Showing posts with label traffic-social network. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traffic-social network. Show all posts

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Businesses Should Embrace Facebook

By Andrew J Green

More and more businesses are putting themselves on Facebook, and if you have not done this yet, you need to start! Facebook, and other social networking sites like this are proving to be an enormous boon for businesses large and small. If you want to make sure that you are not getting left behind, you need to figure out what it can do. If you are looking at the precedent that other businesses have set, you will find that Facebook can do you a lot of favors. When you want to see what this social networking can do for you, keep a few things in mind!

The first thing that you need to remember is that first and foremost, Facebook is a networking site. It is not meant to be a place to sell things, and if you use your page to try to push products or services down your prospective audience's throat, you are going to find that you are losing out! Facebook is very good for what it is designed for, and that is making social connections. It is a place to make yourself and what you do known, and if you keep this in mind, you will have a much better shot of using this network to its best advantage.

Facebook is a great tool when it comes to helping people get to know your services more intimately. It helps them put a human face to the service that you are providing. Say, for example, you sell handmade, hand-painted beads. When people see pictures of the beads on your website, they think that it is very pretty, but then they don't think much more about it. On the other hand, if they know about the funny experiences that you had when you were making the beads, or why you chose the designs that you did, you will find that they now have a personal connection to what you are trying to do.

You will also find that Facebook will be very good for your own company as well. Many businesses are now finding that they don't really mind when their employees sneak a few moments using this site, especially when there might be better contacts in it for them. What you are looking for when you are thinking about making sure that you get the most out of your Facebook? Remember that it is a way to open yourself up to the world around you, and when you are making contacts in this way, it can help you out a great deal.

Whether you only maintain a cursory presence on Facebook, or you jump into it head first, you will find that it can do you a lot of favors. Take some time to really consider what your options are going to be when it comes to getting the kind of networking presence that you are looking for; this can make a huge difference to the audience that you get and the quality of the attention that you are receiving.

Andrew Green is part of the team behind A-Z Proxies, an attempt to list from A to Z all web proxies. Andy has been actively working in the web proxy field since 2005 and has built up a wealth of knowledge on the subject.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Orkut - Sounds Like a Name From Star Trek - Far Out!

By Dj Judkins

Orkut is a social networking website that offers its users a variety of interests to enjoy and explore. With Orkut's many communities relating to romantic connections, hobbies, business contacts to special interests. Orkut was launched in January 2004, named after Orkut Buyukkokten a Google employee and probably not a Star Trek fan. The Website is currently owned by Google Inc.

Orkut requires a large amount of identity information to be a user. It is a perfect scenario to acquire plenty of networking affiliates and ultimately more website traffic. Orkut is very strict in their standards. This is encouraging because it gives the appearance of safety and provides a stage to exchange information with other users that have been screened and approved.

Orkut has over 43.46 million members to date and is one of the most popular websites being frequented for networking with others with similar common interests. To join and begin to use the many features available to the users of Orkut, you must join and create a profile, register a username and password and you are ready to begin mingling.

Just a little over 4 years in operation and now is the time that Orkut is experiencing the joy of international exposure. The largest amount of Orkut users, hail from Brazil with United States second. The popularity is growing so exceedingly fast at Orkut that many users are able to find lost love, relatives or friends on this exciting website.

Many of the other benefits of being a user of Orkut is that other users of Orkut have to provide Professional and Personal details this is a wonderful feature to any creative entrepreneur. There is another impressive feature is to have the ability to Scrap another user. Shortly after instant messaging was capable at Orkut

As an approved and allowed valid user, you can comment and respond to current communities. As well a webmaster is allowed the creativity to begin a whole new community for the leaders in a group. Orkut really makes it simple, easy and convenient to keep current with friends and family on your friend's list. Also the website gives you friendly updates to business contacts in alteration to their websites and any other adjustments. Your friend list will always receive updates of any alterations or deviations you should ever make to your website.

For all you Trekkies out there, If you stick to the rules, laws and guidelines provided by Orkut, your Orkut profile can prove to be a resourceful and useful internet marketing tool for any type of business that is hungry for free website traffic and internet presence. Beam me up Scottie!
The 12 part E-course walks you through step by step on how to get the traffic coming to your site. This is traffic that you just put your time into, you don't have to spend any money for it.

Find out more at http://www.newwebtraffic.com
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Sunday, March 8, 2009

How to Maximize Your MySpace Music Promotion


By Paula Brown

Do you feel that you are not getting enough mileage from your MySpace music promotion? Are you frustrated that your MySpace is not giving you enough views and plays? Is your band lagging behind other artists due to your poor promotion? As MySpace has become helpful in promoting music of independent musicians, it is imperative that you get the best out of your MySpace music promotion.

You would be surprised to learn that many artists have gotten a lot of mileage thanks to their effective MySpace music promotion. With a well-planned and executed promotional campaign, these artists have rose from obscurity and even bagged record labels. Most of these artists were able to distribute their music to a bigger audience through an effective promotional campaign. These are some of the things you and your band should enjoy once you improve your promotional efforts on MySpace.

One of the best ways to maximize your music promotion is .... to get an online promoter. These online promoters can assure that you get the best possible promotion on social networks. By paying a small fee, your band can take an improved position on the charts through the help of an online promoter. What's more, these online promoters provide a wide range of packages, so you can choose the right type of package according to your needs and budget. These packages may vary in terms of features, but they all give you essentially the same- better MySpace music promotion.

These online promoters can give you maximized MySpace promotion by providing you with greater music plays and views. By getting improved position on the charts, your band will surely be viewed by more users of MySpace. You will even get a lot more friend requests.

Online promoters are more equipped to improve your MySpace music promotion than anyone else. Even if you add a lot of friends in MySpace, you can't get a more efficient promotion than what online promoters give. These online promoters have a wider network and better know-how to ensure you better results. You will certainly connect to your target audience with improved MySpace music promotion courtesy of online promoters. And who knows, you could be on your way to music stardom.

Simply put, an efficient MySpace music promotion is your key to a better musical career. With the help of online promoters, you will improve your position on the charts by leaps and bounds. Start maximizing your MySpace promotion with online promoters. Check the Internet now for online promoters that can help your with your band's profile today!

Paula Brown is a staff writer for MySpaceMusicPlays, a web service that can deliver thousands of MySpace plays to your profile instantly. If you are looking for a way to increase MySpace plays and views to your profile, check out
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Monday, February 9, 2009

Do You Have a Social Networking (SN) Strategy?


By Rick Itzkowich

Up until recently I didn't have a strategy for my Social Networking (SN) activities. I had joined several different SN in the hopes of getting more business. The results of my efforts showed my lack of strategic thinking. I was putting in some effort, and I was getting very little in return. The saying "hope is not a good business plan" certainly applied to my SN tactics.

Fortunately my strategy started evolving. Borrowing from my face-to-face networking experience, I realized that the first thing I needed to change was my attitude. It was necessary for me to move away from "what can I get?" to "what can I give?"

The best analogy I've seen is one of a bank account. Any time you do something for someone, you are, in essence, making a deposit into their bank account. And every time you ask for something from someone, you are making a withdrawal. In order to ask others (withdraw), you first must have the money in the account (deposit). Once I began doing this, everything started falling into place.

One of the things I can easily give is useful information and resources. Through my personal growth company, we specialize in helping people and organizations build strong relationships. Over the 20 years I have accumulated a lot of useful information in this area. In addition I have been formally networking for over 10 years.
For this reason I can easily "give" or make people feel welcome. I know how daunting it can be when you first attend an event or a meeting and you hardly know anyone. So having someone who is friendly and welcoming is of great help. The great thing about these two activities is that they don't require me to put anything at risk. Keep in mind giving direct referrals will come later during the credibility-trust phase of the process.

With giving information and building relationships in mind, I decided to start writing articles that people would find useful. To date I've done three, and I'm looking to continue doing more. I also started looking to answer questions that members post in the various forums on the different SN sites. This third step may surprise you--I self-appointed myself as a host to a number of social networking sites. I make a consistent effort to welcome and introduce myself to new members. This combination of "what can I give?" items has helped me build my network of people.

Once I started seeing some results from my efforts, I started inviting other people to join the different sites I had joined. I could now speak from experience that the sites were worthwhile. Now I'm giving something to the people I'm inviting while also giving something to my online community. It's like making two deposits at one time. Now that's leverage!

The next step in the strategy is to build credibility and trust. Credibility and trust are key ingredients to successfully network online and offline. Finding a way to build these elements is essential. Beside writing articles, I'm also building my credibility by offering free teleseminars. This is a wonderful vehicle to showcase what I know and how I can help people.
The way I'm building trust is by receiving the endorsement of others. The easiest way to have people recommend me is to find the quality things they do for me and endorse them first. As I do this, more and more people return the favor.
The last step is to build exposure. The Referral Institute® has a model they call VCP which stands for Visibility, Credibility and Profitability.
Simply put, people need to know about you and trust you before they will do business with you. I am definitely gaining exposure by leveraging some of the activities I've discussed. For instance, I can post the same article on varied SN sites. I can also list my teleseminar on different sites as well. The same Rick Itzkowich-branded content is now appearing in many places allowing different audiences to get to know me.

To summarize if you are going to take the time to jump on the Social Network bandwagon, do it with a success strategy. In his book Marketing to the Social Web: How Digital Customer Communities Build Your Business, Larry Web encourages all of us to get on board sooner rather then later.

I look forward to meeting and greeting you soon!
Rick Itzkowich, Co-founder
Productive Learning & Leisure, LLC
858.456.7653 Toll free 800.717.1817
Increase your connectivity with customers and prospects.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009

5 Tactics to Dominate Social Media Marketing For Newbies


By Nizam Shapie

If you are new to online marketing, the most difficult question of the hour may be, "Where in the world do I start?" It seems that there are too many choices, too much information, and too many self-proclaimed marketing gurus trying to steer you in the wrong direction.

There really is money to be made using the power of social media to attract almost immediate attention to your website or product. Here is a simple, step-by-step plan that will explain (in simplest terms) exactly where to concentrate your energy in order to maximize your earning potential.
Social Networks are one of the fastest growing areas on the internet. The top Social Websites are experiencing 60-100 million monthly users. The number of new members is over 250 thousand every day!

So what does this mean?... To many, this information holds with it the promise of making new friends who share similar interests, finding a date, or locating a long lost friend or colleague. But for some of us, who think a little differently, those numbers mean the opportunity to network and build relationships with people who will then become someone who will be within our scope of influence and before long, a business relationship will be formed. Smart thinking...
So there lies the general plan...but how do we bring this idea into reality?

Here are some tactics that will give you the upper hand in your social marketing endeavors:

1. Sign up. Obviously the first step, but let's make sure we do it right. When you sign up, make sure you take the time to create a genuine profile in which you are a real, live, thinking, breathing personality. No generic garbage please. Remember, this is a SOCIAL network. It's like meeting new friends at a party. Yes, ultimately, you may want to sell them your latest hot product, but they are not going to give you the time of day if you don't turn off the "salesman" gab for long enough to actually get to know them a little. Go ahead and sign up on several networking sites. LinkedIn should be a top choice.
Their growth percentage is up over 300% since last year according to Nielson Online. Other good choices are Facebook, Buzznet, and Myspace.

2. Make Friends & Join Groups. Be sure not to set your profile to private. You do want the whole world to be able to access your page, either purposefully or accidentally. Your next step is to make friends. Do searches for people whose interests would naturally make them a potential candidate for your product.
(i.e., if you are selling personalized baby bottles, make friends with pregnant women or new mommies, not middle school boys). Signing up for groups is an easy way to make friends with entire populations of potential customers...Is it really this easy?

3. Contribute. Once again, remember this IS a social network. People want to get to know you as a person. The most effective way to do this is NOT to start emailing or instant messaging individuals. That is actually the worst, most time-consuming direction to take. Instead, write a blog and post regularly on forums. Make sure your posts are lighthearted, interesting, and funny. The more endearing you are, the more of a following of readers you will have. People will befriend you 'mentally' by reading your blogs. It is the same concept as reading the fan magazines of the 1980's. Once you read enough interviews by your favorite celebrity, you felt like you 'knew' them, did not you? It almost felt like you were their friend. By writing a blog and posting a few times per week, you will develop the same type of friendships. Don't talk about your product. Just make friends and put a link to your product site on your profile. It doesn't have to be in blinking lights. Trust me. Once people become interested in YOU, they will automatically want to click on whatever they think you believe in.

4. Use social bookmarking. I'm sure you've heard of Digg and StumbleUpon. Most people have. Believe it or not, if you use Digg on your blog and someone (even one or two people) use it to 'recommend' or 'digg' your site, you will immediately enjoy excellent page rankings. Digg and Google are friends, so if you use Digg exactly as intended, you will improve your visibility and search ability with Google. Easy stuff.

5. LINK, LINK, LINK. Remember the old saying about the team that is only as strong as its weakest link? Having links made them part of the team. Well, look at all of your social networking memberships, blog entries, and articles on Digg as all part of your marketing team. Don't forget to link your team together. Link your articles to your product website, to your blogs, to your social networks, etc.
Another quick tip is to use the same profile picture on each site you sign up for. It's just like building a branding image. You want to become that 'familiar face. '

Social marketing will continue to grow in the coming years, so it is best to get in and build an image for yourself now. Once everything is running smoothly, don't get impatient. It will take a little while to build up a presence on these sites. But it WILL happen. Now you have some solid and strategic tactics for social marketing. The rest is up to you!

This article was submitted by Nizam Shapie, independent marketing consultant who provides an authoritative voice on marketing strategies and training. Did you find these tips on how to dominate social media marketing are useful? Find out more about online marketing tips by going to http://www.nizamshapie.com and get FREE Video of how to dominate social media marketing at http://www.newbiecashvideo.com
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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Businesses Should Embrace Facebook

By Andrew J Green Platinum Quality Author

More and more businesses are putting themselves on Facebook, and if you have not done this yet, you need to start! Facebook, and other social networking sites like this are proving to be an enormous boon for businesses large and small. If you want to make sure that you are not getting left behind, you need to figure out what it can do. If you are looking at the precedent that other businesses have set, you will find that Facebook can do you a lot of favors. When you want to see what this social networking can do for you, keep a few things in mind!

The first thing that you need to remember is that first and foremost, Facebook is a networking site. It is not meant to be a place to sell things, and if you use your page to try to push products or services down your prospective audience's throat, you are going to find that you are losing out! Facebook is very good for what it is designed for, and that is making social connections. It is a place to make yourself and what you do known, and if you keep this in mind, you will have a much better shot of using this network to its best advantage.

Facebook is a great tool when it comes to helping people get to know your services more intimately. It helps them put a human face to the service that you are providing. Say, for example, you sell handmade, hand-painted beads. When people see pictures of the beads on your website, they think that it is very pretty, but then they don't think much more about it. On the other hand, if they know about the funny experiences that you had when you were making the beads, or why you chose the designs that you did, you will find that they now have a personal connection to what you are trying to do.

You will also find that Facebook will be very good for your own company as well. Many businesses are now finding that they don't really mind when their employees sneak a few moments using this site, especially when there might be better contacts in it for them. What you are looking for when you are thinking about making sure that you get the most out of your Facebook? Remember that it is a way to open yourself up to the world around you, and when you are making contacts in this way, it can help you out a great deal.

Whether you only maintain a cursory presence on Facebook, or you jump into it head first, you will find that it can do you a lot of favors. Take some time to really consider what your options are going to be when it comes to getting the kind of networking presence that you are looking for; this can make a huge difference to the audience that you get and the quality of the attention that you are receiving.

Andrew Green is part of the team behind A-Z Proxies, an attempt to list from A to Z all web proxies. Andy has been actively working in the web proxy field since 2005 and has built up a wealth of knowledge on the subject.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Andrew_J_Green
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Orkut - Sounds Like a Name From Star Trek - Far Out!

By Dj Judkins

Orkut is a social networking website that offers its users a variety of interests to enjoy and explore. With Orkut's many communities relating to romantic connections, hobbies, business contacts to special interests. Orkut was launched in January 2004, named after Orkut Buyukkokten a Google employee and probably not a Star Trek fan. The Website is currently owned by Google Inc.

Orkut requires a large amount of identity information to be a user. It is a perfect scenario to acquire plenty of networking affiliates and ultimately more website traffic. Orkut is very strict in their standards. This is encouraging because it gives the appearance of safety and provides a stage to exchange information with other users that have been screened and approved.

Orkut has over 43.46 million members to date and is one of the most popular websites being frequented for networking with others with similar common interests. To join and begin to use the many features available to the users of Orkut, you must join and create a profile, register a username and password and you are ready to begin mingling.

Just a little over 4 years in operation and now is the time that Orkut is experiencing the joy of international exposure. The largest amount of Orkut users, hail from Brazil with United States second. The popularity is growing so exceedingly fast at Orkut that many users are able to find lost love, relatives or friends on this exciting website.

Many of the other benefits of being a user of Orkut is that other users of Orkut have to provide Professional and Personal details this is a wonderful feature to any creative entrepreneur. There is another impressive feature is to have the ability to Scrap another user. Shortly after instant messaging was capable at Orkut

As an approved and allowed valid user, you can comment and respond to current communities. As well a webmaster is allowed the creativity to begin a whole new community for the leaders in a group. Orkut really makes it simple, easy and convenient to keep current with friends and family on your friend's list. Also the website gives you friendly updates to business contacts in alteration to their websites and any other adjustments. Your friend list will always receive updates of any alterations or deviations you should ever make to your website.

For all you Trekkies out there, If you stick to the rules, laws and guidelines provided by Orkut, your Orkut profile can prove to be a resourceful and useful internet marketing tool for any type of business that is hungry for free website traffic and internet presence. Beam me up Scottie!

The 12 part E-course walks you through step by step on how to get the traffic coming to your site. This is traffic that you just put your time into, you don't have to spend any money for it. Find out more at http://www.newwebtraffic.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Dj_Judkins

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