Social bookmarking is a term that is often defined as Web 2.0 because it has an online community atmosphere.  It is basically a site where people get to list their favorite sites for other people to see and the other people can comment on them and put in their two cents on the content of the bookmark.

Now the question is, how do you use social bookmarking to help your blog?

You use social bookmarking in a couple of ways.

1.)    To get your site indexed quickly as the video below will show you.

2.)    To get traffic to your site.

I have literally seen over 1,000 visitors in two days because of a site that was submitted to Stumbleupon.  You can actually see this in the case study for the blog that I am giving away at Blogging Beginners which is free, but below are a couple of screen captures that show  you the increase in traffic and where it came from.

A key point to remember is that you don’t want to submit only your sites to the social bookmarking sites.  You want to submit other good content as well so it doesn’t look like you are spamming the sites.

I use a couple of tools to submit to the social bookmarking sites the first one I use is Bookmarking Demon.  It is great because after you set it up not only can you submit to numerous sites quickly and easily but you can ping your pages in the sites.

Bookmarking Demon will let you add a bookmark to over 100 sites out of the box and you can easily add more as you find them, but I only have mine set to send to a little over 60 services.  The reason for this is there are a lot of services that use the Pligg script which is known to be susceptible to viruses and I avoid those services just on principal.  My computer is unlikely to be infected because I have all the proper software installed but why take the chance? Don’t worry, it comes with a comprehensive user guide that will tell you about all of this and even show you how to set up your linking campaigns.

Bookmarking Demon is what I used to get the post in the video above indexed and I highly recommend it to get your site indexed and get backlinks to your site.

The other tool I use is OnlyWire.  You can see this by mousing over the Bookmark and Share button below this post.  I highly recommend you put this plugin on your blogs because if I see a post I like I will use that button to submit your post to over 16 services.  But if I don’t see that button your post I still have a browser plugin that will let me submit any page I am on to multiple services.

Now why do I recommend using OnlyWire when I have already used the Bookmarking Demon?

It is because the Bookmarking Demon does a great job at getting me backlinks and getting the post indexed but there are three services that can get you a lot of traffic that Bookmarking Demon doesn’t do that well with.  They are StumbleUpon (as you saw above), Digg and Technorati.  These are the main services that I use OnlyWire for.

The combination of these two guarantees that my posts are indexed within 48 hours and I usually see at least a little traffic from them within 24 hours.

There is one more effective technique you can use for social bookmarking and that is to find a community of bloggers that have set up a social bookmarking group (like we have with Blogging Beginners) and you submit your site for bookmarking and if they like your post they bookmark it for you. Having your posts bookmarked by numerous people helps you get traffic and indexed.  But remember if you join one of these groups you need to actively participate in the group to get the most from it.

Overview:

Social bookmarking will get your site indexed quickly and bring traffic to your site.

Tools:

Bookmarking Demon – for quick and easy distribution of your posts to a LOT of social bookmarking sites.

OnlyWire – for quick distribution to a number of social bookmarking sites including the biggies, StumbleUpon, Digg and Technorati.

Social Groups – to submit a specific post to be bookmarked by numerous people.

The internet just continues to get deeper and deeper into the daily lives of people all over the world. With the addition of video to the internet marketing landscape has taken surfing and browsing to a whole new level .

You may be wondering how the new school entrepreneur can take advantage of this new trend? If so, I’ll show you exactly how you can use Web 2.0 to fill your bank account with cash and have plenty fun doing it in just a moment.

Pull up your chair a little closer and listen to this fact that sheds some light on this cutting edge media platform. Research conducted by the Interactive Advertising Forum shows that video viewership on the internet has increased 46% (3rd Quarter 2008) on YouTube, Veoh and other popular video marketing and sharing sites.

The writing is clearly on the wall and it’s time for you to capitalize on this fast growing trend. With millions of new viewers swarming to these Web 2.0 video sites you need to stay ahead of the video marketing curve. Here are some quick tips to get you in shape to cash in:

1. Purchase a video camera, web cam or camera with a video recording feature (nothing expensive) if you don’t already have one. If you do, then you are already set.

2. Start playing around (familiarizing yourself) with the Windows Movie Maker program that you already have on your computer. This is all you need to edit your new videos and it is simple to use (my seven year old can do it).

3. Start your first YouTube account. It’s easy to set up and most importantly it’s free to get started. Go to www.YouTube.com to get started. If you already have an account, create a second one strictly for business use.

4. Use the basic Web 2.0 video marketing success formula to craft your video message:

a. Present a problem your audience may be facing

b. Offer the best solution to the challenge and how your product can be used to eliminate the problem

c. Give your viewers a STRONG call to action. Simply tell them what you want them to do next (i.e. visit you website, call your office, etc.)

It really is this simple to cash in on the Web 2.0 Video Marketing Tsunami that is taking over the internet. All you need to do is be in the right place, at the right time, with the right message. Follow this simple advice and you can make internet history in the is fast paced world of overnight cyber-millionaires.