Since the rise of facebook and twitter, social networking is a must have as part of your traffic generating arsenal. There are so many active sites and people out there, that it would be a waste if you didn’t take advantage of the power these sites offer you in terms of traffic. If you don’t use social networking to drive traffic, then your business will most likely fail in the long run.
1. Increase traffic through Friends
Friends are the heart of the social networking attitude, and when promoting content this can be a valuable tool in viral marketing. The more friends you have in your network, the more visibility you will have when promoting.
2. Increase traffic through Blogs
Blogs are one more great way to spread the word, most blogs allow you to post nameless comments. I use these blogs to post a comment then I include a link to one of my sites. I achieve a free back link for simply commenting on a story.
3. A picture speaks a thousand words – it’s true!
Uploading your pictures to file sharing sites is a great way to get an untapped fan base that is usually more than happy to learn more about you and your business. Spammers very rarely upload images to generate traffic, so this is perfect for us decent working individuals to get more traffic and sales. After all, you are only being social by sharing your images.
4. Pimp your profile page
don’t stick with the dull and boring stock standard profile pages provided to you… make it snazzy! Interlink your other social networking and social bookmarking sites, add a banner or two if the site allows, add your blog RSS feed for relevant and fresh content, etc… as you can see the possibilities are endless. All you need to do is give your profile page some “character”.
5. Bulletin boards are great
This goes hand in hand with having many friends, because the more friends you have, then the more prospective people you have viewing your bulletins. Don’t become spammy and post every 5 minutes, once a day is fine! You might like to post at different times of the day to get different people online to view your message… and don’t be afraid to send a new message each time round.
6. Increase traffic through Content
Nothing is more important than content. If you are a good writer and you write about interesting topics, you are going to do well on the social networking sites. People seem to like top 10 lists, top 20 lists, etc. I suggest that you look at digg.com to see what gets the most diggs. I have failed multiple times on getting a post digged or stumbled, even when I thought that it was the best article ever. You don’t always win.
7. Increase traffic through clipart and screensavers
If you have some skills in this direction then try creating clipart and screensavers. Offering these for free is also a good way to get more traffic.
Finally, make sure that you are part of a few of the more popular social networking websites. These memberships will be only destined to build your own network and not of overt marketing.
As your social network grows you can invite your contacts to join you on the social networking website. This should start a sequence reaction that will get them inviting their own contacts and so on. Finally your network will grow to a point where it becomes truly helpful.
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