Jason Falls offers a helpful post today on how to do intelligent tagging on the social-bookmarking site, Delicious, and I thought that augmenting his list with two tricks of my own might be helpful:

1. Create a special tag for all blog posts you leave comments to. I use Commented (simple enough, right?). This enables me to track the conversations I’ve jumped into around the web, and then to check back in on those comment streams from time to time. (Yes, there are other tools, like coComment, that are meant to offer similar functionality, but I’ve found them all unreliable and buggy.)
2. Create unique tags as you research and prepare for a presentation. Two examples: When I was asked to give an overview on podcasting at a Ragan conference last year, I came up with a Pod101 tag to organize relevant websites, case studies, and blog posts. Similarly, for a talk on pitching bloggers at last month’s Cision Breakfast Seminar, I referred to my BR101 bookmarks when organizing my thoughts and speaking points.

Delicious isn’t an overly flashy site — though its current design is markedly better than its previous incarnation — but it’s a remarkably useful tool for storing and organizing web pages you’ll want to reference for projects later on.

More resources for using Delicious

1. Learning about Delicious
2. Using Delicious for thought leadership
3. Daily servings of Delicious delights

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