This is the third article in my Build Your Blog Through Social Media Series. In the introductory article, I described how I was able jump start my blog from zero pageviews in September to over 190,000 pageviews by November. The second article described how to use stumbleupon to promote your blog. This article focuses on BloggingZoom.

On November 1, the launch of BloggingZoom gave bloggers the perfect social media site to promote their blogs and articles. Bloggers writing on every niche are gathering at BloggingZoom to share the best articles around the blogosphere. I am glad that I joined BloggingZoom right from the start.

Please add me as a friend on bloggingzoom.

BloggingZoom was created by Courtney and Vic to allow bloggers to promote their own works and gain the attention of other bloggers. This culture of open access is what makes BloggingZoom different from social voting sites like Digg, Reddit and Propeller.

This tolerance is a breathe of fresh air and has made BloggingZoom my favorite social media site to read quality original blog content.

Who should be using BloggingZoom?

EVERY blogger should be using BloggingZoom. That’s right. If you are not using it, you are missing out on getting your writing in front of thousands of bloggers.

While making the front page of BloggingZoom will not bring you the traffic that a Digg front page will bring you, gaining traffic is not my goal with BloggingZoom. Instead, I want other bloggers to know about my blog.

For a site like mine focused on blogging tips, BloggingZoom is a match made in heaven. This social media site allows me to attract bloggers looking for blogging help. Additionally, since this site’s core audience is bloggers who must be pretty savvy with computers, Newest on the Net’s focus on discussing the latest Internet news is a perfect fit.

Bloggers are great readers for you to attract. Bloggers like blogs. They write blogs, they read blogs and they like to participate by leaving comments. These readers will help you develop a community for your blog.

Since I started using BloggingZoom, I have networked with lots of great bloggers. I have also increased my RSS subscribers with many people who first learned about NOTN through BloggingZoom. I have also gained friends in other social media sites like StumbleUpon from people who have found me on BloggingZoom.

Blogging Zoom Spreads the Wealth

Getting an article on Digg can bring lots of benefits to your site; traffic, links and more traffic. However, the chances of getting on the frontpage of Digg are very slim. You need to tailor your articles to topics that are popular with Digg users and you need a strong network of supporters to help you along. This is not the case with BloggingZoom.

At the present time you only need 5 zooms (votes) to make it to BloggingZoom’s front page. Of the 34 articles that I have submitted to BloggingZoom, 27 have gone hot and made it to the front page.

I am happy to note that my article on how to increase RSS subscribers is on the top 10 list of zoomed articles.

Do you want to read more about BloggingZoom? Well, here are some other great articles about this new social media site,

• BloggingZoom Review By Jason Clark
• Do You Zoom? – BloggingZoom Review
• BloggingZoom Accelerates the Blogging Business

Are you using BloggingZoom? Please share your experience.

Every week I try to gather a post of the best blog articles that I have come across in my journeys that week. Here is the best of the net for this week.

Explosive Blog Growth – Streven Snell from Vandelay Website Design has written an unbelievable article about why some blog take off in popularity so fast. Steven explains that you need to be able to write great content, network and use social media. However, Steven goes further to describe how you have to use these three things in concert with one another. Additionally, Steven explains how to use these three concepts no matter what stage your blog is at.

Paying Attention to Keywords is One of the Best Blogging Tips You’ll Get – BloggingNotes describe how important it is to use keywords in your articles in order to help gain search engine traffic.

Interview with Skellie -  If you aren’t reading skelliewag.org, then you’re really missing out on a great blog.  Ritu from WorkNPlay has done a great interview of Skellie.  You don’t want to miss this.

Ten Questions With Leo Babauta of Zen Habits – Mark for My Tropical Escape has interviewed Leo Babauta of Zen Habits.  Zen Habits is a great blog and you can learn a lot by reading this interview.

The Fastest Way to A Profitable Niche -  If you are still trying to find that niche that will start to make you money, Derek’s post should help you a lot.

Matt Cutts, Googles head of webspam, has created a great video describing how to use ALT text to describe your images. While nothing in this video is earth shattering, it is one of the best beginner descriptions of ALT text.

If you put images into your blog articles, make sure that you are complete the ALT text field. Matt suggests that you should keep the text to around seven words.

Matt’s description is great because it clearly describes how you can help Google find your images. This is an excellent way to bring in more search engine traffic.

Enjoy the video.

It seems that lots of people are interested in creating favicons for their Wordpress blogs.  The response to my guide on how to create favicons was great.  Recently, Terrence provided another greating resource for creating a favicon.

1favicon is this other great favicon resource.  1favicon has many great resources for favicons.

I encourage you to check out these guides:

• What is a Favicon?
• How to create a favicon?
• How to install a favicon?

I encourage you to create your own favicon.  www.1favicon.com seems like a great tool to create a favicon.

Thomas Sinfield from Make Money Blogging With Thomas Sinfield is selling a new ebook. Thomas’s ebook is titled A Beginner’s Guide to Making Money From Blogging: From a Beginner Who Did!!

This is a great guide for the person who wants to begin blogging, but does not know where to start. If you have been thinking about starting a blog and want a quick start guide, I recommend that you purchase this ebook.

What topics are covered by A Beginner’s Guide to Making Money From Blogging?

• What is blogging?
• Which blogging platform is right for you?
• How to purchase a domain?
• Where should you host your blog? By the way, I highly recommend Bluehost!!
• How do you install WordPress?
• How do you install a theme?
• How do you start getting visitors?
• How do you start producing valuable content?
• How do you use social media to attract visitors?
• How do you start making money with your new blog?

Who is this guide targeted to?

This guide is great for beginner bloggers. It is written with the goal of helping those who need a hand in getting started in blogging.

How much does this guide cost?

Thomas is selling this ebook for only $10. I think that this is the perfect price point for this ebook.

If you are on the fence about whether this ebook is right for you, take a look at Thomas’ excellent blog. This is also some more great information about this ebook here.