Have you ever dreamed of using social bookmarking tool to increase both traffic and sales, only to end up being labeled as a self-promoter by the social media sites? Or even worse, getting banned from accessing these sites altogether? Here are six strategies for a successful social bookmarking campaign.

1. Use the proxy server function to keep your IP address anonymous. A proxy server acts as a go-between for your computer and the server running the social media sites. By activating this function, the system will hide your IP address from your targeted sites protecting you from being banned.

2. Don't use too many login IDs. The tactic of using hundreds of accounts to promote a backlink in a social bookmarking site has proven to be short-lived and ineffective.

3. Delay the time between each login and each post. Social media sites are very sensitive to people trying to access their sites using computer programs. Simply waiting a few seconds between logging in and making a post will make it look a lot more natural to these sites, and minimize your chances of being red-flagged as spammer. Moreover, waiting a few days between each backlink post on a site does wonders in improving your credibility to its users.

4. Use different login names to reduce your internet footprint. Most bookmarking tools can randomly assign a login name from a pool of names when registering your accounts. This way, people won't see the same name bookmarking the same website all over the Internet.

5. Choose a good title, tag, and description. Would you click a title that looks junk to you? These three items are what other people will use to decide whether or not to click on your link.

6. Bookmark other sites besides your own. The easiest way to look like a scammer is to only make posts that are obviously promoting something. You will look infinitely more credible if you often bookmark other popular and unrelated links. Ideally, try to make at least five unrelated posts for each backlink you create.

These six strategies just scratch the surface of how you can improve your social bookmarking campaigns. As these examples have shown, the dream of increasing traffic and sales can easily be achieved with subtlety, finesse, and some preparation.

Lawrence Kwok is a Web 2.0 social bookmarking enthusiast and fanatic. Need more tips on how to use social bookmarking tool? Feel free to read more about this subject at http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-use-bookmarking-demon-4.

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