One thing that can improve the success of your blogging efforts is social bookmarking. However it is amazing how many bloggers skip this simple step because they do not think they have enough time to do it. I would submit that if you’re serious about blogging you should be social bookmarking even if it means making less blog posts to do it.
Social bookmarking is a simple step where you place the details of a blog post in an online social directory. This allows people to read it and to even vote on it in some social directories.
Hopefully you are blogging on a consistent basis. For some people that means adding a new blog article 1 time a week.
That is perfectly okay as long as you consistently stick with that schedule. The key is that you do not let your blog lie dormant and lose any benefit you may already have established.
You can bookmark your post to as many relevant directories as you want. Most blogging platforms also allow you to add a social bookmarking plug-in which allows you to quickly bookmark to the most popular directories without wasting time.
There are many social bookmarking services such as Onlywire.com which allow you to bookmark your blog post to multiple directories with the click of your mouse.
It is worth the time it takes to join the various directories in services such as this. If you choose to target only a handful of directories I would suggest making sure you bookmark to Digg, and Technorati.
Also when you bookmark your blog post be sure and include the proper key words as they relate to the article you have written. Therefore it is important you write quality articles that the search engines will find relevant to your targeted keyword phrase.
To really maximize your blogging effort you should develop a targeted list of longtail keyword phrases and write your blog articles around those. Then be sure and tag each blog post for the specific longtail keyword phrase. When you bookmark your post include a short summary with that keyword phrase in it, and also include the tag phrases in the bookmark.
You will never understand the true value of social bookmarking to your blogging efforts until you see the traffic that comes from doing it correctly. This traffic will come to you in the form of visitors from the social directories as well as the benefits of ranking high with various search engines.