Increasing traffic using social media

I'm still a newbie at this and only recently decided to increase my blog exposure. One of the ways, of late, that is getting a lot of 'webplay' is using social platforms such as Facebook, Youtube, etc. to this. For me it is still a bit complicated - it probably isn't, but then again i haven't tried hard enough or even spent  time (of which i don't have much) figuring it out.

And this is precisely the point....time to figure it out! Most people like myself - the casual internet blogger or part time share trader, are very busy, we don't have time to still figure things out. So i've opted for a more straigtforward and uncomplicated way of trying to increase traffic and also my blog rank, by registering on what is called blog aggregators. In simple terms, it is a site that lists blogs...basically!

It took my fancy because i don't have to learn or do anything different...but blog! You also get an opportunity (on 1 site) to peek at other blogs and get an idea of what makes them successful.

I've joined 2 so far:

•  http://www.socialpress.co.za/ - i like the nice clean layout of the site. It is fairly new and gives you a chance to grow with it. I've already learnt plenty from likeminded people on this site.
• http://www.afrigator.com/ - the site is described as the largest blog aggregator in Africa, has won several awards and has a good Alexa rating.

I'm sure it's gonna well worth investing my time in a few extra comments on these sites.