What I learned from being on the Digg.com Front page FOUR times, & the $1000 bet

Not long ago I received an email that I will never forget… it was a challenge from my business partner a “$1000 bet that I could get ANY article onto the Digg.com main page in 3 attempts.”

I have decided to share my story as a case study of a behind the scenes look at the Digg effect, and some of the tips, tricks and secrets that I have mastered through thousands of hours of study and experiment.

I am sure that this will be a valuable insight for any webmaster, and it should also prove very interesting for the Digg.com users.

Ok, back to the bet: his rules were simple:

1) $1000 prize money if i succeed

2) He chooses 3 random articles

3) I have 2 weeks to transform them into Digg.com front page material.

4) I cannot drastically change the articles, just use my techniques and secrets to turn the boring articles into Digg front page material.

Despite my past success on virtually every social media site on the net, I must confess that initially I was going to reject this bet. However, I had proposed to my girlfriend the week before, and frankly… engagement rings are not cheap, so $1000 seemed more tempting than normal.

I accepted his offer and he showed me 3 random articles.

Article 1: A self improvement article on procrastination
Article 2: A photo and brief review of a new product
Article 3: A religious article

I am now going to give you the biggest spoiler you have ever seen…. I was on the main page of Digg.com 48 hours later, with my FIRST attempt.

What’s more, I have proof, I have screenshots, I have a before and after of the article, I have $1000 in the mail with my name on it, and I have the secrets and tricks that I used to get 29,000+ unique visitors and tons of backlinks.

Note: Over the next two weeks I am going to show you EXACTLY how I did it, I will show you the screenshots, The traffic that I received, and I am going to show you how you can do the same for ANY article and ANY website.

Speak soon.

Dean