To become a competent web marketer is to dip a foot into each of the numerous social media networking pools. I will tell you exactly which these are right now:
- Facebook.com
- Myspace.com
- Linkedin.com
- Digg.com
- Twitter.com
- Meetup.com
Besides the social media, you will also find benefit in involvement with:
- Craigstlist.org
- Evite.com
- Stumbleupon.com
- del.icio.us
To be successful in the popular online social media networks, you must be involved in the websites above. Create a profile on each. Interlink them. Build your network by adding friends and connections. One way to add glue to your overall social media marketing mix is to have a blog. Ideally, host a blog on your own server, such as WordPress, which is free. You can then add content, and syndicate it using the help of FeedBurner.com, and you can get an idea of how many subscribers and contacts you have.
Post to your blog regularly and get Google and other blog search engines to scan your site. When you start posting regularly, you’ll be surprised how fast Google will spider your blog. It’s hungry for fresh content!
After you post to your blog, add your postings to Digg and other user submitted news sites. You may also want to twitter your blog postings. After time, you will have ‘followers’ on twitter- just more contacts established for future web marketing.
It does take work to build up subscribers, friends, and contacts, but it is a worthwhile effort if you intend to do business online. Good luck!