On June 6 2008 I wrote an article entitled "Why Athletes Go
Broke". It went popular and generated 814 Diggs. This is a
fairly modest number for a front page submission. In
contrast, the actual article on my blog received 30
thousand hits. This is again, not an unusually large number
of hits from a front page submission. The real benefit is
the other search engines and blogs that pick up on this
large number of hits. This process got my post noticed by
the New York Times. The Times linked to the my blog in
their Freakonomics Section in a post entitled: Why Do So
Many Celebrities Go Broke. It was also posted in their
"Whats Online" section. The Times postings resulted in my
submission being picked up by news blogs all over the
world. This resulted in two ESPN interviews and a national
appearance on the Fox News Channel.(video below) I have
also received several offers to write for publications.
What lessons can be learned from this? There are some that
will say that this only happened because my last name is
Cuban. I dispute that assertion. I have written many blogs
that have gone front page and not generated any interest
beyond Digg. It proves that Digg does work for bloggers
even in the face of any disdain by the Digg community
towards the blogging community. I have no idea if this
disdain actually exists but I read about it frequently. It
proves that regardless of any Digg variables, content will
always be king. If you have content that is timely,
interesting and hits a "public nerve" Digg will work for
you. Digg is not just for distributing hard news around the
internet. Digg can work to distribute your thoughts on that
news as well. You just have to have something worth saying.
Digg can pull back the curtain but the audience still has
to like the show. Be original-Be timely-Be bold as a
blogger. The Digg community will stand up and take notice.
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I am a Dallas attorney working for Mark Cuban companies. I
am an avid writer and part time actor. My website is
http://www.briancuban.com
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