Community love with MyBlogLog and BUMPzee

Bob Angus — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:56:06 +0000

I have been incredibly slow to build out my community connections and social bookmarking here on my blog. If you are going to have a successful blog, you must actively participate in a relevant, engaged community. So I’ve been joining everyone of the many social networking sites and social bookmarking services. Soon I will be updating the Marketing page with a complete list of these sites. For now, I am making several posts reviewing my favorites. First up are two popular communities for bloggers: MyBlogLog and BUMPzee.

Know what your visitors want with MyBlogLog

Yahoo’s recently acquired MyBlogLog is one of the most widely used community for bloggers. I have simply added their widget into the sidebar here and have done the basics within the account setup. The community participation is huge. I instantly had 5 truly relevant groups where I knew I would be a daily participant. However, MyBlogLog offers a lot more than just community. The biggest benefit is that I know what my visitors are interested in and where they went after leaving my site. Armed with that information, I can focus on making more posts on what you want to read. Great concept, huh?

My traffic numbers are getting a BUMP

BUMPzee takes a lot of what MyBlogLog does well in building communities and then adds the powerful element of social bookmarking. I’ve not only added the sidebar widget that shows who has visited bobangus.com recently, but I’ve added their “BUMP it” bookmarking widget for all of my posts. Plus, this bookmarking is perfectly integrated in with the sidebar widget by promoting the top bumped articles in addition to who has recently visited. BUMPzee is a the perfect blend of networking and relevant bookmarking.

Of course, my personal desire for the added traffic and the stickiness of participating in an active community (especially in affiliate marketing groups) is my biggest benefit. I just had my highest traffic day yesterday thanks to direct traffic from BUMPzee and getting 3 Bumps for my CJ Product User Group Post.

Join these communities and add me as a friend

I’ve already seen an instant boost in traffic coming from both Bumpzee and MyBlogLog, even though my number of connections is still pretty low. I really am looking forward to see what happens as I build out my friend lists. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend that you setup an account and take the extra steps of adding a ton of related tags, joining some related communities, and reaching out to make contacts. In fact, make sure to let me know who you are and I’ll add you to my connections.

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Great content sources to boost your viral traffic

Bob Angus — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:38:25 +0000

Rand Fishkin at SEOmoz posted an article that is a great reminder for anyone who has gotten into a rut with content. When data Repositories Open Up, So Do Possibilities for Viral Content provides information on finding great content and how to effectively use that content in the viral marketing world of Digg, Reddit, and others. For me, the post is a good kick in the pants to dig deeper to find and leverage the vast sources of free data that is available.

Of course, I caution you when you gaze upon a newly found treasure chest of data. First, do not just copy the data and use it verbatim. You can download it or you can use a scraper, but don’t shoot down your SEO efforts with duplicate content. Second, follow the source’s terms of use rules. Cease and desist letters are no fun.

The post also promotes a set of sites that I enjoy and occasionally use to instigate lively discussions amongst the product managers here at CJ. I highly recommend visiting and signing up for the RSS feed at ResourceShelf and Docuticker.

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Community love with MyBlogLog and BUMPzee

Great content sources to boost your viral traffic