If you have been desperately trying to get an article on the front page of Digg, you may want to conserve that energy and try some niche social media sites. Rather than competing with millions of other sites, you could be competing against thousands, all the while appealing to a target audience. Below are eight social media sites that are geared toward a niche.

  1. Hacker News Niche: Web Development, Tech News
    Do you have an article that is SlashDot-worthy? In that case, it would fit right in with Hacker News. This is a relatively new bookmarking site that is perfect for blogs about Web development.
  2. blogs4God Niche: Christian
    If you operate a blog with a Christian theme, this is the place to market your work. Still in a beta format, it should be easy to work your way into a power user position on this new site.
  3. ScoreGuruNiche: Sports
    There are many new sports blogs popping up all over the Web. However, it can be hard to market these sites on more tech-driven social media sites. Many nerds, as you can imagine, don’t appreciate sports. ScoreGuru offers an outlet for your sports articles.
  4. Sk-rtNiche: Female Readership
    This growing community is now being referred to as “Digg for chicks.” If you are a female author or have written a blog post that would appeal to women, then this is the social media site for you.
  5. tipstrs Niche: Tips, Tricks and Tutorial
    If you have written any sort of how-to for your blog, this is a great place to submit the entry.
  6. PhotographyVoterNiche: Photography
    Whether you operate a photoblog or have written about photography in general, this site will be an appropriate place to market your blog. General entries on design may be appropriate, too, depending on how you work in the subject of photography.
  7. Plant Change Niche: Environmentalism
    Writing about “green” topics is really hot right now on the Web, so this is the right time to jump on the marketing bandwagon. Plant Change is an Australian environmentalism site that offers a social bookmarking feature.
  8. Dissect MedicineNiche: Health and Medicine
    If you write an entry related to medical news or general health, Dissect Medicine is a growing community for marketing your work.

As general social media sites grow in size, it becomes harder and harder to become noticed. This is why niche sites are the future of online marketing. Likewise, readers prefer to hang out on sites that cater to their interests. So, while some of the above sites will come and go in the night, there will always be some kind of niche site for you to utilize.

Heather Johnson is a freelance business, finance and credit writer, as well as a regular contributor for Business Credit Cards, a site for comparing best business credit cards. She welcomes questions, comments, and freelancing job inquiries at her email address heatherjohnson2323@gmail.com

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