The 6 Social Media Sites You Need to Know About

Written by martin ware on Oct 12, 2011 2:08 pm

Today we’re going to tell you about 6 free sites that’ll help you:

Explode your traffic…
Get a better search engine ranking…
Build a name for yourself as an expert in your field…
Maintain better customer relations…
AND get new ideas for growing your business!

The sites that I will be talking about are the ‘Net’s most popular social media sites. They’re online gathering places where people come to gather and share information at the same time build relationships with each other. They’re also great places to meet potential customers and business partners. You will be surprised on how many cool and interesting people you can meet on the social networks.

These sites will help build up a huge network of loyal customers who will do a lot of your advertising for you simply by raving about your product to all their friends and family. (And as you probably know, word-of-mouth advertising from a trusted source is the most effective kind of advertising you can get.)

The plus side is if some of these loyal customers start linking to your site from their sites, that can help you get a serious boost in the search engine rankings and help your post ultimately get on the 1st page of Google.

Here are the top 8 social media sites you need to know about:

Facebook: The world’s biggest social networking site. Members go to find other people who share the same interests or activities. You can build your own online profile and share different types of information with each other, such as pictures, videos, blog entries, links to other sites, and music clips.A great and often over looked marketing strategy is to create a Facebook “Fan Page” for your business and encourage your customers to join. Then you can easily alert them whenever you have updates to share about your business. If you would like to stay connected visit my fan page click “like” to get a free bonus into your life.
Twitter: A “micro-blogging” social network site. Members send each other short text-based posts of up to 140 characters. When you find members whose “tweets” you like, you can subscribe to their feed and be updated whenever they send a new message. This is also an awesome way to connect to other leaders and help syndicate your content all over the internet.
YouTube: The ‘Net’s number one video-sharing site. Members share and comment on each other’s videos. You can post a link on your profile page can direct other people to your site. Also, the videos you share can help establish your reputation as an expert in your industry. For example, you could share a “how-to” video that shows your market how to solve a common problem. You can use Youtube to help provide value to the market place.If you’re not the next Stephen Spielberg, don’t worry — your videos don’t have to be super professional. In many cases, a video shot with a regular digital camera will work just fine.
LinkedIn: The most popular business-oriented social networking site on the Web. As of May 2009, it had more than 400,000 registered users. It’s a great place to find potential business partners as well as people who may be interested in your products or services.
Digg: One of the ‘Net’s most popular news-sharing websites. Members post links to their favorite news articles and then comment and vote on the ones they like best. If you get a good rating on an article that includes a link to your site, you could see a huge rush of traffic overnight.
Stumbleupon: Wikipedia calls this social networking site a “personalizedrecommendation engine.” Members can explore and rate Web pages, photos, and videos. When they hit the “Stumble!” button on the site’s toolbar, the results displayed are ranked based on your previous ratings as well as the ratings of friends and of members with similar interests.

By participating on sites like these you can meet your future customers and learn how to give them what they’re looking for. In exchange, they will be happy to spread the word about your site all over the Internet! Free of charge!

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Unstoppable Living,

Martin Ware

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