7 tips to harness the power of Digg
Digg is used by most people for entertainment and to waste some time but others have harnessed it’s power to become productive and achieve success.
If you don’t know, Digg is a social media site that allows its users to vote or “digg” stories that interest them. Digg currently has over one million users and has changed online media. Users have been able to share information that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.
Here are 7 tips to harness the power of Digg and use it to your advantage.
1. Make friends
This is one of the greatest and most powerful aspects of Digg. You can create contacts and keep in touch with people across the globe and from all aspects of life. Many business people working at well known companies use digg frequently. You can easily find people with similar interests by simply seeing who dugg a submission, and by clicking their name.
2. Communicate
After you’ve made some friends, strike up some conversation with them. There’s plenty of ways you can do this. Many diggers place their instant message names and links to their other social network profiles. Talk about stories that are on the homepage or talk about each other’s submissions. Though digg lacks a private messaging system, use shouts to communicate. Most diggers use shouts to get diggs for their submissions, but to stand out and get noticed send shouts that are a little longer and personal.
3. Spot trends and opportunities
With digg you can spot trends in many areas of business, especially tech. You can see what the latest gadgets are and what most consumers are really interested in. Many times you can also discover cutting edge and emerging companies.
4. Add to your profile
You don’t have to write your whole life story but add to your profile. Add some pictures, your bio, any websites you have, or any other social networks you belong to. Make sure to add an icon that people can remember. Also be inviting. In your profile, be welcoming to IM’s and shouts, just be friendly and you’ll make more friends.
5. Find employment
Besides working at digg, when you find emerging start ups and cutting edge companies, check them out and look for employment. Also use your contacts at various companies to see if they’re hiring.
6. Read
Most internet users and especially diggers, just skim articles. It’s usually difficult to read on a screen. But if you take your time and read you’ll learn so much more. Save an interesting article for when you have more time or even print it out if you would like.
7. Be open-minded
There’s a lot of strange and wacky things on digg, so you really need to be open-minded. Diggers also have lots of opinions and like to express them to get their points across. Give others respect and take everything they have to say into consideration. If you’re close-minded you’re probably missing more than fifty percent of digg’s content.
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