The social media environment can take your blog where you wouldn’t even have dreamed of, it’s true, but what most bloggers don’t realize is that, in order to succeed on sites like Digg or Reddit, you need to work reall hard, especially for Digg. Of course, there’s always the option of passing an amount of money to the right people, but we’re not talking about that, because this is the beauty of social media, it’s absolutely free.

So, like I said, it takes a lot of hard work to start getting results, and you need to analyze whether it’s worth it or not at a certain point. And here’s one of the best posts I’ve read, about the Skellie for Problogger. I advise you to give it a read, because it will give you a more clear picture of the social media environment.