this is why you shouldn’t submit your own articles or posts at all. Because, if someone cares about your work, then he or she should discover it by himself or herself.

Rule #6

Comment as much as you can. Since this is the most efficient way to make people care. One by one they’ll start wondering who you are. And you’ll get what you’ve been working for. The promotion. The result.

Rule #7

Remember what is Sphinn about.

Sphinn’s niche is Internet Marketing News and Discussion Forums. Its Google pagerank is 6 and Alexa ranking is 5,926 now.
What’s the most important for your promotion is that Sphinn has no “nofollow” attribute on links. What means “nofollow”?

That’s it for this time. Enjoy your sphinning and meet me there as well :) – iWoodpecker on Sphinn.

NB! Now Buzzom domain seems to be expired.

Guys, this is, actually, the greatest tool.. at least, for me. It was really hard for me to find out how I should look for new followers on Twitter – new targeted followers. Yeah, there is one common way, that will take all of your precious time. I mean the way, when you should search people and check each one’s profile one-by-one to follow, waiting till he/she follows you. But I’d like to show you the faster way – step by step.

1. Go to buzzom.com and type in your Twitter username (@username);
2. Wait till Buzzom connects with your Twitter account;
3. Don’t click those 3 big buttons in front of your eyes – choose “people search” from the right-menu instead;
4. * Have an idea what keywords to use? Think of it, really. That’s the most important thing you should think about. Just hit “go”, when you’re ready;
5. Check “all”. Follow them.

Why you shouldn’t choose?
Because it would be more effective and time-saving, if today you choose all of them to follow, but in 2-3 days you’ll unfollow those, who didn’t follow you.

Why it’s more effective, than the big button “Grow”?
When you hit “grow”, Buzzom will serach people, who 80-90% will follow you. But.. those are mostly spammers and stupid, annoying advertisers. I made this mistake. Just imagine it, when your Twitter chat is full of “the best ways to make money online”. That’s awful. And plus.. not all of those advertisers will follow you.

So, I hope it was useful, as it was for me. And I hope, that it will save your time.

* – My discovery was “RT blog”, “RT blogpost” and “RT new blogpost”. Why? Because it automatically excludes spammers and advertisers. The reason is, that they mostly don’t retweet. With these keywords I get targeted followers (for me) at the same time.