Jazz Tweeps on Digg

Our little Digg experiment is going well so far. In one day we've got a crew of 8 jazz tweeps Digging-up jazz content there, with quite a few articles, photos, and videos submitted.

If you have a Digg acount, please check out some of the content that's been submitted, or add some new jazz-related content (and it's fine to submit your own articles or blog posts.)

Jazz Content on Digg

This morning I set up a Digg account and submitted a bunch of blog posts and articles by jazz tweeps. This is a great way to get more exposure for jazz-related content as Digg can have a huge impact on search-engine ranking.

If you already have a Digg account, please consider submitting content from the many jazz writers and bloggers among us, or Digging-up jazz-related content that's already been submitted.

Here's the profile I set up, with the content I've submitted: digg.com/users/DCJazzShows. I wanted to submit more content but I reached my limit (set for new users.)

From The Digg Effect:

Getting to the front page of Digg leads to a such traffic surge that it has been known to cripple web servers. Thousands of Digg users instantly flock to the source site as soon as a story hits Digg's front page, causing traffic to spike on web sites well higher than usual levels.

The Jazz Community on Twitter

Thanks to those of you reading this blog. This is my attempt to get people together — the people who love jazz deeply and promote it passionately on Twitter. I've seen jazz tweeps create new jazz fans, and I've seen the impact that tweeting and retweeting can have on attendance at jazz shows. I am eager to find more ways for us to share and connect through our mutual love for jazz.

I am not a writer, and this blog is in need of bloggers. If you tweet about jazz and feel inspired to say something here, I would love for you to contribute.

Welcome to Twitter Jazz Network!

This blog is focused on the many great Tweeps on Twitter who love jazz, Blip jazz, and spread jazz. There's a very large (and growing) network of people who actively promote jazz on Twitter — the music, the musicians, and the venues. This is an attempt to bring more focus to those efforts, as we continue to fill the gap created by the lack of support for jazz from the music industry and the mainstream media.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for this blog or for the #TwitterJazzNetwork, please talk to me at Twitter.com/MaryamLovesJazz or at DCJazzShows@gmail.com.

UPDATE: The_Jazz_Lawyer suggested adding a Twitter feed with a search on 'jazz'. Great idea.

UPDATE 2: The search in the Twitter feed has been changed to 'jazzlives' — too many irrelevant tweets in the timeline when the search was set to 'jazz'.

UPDATE 3: Because of an unfortunate email I received about setting the Twitter feed to search for the phrase 'jazzlives', I have now set it to search for TwitterJazzNetwork. Most tweets with that tag will appear in the feed.