Social Networking Sites List
· www.twitter.com
· www.twellow.com (Find new people for Twitter)
· www.myspace.com
· www.sharenow.com
Xbox 360 leverages social networking
Facebook and MySpace have made the Internet obsessed with popularity. Sites are adopting social networking features as quickly as we can find and friend each other. It seems only natural, then, that services should adopt social networking features, too.
Best and Worst Practices Social Media Marketing
by Lee Odden
Social media is hot, just take a look at Google Trends and to see the comparison between topics like “search marketing” being eclipsed by “social media” in terms of search volume and news references – at least according to Google. Along with all that “hotness”, there’s good and bad when it comes to the way companies are beginning to engage social media channels.
To keep your site at the top of the search engines, it is increasingly important to your success in an online world, a savvy web site owner learns to keep his or her content fresh. The simple task of regularly updating the information on your web site crosses several must-dos off of your SEO list. Here are three things to remember.
More than 5,000 years ago, in the ancient mystery schools of Egypt, the mental and spiritual laws and principles of success were taught to students who dedicated their entire lives to learning the “Esoteric Arts.”
One of these “secrets” was the Law of Attraction, which said that your mind is a magnet and that you invariably attract into your life people and circumstances in harmony with your dominant thoughts, especially those that are emotionalized.
I watched the movie “Charlie’s War” in it, the main character, Charlie told the story of how he became elected. He picked up voters who couldn’t get to the polls and actually drove them there. Why don’t you do the same? People may want to find you, but could use a little help.
Help people discover more of your web pages. I came across a great solution, Google Sitemaps is an easy way for you to help improve your site’s representation in the Google index. It’s a collaborative crawling system that enables you to communicate directly with Google. You get a smarter crawl because you can provide Google with specific information about all your web pages, such as when a page was last modified or how frequently it changes.
Be careful when converting your company name / brand name into an (available) domain name; it can have embarrassing repercussions. Imagine seeing a web address like, arsecommerce.com. This domain name may appear rather ordinary to us Americans. But to those who speak “the Queen’s English” – including those in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand – I bet they get a chuckle when they see it. You can imagine them thinking to themselves “Is this the company that put the “arse” in commerce?”. The company is ARS Ecommerce, not Arse Commerce.
Depending on what’s happening in your business, you probably feel the same way too. Everyone is squeezed and it’s not a good feeling. You need to take specific steps if your business is hard hit by this economic downturn. It is only natural to revisit your overall business strategy when market conditions change so now is time to consider growing your business during times of turbulence in the economy. What steps are you taking to minimize the economic impact to your business?
Just about every business on the planet does this. And it’s not bad… until you realize how much money you’re leaving on the table. The fact is, for every deal you close using this common process, there’s another 2 – 3 deals (or more!) you COULD close. Most small businesses market their products and services like this:
I recently posted an article and reviewd how to find a need for the online shoppers. I even showed how there is a lot of ball-dropping. Fortunately, it can all be corrected to give yourself a leg up on the competition. Here are some more tips:
• Search is fundamental. Be there at every entry point possible.
• The landing page is crucial. You should have a landing page relevant to the search term.
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