Using social media sites to increase website traffic

You've probably already heard of some social bookmarking and networking websites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, etc. and may even be a member of them. But what do they have to do with blogging? Well, a blog needs traffic to thrive upon (more traffic = better search engine rankings = more potential money-making opportunities). Bloggers are increasingly realizing that becoming involved in social bookmarking and networking websites has immense benefits for improving the profile and traffic of their blogs as well as increasing their popularity as bloggers. By submitting your blog posts to such media sites, you automatically get a boost in eyeballs.