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alister said some very kind words about me a little while ago and i wanted to point them out here,

if Muhammad Saleem submits your story it means a) you’ve written an impressive enough post to get the attention of a top Digger (well done!) and b) you have, say, a 25 per cent chance of a bucket-load of traffic from a promoted story on Digg!

and he even gave out some pointers on how to bait me,

Now, you can leave it all to chance or you can think hard about how you can befriend some of the top Diggers. Muhammad Saleem, for example, is very approachable. Start by adding value in the comments of posts he writes on the Pronet blog, so he notices you. If you have good reason to do it, link back to a relevant post of your own in a comment you leave on his blog. Do what I did and send him a message or two via MyBlogLog. I didn’t send rubbish; for memory it was a suggestion to check out a post of mine that was on-topic with something he’d written somewhere.

check out the entire post.

in fact, he got it absolutely right. here’s what i said to him on his blog,

Hi Alister,

Thanks for the kind words. You know I was having the same conversation with Wendy (emomsathome.com) the other day. I don’t mind submitting content for anyone and I never ask for favors, money, or anything of that nature. The only thing I say is that if you want me to submit something for you, feel free to ping me, but please please please make sure that the content is Digg-worthy because I hate saying no.

Apart from that, if it helps you get traffic or reach whatever other goals anyone as a content producer has, I am more than happy to oblige.

when it comes down to it, i have a knack for finding the right content for digg and have a good reputation on the site. for example, i got 7 stories promoted on the site yesterday and got another 9 stories promoted since then, taking my total to 478 and putting me at number 16 on the list of top diggers.

i’ve never charged for putting any content up on digg and never will. if you want me to help you out (i.e. if you have great content that will be relevant to the digg community) all you have to do is ask.

i had an especially good day on digg today. 7 stories promoted in 26 hours, taking my total up to 469.

darren rowse has added his thoughts to my commentary on writing for digg,

Muhammad Saleem wrote a post over at CopyBlogger this week by the title - ‘Is it OK to Write for Digg’ and makes some really good points on either side of the debate.

I think some of Muhammad’s other points about a core and peripheral audience are great - use social media sites like Digg to expand your horizons and grow your audience - but keep your core readers right in your focus.

check out the entire post.

wendy piersall has a great post on her site today that covers,

why you would want to learn more about social media, what kind of results can you expect from social media, and how to get started learning more.

she was also kind enough to give us a shout out,

How to Get Started Learning More About Social Media

I’ve learned most of what I know from lots of trial and error (more error than trial, to be honest!). But also mainly from these three sources: Neil Patel, Muhammad Saleem (”Mu”), and my Elite Retreat cohorts (the participants hold a weekly mastermind conference call to implement what we learned at the conference). Neil and Mu write together on the Pronet Advertising blog, which has been bar far the most helpful and comprehensive source of information to really understand Digg and the Digg culture. Mu also recently landed a gig as a contributor to Brian Clark’s CopyBlogger.

check out the entire post.

brian just published my first post for copyblogger in which I answer the question,

Is it okay to write for Digg?

i hope that you will enjoy the post and offer feedback.

if you’re interested in microsoft’s social networking site wallop, please get a hold of me. i have seven six five four three two one many more invites to give away.

also check out my review and guide to the site.

i have unlimited invites to joost and i’m in the mood to share. let me know if you’d like to get in.

one already given away.

here’s an in-depth review and guide to the site from steve o’hear.

if you’re interested in me.dium and would like to take it for a spin, you can get your invite here.

you might also find the following to be useful:

exploring me.dium
an interview with david mandell of me.dium

i have five four six five six five four invites to i’m in like with you. if you would like an invite, please get my attention.

also check out my profile and pronet’s review and guide to the site.

i’m back from sobcon 07 and while i catch up on work, here are a few resources to get you up to speed on what happened that the conference. the conference was great, we all got to meet a lot of people and learn from their experiences.

Blog Critiques: What’s a Successful-Blog?
Wendy Piersall, eMoms at Home, Blog Coach
Tools Panel: Chris Cree (moderator) with MyBlogLog, Evoca, TheGoodBlogs
Drew McLellan, Mike Sansone, Mike Wagner - The Iowa Way
Andy Sernovitz - Word of Mouth guru
Rodney Rumford - VideoSticky
Ben Yoskovitz - Podcasting 101
David Armano - Conversation by Design
Liz Strauss: Successful and Outstanding Blogs
Phil Gerbyshak: 10 Ways To Make It Great

live blogging is brought to you by jason alba.

speakers’ profiles can be found at the sobcon 07 event site.