The Secret To Happy Diggers (Stumblers, etc.)
Liz Strauss has a great post up at her blog today titled “The Secret To Massive Digg/StumbleUpon Traffic Without Spamming.” It’s trademark Liz - highly readable, common sense applied in a brand new way, and very good advice. Essentially, she says, it all comes down to saying a proper “Thank you!” to the person or persons who started the snowball rolling. (See, your kindergarten teacher was right - everything you need to know in life …)
One thing though … it’s the title of her post. Is saying “thank you” to the originators (as excellent an idea as it is) really the secret to massive Digg/SU traffic? Or is it the secret to return visitors? I don’t see most users spreading the word that “this blogger said thank you and that’s so cool!”, so I’m not sure how the word would get out to prompt others to do the same for you. And expecting one person to Digg/Stumble you over and over isn’t really realistic.
But Liz makes one suggestion that I’d never thought of and just love:
While your story is still popular, link to your champion’s profile from your story. Place your link at the top of the story. That shows your thanks in a highly visible way. That link back also might send a ton of Digg/SU Users to your recommender’s profile. Chances are that will increase your his or her number of fans. You can bet a “thank you? like that will be noticed. Even LifeHacker takes time to thank their Digg friends.
How brilliant is that?
