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One dilemma that any artist who has a website always runs into is how to get people to bookmark your website so they can come back.

Well, one way to get people to bookmark your website is to tell people to do it. Don’t expect that they will automatically will do it on their own. Remind them to do it by:

  1. Including links or buttons to bookmarking websites like del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, and Ma.gnolia on your website and blog posts
  2. Including requests to bookmark you at the end of any articles you write on your website
  3. Giving instructions on how to bookmark you
  4. Placing a “please bookmark me!” note at the top and bottom of each of your web pages
  5. Including it in your logo graphic like the one in this post
  6. Giving people a reason to bookmark your website

Out of all of these suggestions number 6 is the hardest to do. People aren’t just going to bookmark you just because you want them to. You need to give them a reason to do so. Having work that everyone loves to look at is one reason why people would want to bookmark you. But give them more reasons.

People love to bookmark things like great articles, references, interesting audio and video. People also like to pass along these bookmarks to others especially if the bookmark is funny, useful, or thought-provoking. For more information on how to get more bookmarks to your website, check out this article on getting better bookmarks and links.

So for today, think about it…what kind of things can you add to your website today that will make people want to bookmark it?

P.S. If you’ve found this post useful..please bookmark it. (Hey…just following my own advice :) )