Sunday, May 31, 2009

Top 4 Reasons You Should Use Social Networking

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Social bookmarking has proven a very effective and quick way to drive FREE targeted traffic to your site, due to their limitless rise in popularity and the ability to provide users with information they want. So let's get to it, and show you WHY and HOW social networks are vital to your online business success.

1. FREE! Obviously the single most attractive reason to use them.

2. NO LIMIT! Because they are free, you can utilize as many as you want to promote your online business. You can bookmark as many sites or pages as your heart desires, whether they are articles, sales letters, reviews, etc....go nuts.

3. TAG WITH TARGETED KEYWORDS. A very important benefit you get with social bookmarking. You can use important keywords or phrases to bookmark whatever site or pages you have. This means that your targeted traffic will find your stuff! You want to make your page or site easy to find, and there's few better ways than using relevant keywords to get that traffic.

4. PUBLIC vs. PRIVATE. You have the choice of whether or not to make your account visible to the public, or just people you choose. There are some very good reasons why people might want their site private, but for those who want to promote their business and drive oodles of targeted traffic to their site, make more sales, make more money, then quite rightly you would want your account open to the public. This is where your traffic is coming from!

So, once your account is open to the public and you have used keywords, now your site can be picked up by the search engines and indexed...easy. Now you're benefiting from search engines AND the PR you're getting from each individual social networking site...sweet.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Boost Traffic With Social Media Marketing

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Social networks have not only changed the way we interact with friends and family, but also how entrepreneurs and webmasters take advantage of these free applications to drive traffic to their websites. With the likes of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter being among some of the most visited websites in the world today, it only makes sense to use social media marketing to grow your network and drive more traffic to your site.

The main reason social networks have become so popular is they are free, so anyone can open an account, join a network, and start promoting their products or services right away...free of charge. Of course, I know Facebook has an ad application similar to Google Adwords, you can create an ad that will be impressed upon users based on their interests that you choose when creating the ad. It is a pay-per-click or pay-per-impression application, so it will cost you a little, but you can generate a lot of clicks that way.


So let's talk about exactly why it's a good idea to use these sites as a marketing tool......

1. Free! Enough said.

2. Target Markets. All of these social sites have networks, forums and discussions. Find the one that fits your niche and start interacting. Not only will you be promoting your product to targeted visitors, but you'll be exposed to their products as well. In internet marketing, the learning never stops.

3. Videos. Certainly YouTube jumps to mind. Research shows that using video to market your product or service has become one of the most effective strategies. Most of the common social networks have a video application, so create your own and post it! It encourages visitors to purchase when they see a face and see the product.

4. Testimonials & Discussions. Similar to blogs, you need to build your online reputation. Continue to have good content, and people will comment on it. This can lead to discussions, so make sure your profile page is set up with the resources for visitors to comment, become a fan, or leave testimony to your excellent product.

Obviously these are just a few of the benefits of using social networks to boost your online business. There are many more, but of course they differ from site to site. Once you join and create a profile, have a good look around the site and use the free resources at your fingertips. Free marketing...what could be better?

Monday, April 13, 2009

Social Networking To Promote Your Online Business

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Clearly the goal of most online business entrepreneurs is to make money. The trick is to alert the public of your product or service. How can they purchase it if they don't know it exists? Obviously, marketing your product is essential for online success. This is the part that stumps most newbies. It's not difficult to create a website, come up with a product or service to sell, but how do you get your site noticed on the vast world wide web? There are many methods, but I'm going to focus on social networking.

You may choose to expedite your success by spending money on advertising, that is fine, but most of us are not willing to spend a lot to see results, so why not use something that is FREE and readily available online?

In thinking of social networks, the first thing that comes to most people's minds is online friendships and relationships, but why not for business as well? Did you know that was the original intent of social networking? I'm going to show you how to use social networking to your advantage and promote your online campaign.

Browse around the different groups in whatever social network you currently use...I know most of you do by now, and join a couple of the small business or internet advertising groups. Believe me there are many to choose from. This is so simple, but just by joining a group like this, you are immediately exposed to hundreds, maybe thousands of like-minded individuals. You may be able to get new customers without even trying and at the very least, you'll be able to learn from those who already are successful. It's been my experience, that most people are more than willing to help you out, offer advice, but the point is, you now have massive exposure to your site, and isn't that what it's all about? If you already have an account somewhere, add a link your site right on your profile page...people will come.