Hi again all.

We just want to continue focusing on using social media sites to grow your business and monetize the huge traffic they generate.  However, it takes time, commitment and effort to generate traffic from them and it can be wise to do some research before you dive into it.  Here are a few tips and advices for you to utilize, before setting up your accounts and driving traffic to your webpage.

1) Social media sites RANKING
We suggest that you focus on the BIG ones, but be sure to pick according to your target market as well.  Here is a list of the top 25 social media sites as of January 2009

PS!  The terrain of internet is constantly changing and as of June 2009 stats for the top 3 is the following:

As you can see, Facebook and Twitter are increasing their traffic and visitors dramatically while MySpace has declining numbers.

2) WHICH Social Media sites to work with
The point in showing you the above figures is that you should decide carefully where to put your time and energy in order to maximize the results from your efforts, and a good way to start (without analyzing yourself to death) is to chose at least 2 of the top 3.  If you haven’t done it already, then sign up and setup your profile today.

PS!  A very good tool for analyzing and comparing website traffic and visitors is Compete.com – click here to check it out.

3) HOW to start using the Social Media sites

1. Go to the sites you want to start using and just sign up
2. Make sure to add a picture on your profile and some information about yourself
3. Start adding friends – use your e-mail and contact list, search for people you like to add
4. Inform about your product or company.  This is the tricky part, and we will cover this in a separate post later.  However, think about GIVING VALUABLE INFORMATION to start with.  Make sure to add a link to your website, blog or whatever you’re promoting
5. Whenever you have a promotion, new blog post or new product – make sure to INFORM your audience

Our blog is still just in the making, but as we’re adding more and more valuable content about internet marketing in general, information about website traffic generation, different tools to use for different marketing stratiegies we sincerely hope that you will subscribe to our blog and contribute to make this a informative and valueable resource.

Yours Respectfully
Tom & André

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