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Influencers- Friend or Stranger?

Laurel Papworth

Digg has changed it’s social networking strategy from spotlighting key influencers who “digg&# a lot of articles to collect followers (crowd gatherers) to news from your friends. The Digg Situation. The new Digg looks, therefore, like a mix of Facebook, Twitter, and RSS. Crowd Gatherers (“Curators&# ).

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9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster

ProBlogger

When I started Digital Photography School I created avatars to represent the different types of people I’d be writing for. Sounds a bit like an avatar, doesn’t it?). Some of you may remember a site called Digg, where you could post links and people would vote on them. Think about why people might be coming to your blog.

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246: 9 Ways to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog

ProBlogger

One of the best things I ever did when I started my main blog today, Digital Photography School, is to create avatars, one of the best things that you can do. Gradually over time, I began to deepen my avatars. If you want to answer worksheets to help you work through creating avatars, it’s there. Does anyone remember Digg?

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Social Media Strategy: 10 Experts Reveal Their Secrets

Viper Chill

For example, you might not know that I helped one newspaper go from a limited social media presence to helping them hit the Digg homepage over 40 times. More than any other social site on the web, with Digg you have to participate in all aspects of the site. Digg, however, is really hard to “game.&#