Comments on: Should You or Should You Not Submit Your Own Stuff?

By: linda

linda — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:36:06 +0000

I think it looks awful to submit your own stuff to digg and reddit. I mean isn’t it sending a message that your stuff is not good enough for anyone else to submit? If you really are engaging in social media shouldn’t you instead just be social and ask a friend to submit your stuff for you on occasion?

By: Gerard

Gerard — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:40:10 +0000

Amy – surely if you get a friend to do it for you, it’s the same as submitting it yourself – the person is doing you a favour whether or not they like the content.

By: amy

amy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:24:42 +0000

I don’t vote for or read self submissions on digg, stumble and reddit, because to me if you had to submit it – it must not be that good. Ask a friend to do it – but don’t submit it yourself.

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By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:01:28 +0000

Hey socialmediamom,

This is a good question and I think that submitting your own stuff is legitimate. Now the question is wether people will like your own stuff and I think the system is regulating itself after a while.
Anyone who submits good content, being his own or other content will be heard. On the contrary anyone who submits junk will be buried soon enough.
It’s all about the content I think. Good content gets its share, the rest doesn’t. Social media is a way to find audience, and sometimes it can be difficult to be found, so people definitely may do something about it.

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By: Bill Austin

Bill Austin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:30:54 +0000

It has to meet the fourth C of The five C’s of Internet Marketing or it will not get passed on and is probably not worth your time to self submit or ask someone else to submit it for you.

Five Cs : of Internet Marketing: http://www.azhttp.com/2007/04/25/internet-marketing/

Continuous
Creation (of)
Clear
Compelling
Content

By: socialmediamom

socialmediamom — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:24:52 +0000

Whitney~ Thanks for stopping by. I definitely hear what you’re saying. You’ve got start somewhere and your own stuff is usually that place. Just make sure that you are stumbling and submitting others stuff as well and you will be good to go!

By: Whitney Hill

Whitney Hill — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:50:22 +0000

I’m happy to have stumbled upon your blog today – I am embarrassed to say I didn’t know the debate existed (I guess that shows how new I am at all of this). I have submitted my own stuff, and have felt a little silly doing it – but it is hard to get started without people knowing about your site and how will they know if you don’t self-publish? Kind of a viscious circle. I think I am going to reconsider and just let it happen. Thanks!

By: socialmediamom

socialmediamom — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:23:48 +0000

Gerry~ Thank you so much for stopping by. I love your description of spam and I think you nailed it when you said, “if I submit my well-researched and interesting article to a social media site, I’ll live or die by the quality of the content.” This reiterates what I said in that it should not be about “intent” but “content”.
Well said!