Published Date: June 26, 2007

It’s not secreat links bring traffic — directly and through search engine traffic. I just came across 27 great link building tips at Link Builders Union that is worth taking a look at. My favorite? Lucky Number 13.

13. Leverage Social Media

Easier said than done and it does take a network of friends to help you out when the time comes and you have something really great to push for the Digg and del.icio.us home pages. My quick advice is to check in with these sites every week or two and find stories you think are interesting and vote for them. If you show some activity your future votes and submissions will be looked on more favorable. Also, get a friend to start the process for you. My first encounter going popular was done without my prior knowledge!

Anyway, these sites are worth the effort. My last popular story picked up about 60 links and 30,000 extra visitors and a couple hundred new subscriptions to my RSS feed.

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