It’s not news anymore how important social media websites have become.  However, many people can be turned off by the fact that established sites like Digg or Reddit can be hard to penetrate, meaning not everyone will get the benefits they supposedly offer.

Enter Socialmedian.com, a fresh new social news network that connects you to personalized news and information.  It’s kinda like Twitter and Digg combined, enabling users to easily choose and filter news and information that’s relevant to them.

To get started with socialmedian, the first best thing to do is to sign up and join some news networks on topics that you find interesting.  Then follow the newsmakers to discover the news these people are clipping.  Clip the stories that appeal to you so you can show other peopel what you find interesting.  See for yourself and add me to your network – http://www.socialmedian.com/jonasdelosreyes.

Another thing, I’m relisting down this post I discovered which presented 50 niche social sites to provide you with more targeted links for your blog and definitely a much smaller base of competition. Check it out and see if there’s a niche site that will work for you.

Finance
1. Value Investing News
2. Real Estate Voices
3. Feed the Bull

Shopping & Style
4. iliketotallyloveit
5. Dealigg
6. Stylehive
7. Chictini
8. ThisNext
9. Kaboodle

Sports
10. ArmchairGM
11. BallHype

Causes
12. Care2
13. Gaia
14. Fivelimes
15. Hugg

Art & Design
16. Design Float
17. Design Sites Up
18. Ravelry
19. PhotographyVoter
20. Pixel Groovy

Internet Technology
21. DNHour
22. Hacker News
23. Slashdo
24. tweako
25. BloggingZoom
26. DZone

Business
27. KillerStartups
28. PlugIM
29. HubSpot
30. Gooruze
31. Sphinn
32. Small Business Brief

Entertainment
33. ShowHype
34. Video Bomb
35. IMEEM
36. Wordsy
37. Crackle
38. GamerDNA
39. Hey! Nielsen
40. VideoSift

Miscellaneous
41. Kirtsy
42. NewsHeat
43. Fark
44. Blogs4God
45. BlackPlanet
46. Yahoo! Buzz
47. Meme or Lame
48. AutoSpies
49. Daytipper
50. tipstrs