Feb 05

Social Networking and Network Marketing – A Perfect Fit

Posted by Jeffrey Taylor on Feb 05 2009 at 05:04 pm

Are You Using The Latest Internet Marketing Tools Yet?

As the internet continues to evolve the latest move has been towards Social Networking. If you are seriously marketing your home business on the internet you better get on board now or be left in the dust.

Social Networking is a fantastic way to meet new people interested in what you have to say and also a great place to learn new ways to improve your home business. It is free and requires time and learning to be successful at it. I will be honest with you, even though I have been an internet marketer for 14 years I am currently learning these new ways to market yourself and must admit that there are right ways to do this and wrong ways to do it. I think Perry Belcher summed it  great when he said that Social Networking is like a big party and you want to invite as many like minded people as you can to your party. Don’t create profiles and start slamming people with your offer. It is about building relationships and providing interesting content to others that creates a following. Once you create a following people will ask you what you do.

When you do slip your offer into your Social Networking be subtle about it by providing links to what you offer and allow people to click on them if they are interested in learning more.

Here are a few of the top Social Networking sites that you need to use right away.

Facebook : This by far the most powerful and fastest growing social networking site and it is fun to use. It is by far kicking the butt of MySpace and when used properly can really help you grow your business.

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YouTube: This is by far the most powerful way to market your home business and present yourself in front of tons of people quickly. Video marketing is huge and people love watching videos versus reading long text. The best part is that you can create a video and embed it into your capture pages to really add power to your offer. YouTube is free and easy to use. If you do not have a video camera yet, look at the Flip Video because it is only $150.00 and is easy to use.

Once you master YouTube you can start marketing your videos on the many other video sites online. The best part is that search engines love videos and if you do it right you can earn top pages when people search your keywords. Do not ignore the power of video!

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MySpace: Although it is being passed by Facebook, MySpace is still a powerful social networking site and easy to use. It is a great way to meet people and market yourself using videos. Do not skip MySpace or you will regret it.

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Twitter: I love this website! What a great place to meet people and learn new things. This by far the hottest Social Networking site and once you learn how to use it you will be on it everyday! you follow people and people follow you. Some people will tweet all day with irrelevant info but many others will keep you up to date with the latest happenings. Start Tweeting today!

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Better Networker: This is a great place to meet other Network Marketers and learn new things everyday. You create a profile and can upload articles, videos, blogs and participate in their great forum. What a great place to meet Network Marketers!

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There are way too many Social Networking Websites to list here, but I wanted to give you a taste of the top ones. Start looking around and get moving!

Good Luck

Jeffrey Taylor