Creating a good impression on web users has got to start foremost with the way your headline sounds. A site’s headline is the first, and most often the main thing users will see from your article, so if you don’t make the effort to provide a catchy headline, your chances of getting to the main page are nil.

Create Attention-Grabbing Headlines

Crafting the headline is crucial in drawing web traffic. However, if you want to keep that attention always, create a meaningful description. The description must be slightly stimulating since this draws more attention but still, never use lies and false facts to provoke interest. For instance, if your write “This article will reveal to you the 10 sure ways to deal with stress once and forever and live a relaxing life from now on.”, visitors will hardly think that your story is true and facts-based.

A simple example of this would be:

Original headline : The Two Types of Cognition Improved Headline : Learn to Understand Your Own Intelligence

Craft Interesting First Paragraphs

You could also might be lured to using long tell-it-all paragraphs to describe your masterpiece; however bear in mind that many users will not bother reading anything over 100-150 characters.

Maintain Good Content

Write a catchy headline
This is very important. Your listing will go unnoticed if you didn’t write a catchy headline. Your headline is the first and in most cases the only thing your users will see. So it should make them want to click on the link.

Provide a meaningful description
Your headlines may have been impressive. But a bad description will still prevent users from clicking on your link. The description must be interesting. But don’t use lies and false facts to draw attention. Keep it brief. Most users won’t bother to read anything over 100-150 words. So keep it short.

Write good content
Your success on social bookmarking sites depends on your chances of getting bookmarked by other users. So write good content that is both useful and interesting. This will make people want to bookmark it.

Make it easy for others to vote / bookmark your site
Allow your visitors to bookmark your pages. All you have to do is put a bookmarking button at the end of the article. If your users like your content, they will add it to the respective bookmarking sites. The more bookmarks you receive, the more visitors you will get.

Have Related Articles / Popular Articles
Social bookmarking sites will bring in a lot of visitors. But they won’t return unless you have more interesting articles on your site. Cross-link the pages on your site so that your visitors will find all interesting content. Traffic from social bookmarking sites will get you more subscribers to your RSS Feeds and newsletters. So put them in a visible place on your site.

Respond to comments on your stories
Now that your page has made it to the front page, you are bound to get some comments. Respond to them. And if you can don’t hesitate to post comments on other stories you find interesting. This will help you make friendship with other social marketers and will ultimately prove beneficial to you and your site.

Prepare your server for the expected traffic
Being on the front page of a social bookmarking site will drive a lot of traffic to your site. Make sure that your server is capable of handling the sudden influx of visitors. You will look really silly if you attract a lot of visitors and are not able to serve them because your server crashed or you exceeded your bandwidth.

Use automated submission tools
If you have tried social bookmarking before, you should know that posting links requires a lot of time. You can save a great deal of this time by using automated submission tools. But before you choose one, make proper enquires. Talk to other people who may have used the tool. If they are satisfied, you will probably have no reason to be dissatisfied.