Do you belong to an online social networking website? With their recent rise in popularity there is a good chance that you do. However, it is one thing to be a community member and another to actually participate in online discussions, as well as the many other network features. That is why it is advised that you learn how to make the most out of your social networking experience.
Many internet users already think that they know everything that they need to know about their social networking community. Unfortunately, not everyone does. In fact, you can find numerous posts online of people ranting or stating that they wished that their social networking website, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Google+, had a particular service and feature. Too many times, those posters did not look before they started speaking because, as it turns out, many social networking websites have what people want, if people knew how to look for those features.
The first step, in making the most out of your social networking experience, is to familiarize yourself to the online community or communities that you belong to. This can easily be done by closely examining the website. There are too many internet users who are focused on meeting new friends right away. While it is nice to start meeting new people right away, it is also nice to know what your social networking site has to offer. This can only be done by closely examining the website. Whether you take one hour or one day examining the website, you will likely be pleased with your decision to do it.
When examining the website of the online community that you belong to, it is advised that you examine the terms of use agreement. This agreement often outlines what you can and cannot do online. Despite the fact that a large number of online networking sites, such as MySpace, have little rules, there are other websites that have them. These rules and restrictions may limit the content that you can have on your site, as well as your pictures, videos, and other media. Many websites, including social networking websites, will terminate your membership if you are found violating these agreements. By reading all of the rules and restrictions of the social networking website you belong to, you should be able to ensure that you can continue to use and enjoy the site.
One of the many benefits to fully examining the social network you belong to is that you could be alerted to network benefits, features, or services that you were previously unaware of. In addition to giving you your own profile page and allowing you to invite other internet users into your network, there are a number of other things that you can do with online social networking websites. A large number of websites have created features and sections that include horoscopes, quizzes, polls, instant massaging, chat rooms, and much more. However, before you make use of these member benefits, you must know that they exist.
If you are interested in making new online friends, it is likely that you have already joined an online social networking community. Whether you are interested in joining more or you are a first time user, you will to carefully choose your networks. By researching each social networking website online, you should easily be able to familarize yourself with the advantages and disadvantages of each. And, since most social networking websites are free to use, there are no risks associated with giving the network a try. If you happen to come across a website that requires a paid membership and you would like to try it, you are advised to lookout for free membership plans or free trail periods. They may be able to help you determine whether or not the social networking website that you are interested in joining is worth the cost.
As you can easily see, there are a number of different ways to go about making the most out of your social networking experience. The control is in your hands. It is your decision as to whether or not you want to spend a small amount of time researching your network and everything that it has to offer. However, it is important to note that not doing so may literally mean that you are missing out on all of the fun.
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Tuesday
Social Networking for Moms
All through life we have been making friends. Strategies and social graces may have changed throughout the various stages of our lives, however, we still have a deep desire to connect and have fun with likeminded individuals.
Now into motherhood, we are out there scouting the “mom market” looking for moms that are, well, just like us. We want to find that perfect mommy group where we rally around each other for support through the good and the not-so-good life experiences. We want to find moms that can relate to the joys of parenting and can help us laugh at things that we sometimes can’t seem to do by ourselves.
Online social networking communities are really not that different than your neighbourhood playground. You meet some moms, chat about your kids and your life and you become friends -- or you don’t. The primary difference with an online playground is in “the way” you meet other moms and initiate communication. Understanding the etiquette and structure of social networking sites can help us to connect with moms who closely reflect your style, values and goals.
Lurk before you leap.
Familiarize yourself with the online community, the philosophy and, yes, the moms! Poke around the different channels of communication such as blogs, forums, and groups. Each offers a different way of connecting and communicating with other moms. Find an area that you feel comfortable in and watch from the sidelines for a while.
Plant yourself at home.
Once you feel comfortable within the community, get acquainted. Edit your profile to give moms a glimpse into who you are and what you are interested in. Perhaps you want to add a picture of yourself and/or your kids.
Get out and play.
Get active in the community, start answering requests for advice, start asking for it. Share your experiences and don’t be afraid to laugh at yourself. Join or start groups targeted to those who share your interests; perhaps you have a hobby or would like to get more exercise. Remember, you can be totally “real” in online communities. There is no pressure to be that person your coworkers see, your neighbours see, or even your in-laws see!
Meet friends.
By now, you will have your eye on a few moms, (yes, really is like dating, isn’t it?). Take the initiative and ask her to be your friend! Social networking sites have made it super easy to build and manage your network of moms. Usually, you simply push a button and a request is sent off to establish a connection.
Build friendships.
It is one thing to add a friend, and quite another to be one. Once you have connected, begin to go back and forth through private messages or email. Maybe you both can join the same group (online or off). Get to know the individual within the mom. Ask questions, and listen. Allow her to vent, laugh and cry. Pay attention to what is happening in each other’s lives, and follow up on it. Be supportive without feeling the need to tell her what to do or how she should feel.
Stacking your mommy network with moms that you really connect with is a key contribution to a happy experience of motherhood. So get started, build your mommy network today.
Michelle Davies is the founder of MommyClub Inc., a comprehensive social network for Canadian Moms allowing likeminded moms to interact and share wisdom -- both on and off-line. MommyClub™ gives you access to events, resources, newsletters, blogs, friendship and more…all in one spot! Join for FREE at www.mommyclub.ca.
Now into motherhood, we are out there scouting the “mom market” looking for moms that are, well, just like us. We want to find that perfect mommy group where we rally around each other for support through the good and the not-so-good life experiences. We want to find moms that can relate to the joys of parenting and can help us laugh at things that we sometimes can’t seem to do by ourselves.
Online social networking communities are really not that different than your neighbourhood playground. You meet some moms, chat about your kids and your life and you become friends -- or you don’t. The primary difference with an online playground is in “the way” you meet other moms and initiate communication. Understanding the etiquette and structure of social networking sites can help us to connect with moms who closely reflect your style, values and goals.
Lurk before you leap.
Familiarize yourself with the online community, the philosophy and, yes, the moms! Poke around the different channels of communication such as blogs, forums, and groups. Each offers a different way of connecting and communicating with other moms. Find an area that you feel comfortable in and watch from the sidelines for a while.
Plant yourself at home.
Once you feel comfortable within the community, get acquainted. Edit your profile to give moms a glimpse into who you are and what you are interested in. Perhaps you want to add a picture of yourself and/or your kids.
Get out and play.
Get active in the community, start answering requests for advice, start asking for it. Share your experiences and don’t be afraid to laugh at yourself. Join or start groups targeted to those who share your interests; perhaps you have a hobby or would like to get more exercise. Remember, you can be totally “real” in online communities. There is no pressure to be that person your coworkers see, your neighbours see, or even your in-laws see!
Meet friends.
By now, you will have your eye on a few moms, (yes, really is like dating, isn’t it?). Take the initiative and ask her to be your friend! Social networking sites have made it super easy to build and manage your network of moms. Usually, you simply push a button and a request is sent off to establish a connection.
Build friendships.
It is one thing to add a friend, and quite another to be one. Once you have connected, begin to go back and forth through private messages or email. Maybe you both can join the same group (online or off). Get to know the individual within the mom. Ask questions, and listen. Allow her to vent, laugh and cry. Pay attention to what is happening in each other’s lives, and follow up on it. Be supportive without feeling the need to tell her what to do or how she should feel.
Stacking your mommy network with moms that you really connect with is a key contribution to a happy experience of motherhood. So get started, build your mommy network today.
Michelle Davies is the founder of MommyClub Inc., a comprehensive social network for Canadian Moms allowing likeminded moms to interact and share wisdom -- both on and off-line. MommyClub™ gives you access to events, resources, newsletters, blogs, friendship and more…all in one spot! Join for FREE at www.mommyclub.ca.
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Wednesday
How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It
By W. J. Howard
Here's a snippet from an article on how social networking is changing the way we search the web:
“Search, as we know it, is dead.” What he means is that, with the rise of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Second Life, LinkedIn and even Google’s own Orkut, the next generation of Web users may find what they want by using their social network rather than a search algorithm. After all, the people in your online social network should know you better than a mathematical equation, right?"
Interested in reading more, click here...
Here's a snippet from an article on how social networking is changing the way we search the web:
“Search, as we know it, is dead.” What he means is that, with the rise of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Second Life, LinkedIn and even Google’s own Orkut, the next generation of Web users may find what they want by using their social network rather than a search algorithm. After all, the people in your online social network should know you better than a mathematical equation, right?"
Interested in reading more, click here...
How To Find Free Internet Marketing
New ecommerce businesses are caught up in SEO and web optimization. They view Google as the holy grail of making profits via the internet. Their internet marketing budget is sank into buying traffic, optimizing pages, and establishing major PayPerClick programs with the major search engines. All the work, and expense, involved in following the pack, is virtually unnecessary in today’s ecommerce world.
Marketing the Website
Submitting to search engines is only the first step toward a strong Internet Marketing campaign – it should never be the full focus. There are several ways to market a website.
- search engine optimization
- Pay Per Click
- Search Engine Submission
- Generating Inbound Links and increasing Page Rank
- Building Content
- Adding Social Networking Tools such as forums
Each one of these tools have a benefit. Recently a blog community went from PR0 – PR4, and receiving 300 000 hits a month with a budget of $50 a month. The blog community invested $20 a month in a PayPerClick program to ‘boost’ their exposure on Google and be accepted and ‘ranked’ faster.
www.communati.com submitted the website to more than 3000 search engines, free, using www.webceo.com. Despite the ‘old’ search engine hype, this should only be done once or twice a year. They embarked on an article writing, forum promoting, and encouraging members to ‘put the word out.’ The inbound link campaign increased their Page Rank to PR4 within 5 months, an incredible feat.
Next, communati added social networking features like points and a chat. The important ‘trick’ to remember is that search engines give more rank to pages inside the website, not the index or home page. Building links to the home page is becoming a waste of time. Five articles with specific topics that contain high keywords, links to the rest of the ecommerce website, and ‘hooks’, will generate more PR than links to a buy now page, the index page, or a page with heavy images and graphics.
Marketing the Blog
All websites should include a blog. Not because a blog is necessary, or because people read them. The number one reason for putting up a blog is to increase keyword density, but keep in below the 5% ‘red flag’ level. It also generates dozens of extra content pages, increases the number of ‘in house’ links which are also important to increasing page rank.
A blog can also be submitted to blog directories. The best way to submit is using a service. When an Internet Marketing manager submits a blog to a directory, they must include a backward link. When they use a service they can submit to about 1000 directories without back links. The price ranges from $200 - $500. http://www.lazyurl.com/ , http://www.submitcomfort.com/
One advantage of a blog is that it is submitted to the blog directories every time someone writes a new post. Web sites that are submitted more than 4 or 5 times a year may find themselves banned. However, a blog can ping the search engine several times a day without risk of being banned.
In turn, the blog search engines ‘ping’ the big search engines who give the ‘new’ content high page rank for the first few hours.
Marketing The Podcast
No podcast on your ecommerce website? Why? Submitting it to the podcast directories is another way to generate free exposure. The podcast only needs a few streaming or downloaded files to qualify. Podcasts can also be listed on dozens and dozens of free services, each building links to the main site, as well as increasing the exposure to the website. AmigoFish.com, Digg Podcasts , Podcast Pickle , www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts or http://podcasts.yahoo.com.
The most popular podcatcher software is iTunes, which is available as a free download from www.apple.com/itunes/download.
Promote Video
Does your product Appeal to younger people? Then load video at facebook, youtube, etc and then submit those videos. Don’t make a dry workshop or seminar style tutorial, but make it interesting. It is amazing how many younger people click in keywords, and then use the ‘search video only’ link to view relevant videos instead of reading articles.
The list continues. Submit your newsletter, forums, and chat directories. A single article can be submitted to more than 50 000 article submission ‘free content’ sites. No cost involved, except time, and the exposure will create a ripple effect sending your message farther across the web than a $100 000 SEO, traffic buying, and search engine submission campaign.
About The Author
Mark Walters is a third generation entrepreneur and author. He offers free training andinvesting videos designed to speed you towards financial independence at http://www.cashflowinstitute.com/videosignup.htm
Marketing the Website
Submitting to search engines is only the first step toward a strong Internet Marketing campaign – it should never be the full focus. There are several ways to market a website.
- search engine optimization
- Pay Per Click
- Search Engine Submission
- Generating Inbound Links and increasing Page Rank
- Building Content
- Adding Social Networking Tools such as forums
Each one of these tools have a benefit. Recently a blog community went from PR0 – PR4, and receiving 300 000 hits a month with a budget of $50 a month. The blog community invested $20 a month in a PayPerClick program to ‘boost’ their exposure on Google and be accepted and ‘ranked’ faster.
www.communati.com submitted the website to more than 3000 search engines, free, using www.webceo.com. Despite the ‘old’ search engine hype, this should only be done once or twice a year. They embarked on an article writing, forum promoting, and encouraging members to ‘put the word out.’ The inbound link campaign increased their Page Rank to PR4 within 5 months, an incredible feat.
Next, communati added social networking features like points and a chat. The important ‘trick’ to remember is that search engines give more rank to pages inside the website, not the index or home page. Building links to the home page is becoming a waste of time. Five articles with specific topics that contain high keywords, links to the rest of the ecommerce website, and ‘hooks’, will generate more PR than links to a buy now page, the index page, or a page with heavy images and graphics.
Marketing the Blog
All websites should include a blog. Not because a blog is necessary, or because people read them. The number one reason for putting up a blog is to increase keyword density, but keep in below the 5% ‘red flag’ level. It also generates dozens of extra content pages, increases the number of ‘in house’ links which are also important to increasing page rank.
A blog can also be submitted to blog directories. The best way to submit is using a service. When an Internet Marketing manager submits a blog to a directory, they must include a backward link. When they use a service they can submit to about 1000 directories without back links. The price ranges from $200 - $500. http://www.lazyurl.com/ , http://www.submitcomfort.com/
One advantage of a blog is that it is submitted to the blog directories every time someone writes a new post. Web sites that are submitted more than 4 or 5 times a year may find themselves banned. However, a blog can ping the search engine several times a day without risk of being banned.
In turn, the blog search engines ‘ping’ the big search engines who give the ‘new’ content high page rank for the first few hours.
Marketing The Podcast
No podcast on your ecommerce website? Why? Submitting it to the podcast directories is another way to generate free exposure. The podcast only needs a few streaming or downloaded files to qualify. Podcasts can also be listed on dozens and dozens of free services, each building links to the main site, as well as increasing the exposure to the website. AmigoFish.com, Digg Podcasts , Podcast Pickle , www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts or http://podcasts.yahoo.com.
The most popular podcatcher software is iTunes, which is available as a free download from www.apple.com/itunes/download.
Promote Video
Does your product Appeal to younger people? Then load video at facebook, youtube, etc and then submit those videos. Don’t make a dry workshop or seminar style tutorial, but make it interesting. It is amazing how many younger people click in keywords, and then use the ‘search video only’ link to view relevant videos instead of reading articles.
The list continues. Submit your newsletter, forums, and chat directories. A single article can be submitted to more than 50 000 article submission ‘free content’ sites. No cost involved, except time, and the exposure will create a ripple effect sending your message farther across the web than a $100 000 SEO, traffic buying, and search engine submission campaign.
About The Author
Mark Walters is a third generation entrepreneur and author. He offers free training andinvesting videos designed to speed you towards financial independence at http://www.cashflowinstitute.com/videosignup.htm
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