There is a rumbling in the blogosphere on whether you should blog for Social Media or for your readers. With all the choices to submit to Digg, Mixx, Reddit and others, writers and bloggers are confused. Do you compromise your reader by writing for front page listing and most popular story on social bookmarking sites? Or do you continue to give your readers what they love--the content you have always written?
It's a dilemma, and there may not be a right or wrong answer. For me, I do what my audience expects, and I fore go the fame and potential increase in fleeting traffic for loyal readers. I once had a very popular post on Digg, yet none of those people who voted for my article had a clue what I wrote about, nor did they stick around for more. They visited that one time, cast their vote and moved on to the next story.
Here are some pros and cons on whether you should write for Social Media:
Cons:
Blogging for Social Media is difficult. It's hard to know what the next great thing is.
If you are not the first one with the information you won't get much love.
In fact, you may be penalized for it.
Your readership may not be targeted. You could end up writing for a flaky audience.
You have to find the right Social Media audience for the content you provide. Otherwise, your posts will fall on deaf ears.
You must continually test and trial until the right Social Medium is located.
Pros:
Once you find the right audience for your content, you could find an endless source of targeted traffic.
The traffic is free, its only cost is time.
You will find great sources of networking.
Valuable blogging friendships formed.
If you decide to write for Social Media make sure you choose the appropriate device to get your posts in front of the right readers.
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