Do You Really Digg It

Lately I've been asked several times about what's the best way a person can leverage an article that they have written.
I think I should preface this response by saying that what is often written to this question assumes that you have a well written, informative, current, humorous or challenging article that will for what ever reason engage the reader on some level.
If any of these things apply to you and your article, read on.

To begin with you can always submit your article to the major journals and magazines that specialise in your area and whose target audience perfectly matches your own.
Writing for magazines carries a lot of prestige and certainly helps you to position yourself quickly as an expert in your field.

Away from printed media, there are also article submission directories that receive electronic versions of articles and publishes them on the web. Providers such as ezine.com well know and widely read.

And yest another and for some inexplicable reason one of the best avenues for articles around on the web, remains largely under utilised. Namely news sites such as: Digg.

The concept being that articles on any topic are submitted and referenced on the site and readers get to vote on the quality, relevance and ultimate usefulness of the piece by either voting to 'Digg' it or alternatively bury it.

Clearly still finding their place within the overall, social media marketing landscape, social news sites I suspect have the capacity to grow in popularity and become a more prominent platform moving into 2012 and beyond. If you haven't already done so, give it a go and see how you go.

And until next time, Good marketing and good luck.

Daniele.