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This post has been submitted by Sharon Hurley Hall from Get Paid To Write Online.com.

As a blogger, you probably have accounts at a lot of social bookmarking sites where you can promote your content. After a while, submitting to these sites individually can become time consuming, but you still need to do it - and you want to make it easy for readers to do it too. That’s where a multiple social bookmarking tool comes in.

There are two types - ones that make the social bookmarking sites available with one click so that readers can choose the ones they want to use, and those that do multiple submissions at once. For most of these tools you need to input a post title, URL, tags and description, though some may grab this information automatically.  Here are some of the options.

Social Marker

There’s no need to sign up to use Social Marker. After inputting information in the web interface, it takes you to a submission page for each site. I had problems logging into some sites, so the submission did not go well. However, I’ve found that if I’m already logged into one of the target sites it works fine. One of the nice features on this site is the ability to select different groups of bookmarking sites (such as dofollow sites, news sites and so on). There’s a browser bookmarklet and a WordPress plugin to make it easy to use on your blog.

SocialMatic

I must admit I found this site offputting and didn’t sign up, but I know several people find this a good site. It submits to 15 sites (though only 12 are listed on the home page. These exclude Digg and Twitter - a big failing in my opinion).

SocialPoster

Social Poster has an impressive list of sites you can submit to, and you can pick and choose by selecting predetermined categories or using the checkboxes. I tested it with a site I knew I was logged into and nothing seemed to happen, but I’m willing to believe that’s a Chrome glitch as I’ve used it successfully before. As well as a free browser bookmarklet, there’s a paid piece of software called Social Submitter. I decided to keep my cash in my wallet.

OnlyWire

OnlyWire used to be my tool of choice for multiple social bookmarking, then they started charging for the service. With OnlyWire you can bookmark to 18 services, using bookmarklets, browser tools, buttons or the API. It’s a good service, but so many other free ones available, why pay for it?

AddThis

AddThis is a bookmarking button. You can’t bookmark to multiple services at once, but they ARE all available at a click of a button. I’ve used this on my blog before and it works very well. Buttons are available in various forms for blogs, sites, MySpace pages, newsletters and more - and it’s a free service.

AddToAny

AddToAny works in a similar way to AddThis and the range of services supported is quite impressive. One of the distinctive features of AddToAny is that it automatically displays visitors’ services first. You can choose between a share button and a subscribe button - or install them both. It also integrates with Google Analytics. While I haven’t installed this myself, I have used it on other people’s blogs and it works well. Best of all it is free and can be used without setting up an account.

Of all the options I’ve looked at, AddToAny is currently my favorite, and I might give it a try instead of the Sociable WordPress plugin which I currently use. Have you got any to add to the list?

Sharon Hurley Hall
Get Paid To Write Online.com

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