How to: Make a post delicious

Most bloggers find that if their post has a digg, stumbleupon, or del.icio.us (delicious) tag, the traffic spike runs anywhere from 100% to 5,000% over other posts.   Here are some of the ideas I had. It’s just a start.

1. Be visual. Use images and titles that reflect uniqueness of your idea
2. Mention the iPhone.  Or better yet- demo on it.
3. Use a whiteboard.  SEOMoz and Common Craft have mastered this approach
4. Link in to other blog posts you’ve done before
5. Be orignial. Find interesting trends or mash-ups that are useful to your community
6. Don’t be the first.  Just focus on connecting the dots
7. Use sites like stumbleupon, delicious, newsvine, digg, and reddit because your readers will follow suit