In several posts in the past I have written to you about a tribe that I am a member of. The name is TSA, which stands for Tribe Syndication Association. As a member of this tribe I syndicate content of other members and in return they syndicate my content. It is a great concept. This tribe is special, because everything is based on the honor system. Where do you find that any longer these days?
But that is not the reason I am writing to you. I have been a part of this group since the beginning, early March. The group is steadily growing, which is no surprise since it is free and the benefits are huge. The process has been fascinating. In the beginning we all commented on each others blogs and re-tweeted some tweets. The top syndicators accumulated several hundred syndications each week.
Next thing that happened is we started educating each other. Videos were made, discussions took place. The number of syndications per person per week went up significantly. To be the top syndicator for the week these days you need to provide at least 1500 syndications to other members within the tribe. The record is already in the 2000s. Now the interesting thing is that the majority of syndications is taking place through Onlywire, a semi-automated social bookmarking software.
Thanks to Onlywire (and now also ping.fm) everybody is receiving a lot of bookmarks on a weekly basis. This switch in focus from comments to social bookmarks took place towards the end of April. Go ahead and see the impact this had on the traffic to my blog.
As you can see the number of unique visitors to my website grew by about 300 per month since the start of TSA. But when we all started using the social bookmarking sites, the number of unique visitors all of a sudden increased by 1200 in the month of May and June is looking just as strong! Just so you know the TSA has about 100 members at this point, so this increase cannot possibly all have come from members.
Clearly, social bookmarking has a very beneficial impact on the amount of traffic to your site. The fact that others are bookmarking my site, and I do not have to do this myself helps even more. All bookmarks are natural and come in over time.
If you have a little time to give to others, I highly recommend that you check out TSA. It is the easiest, most fun, way to gain a constantly growing traffic stream to your site. I have not even touched on the friendships that you will build with this group of like minded people.
You should start by going to the TSA Facebook group, and watch all the training videos. Than you sign up on the spreadsheet (link is provided on the Facebook page) and you are ready to go. This is something anybody can do. There is no cost involved, just some of your time. I am looking forward to see you within the tribe!
