Writing for Search Engine Land

Aug 14, 2007 by Chris Winfield | Social Networks

Let’s Get SocialI will be writing a monthly column for Danny Sullivan’s Search Engine Land as part of their Let’s Get Social weekly feature. My first column ran today is titled How To Win Friends And Influence People In Social News Networks:

Still wondering why you submit an article on Digg or Reddit and it goes nowhere? The key, as with most things in life, is who you know. But as with links, clients or affiliates: you want quality over quantity. You want people who are active and have strong profiles. So how do you go about building your network? Here are 11 ways to get started.

I wrote this article to give people some real tried and true ways as to how to build stronger profiles and networks on the social news sites. Don’t forget the social part in social media ;)

Check out the article here or the discussion here on Sphinn.com and look out for my monthly column at Search Engine Land.

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6 Responses to “Writing for Search Engine Land”

  1. Melanie Mitchell on August 15th, 2007 3:29 pm

    Great article Chris. I liked the fact that you included specific actions that folks can take rather than providing “generic” guidance.

  2. Chris Winfield on August 15th, 2007 3:50 pm

    Thanks a lot for the feedback Melanie – glad you liked it!

  3. Adam on August 17th, 2007 9:26 am

    Great article. Looking forward to future postings. FYI you have a small type-o. You are missing a H in montHly. “I will be writing a montly column for “.

    Not trying to be rude, just wanted you to know. I am not one of those grammar Nazis.

  4. Chris Winfield on August 17th, 2007 10:28 am

    Hi Adam –

    Thanks a lot for pointing that out – that’s what happens when you rush!

    Glad you enjoyed the SEL article, thanks for the feedback!

    Chris

  5. Malok on August 17th, 2007 5:07 pm

    Great article for beginners and veterans alike. Social networking is more of an art – and takes effort. Don’t be artificial. Be yourself, and help others out if you are able, and they are likely to return the favor.

  6. Chris Winfield on August 17th, 2007 9:19 pm

    Thanks Malok. ‘Be yourself’ is always a good thing to remember!

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