Now you have a basic understanding of social bookmarking, how it
works and the unique cultures that each fosters. It’s time we got down
to learning how to make social bookmarks for you:
Tap your existing traffic to “lure” others in If Facebook, Twitter and Squidoo are social media platforms to bring in
and keep customers, then social bookmarks use those customers to
bring in new people for you.

Simply encourage your own users, visitors and customers to bookmark
your site using the social bookmarks of their choice. You can even design
your own website to include hyperlinked images of these social
bookmark sites and leave them near the top and bottom of a webpage.
Even something as simple as a big red arrow pointing to the bookmark
buttons can make a world of difference in the number of bookmarks you
get for your website.

Use attractive titles and pictures to “hook” new users
Once people bookmark your website, their friends and connections will
then get a short glimpse of your website. You have about two to ten
seconds to convince these friends and connections to spend a precious
minute or two reading your webpage.

This is why it is absolutely important for you to spend time fixing up your
webpages. Appropriate colors, topic-related pictures and strong
headlines will help pique the curiosity of those skimming through the
bookmarks of your current followers.
If you don’t have the expertise, time or money to spruce up your
website, then you might want to consider hiring a website designer to do
the dirty work for you. There will be a nominal fee, of course, but it will
be worth it when people find your site attractive enough to spend time
in.

Provide great content to “reel” them in
Your expertise in providing content will come in once people decide to
spend time reading your website in greater detail.
Providing good content is pretty straightforward: be informative, be
relevant, be interesting and be exciting. If you want more details on this
matter, then simply backtrack to our discussion on Squidoo. Most of
what was in that chapter revolves around providing great content, so
you can always refer to the information provided there when writing up
content.