Is Social Networking Really Internet Marketing?
Posted on July 19th, 2008 | by John Baril |If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Social networking is where you develop a group of friends and associates to hang out with. People have been doing this for years, but the Internet is really bringing it to the forefront.
This brings up an interesting question, “Is social networking really Internet marketing”?
It doesn’t have to be Internet marketing, but many people use it that way. By developing relationships with a group of friends and associates, it makes it easier for you to sell your products to them because you have credibility.
Today many people combine blogging and social networking as a way to drive traffic to their websites. They will write a blog article and social bookmark it to popular social directories such as Del.icio.us, Faves, Furl, Simpy and Wink, just to name a few.
These articles can drive traffic to their blog as well as serve as search engine bait for additional traffic from the search engines. By doing this social networking, is definitely Internet marketing.
Twitter is a new way to keep in contact with your followers. Every time you create a blog post or new webpage, you can also create a tiny URL and post that in updates about yourself. This is another way to get traffic to your pages and do Internet marketing.
You can also join various sites such as Digg and StumbleUpon and get to know people that way. In your profile, you can list a website address and the products that you sell. This will give you a chance to earn more money doing Internet marketing via social networking.
You certainly can do social networking for the fun of it, or you can use it for Internet marketing to make more money for yourself.
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9 Responses to “Is Social Networking Really Internet Marketing?”
By Matt Belock on Jul 20, 2008 | Reply
Great post. I believe Social Networking will be the blogging of the future. There are many advantages to the social scene and with more advances to come. It is definitely something everyone should consider when working online.
Thanks,
Matt
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By AffiliatesThatServe on Jul 21, 2008 | Reply
Social Networking is a great way to advertise and promote your online business. By submitting your site to these directories you are creating more and more backlinks all the time, which in turn leads to more traffic to your site.
Good post John,
Carol aston
By Internet Business Ideas on Jul 21, 2008 | Reply
Hi John,
Great post, yes social media is one of the main tools for internet marketing, you can do without it, but you will gain a lot more is you do use it.
Tanny
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By Make Money From Home on Jul 23, 2008 | Reply
This is a good article of Johnny!
I have never done much with social networking until recently, and I have to say that Twitter is proving to be an excellent way to drive traffic.
I certainly social bookmark all of my blog post to the various directories that you’ve listed, but I always go back and create a tiny URL and post it on my Twitter account.
-Jeff Schuman
By Tara Martindale on Jul 23, 2008 | Reply
Hi John;
Social Networking is definately a great way to get traffic. I know I need to take more advantage of it. Thanks for the info.
Tara
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By Online Marketing Services, Seo Companies on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply
Your article is much more informatics for all of the visitor. I am very happy to read it. This is really very nice. Thank you for it.
By victorseo on Oct 8, 2008 | Reply
the networking/sharing space is indeed the marketplace where forward thinking people are finding fertile ground. It happens to be fun, too! (at least for me). It is a significant part in the much bigger puzzle of internet marketing. IMS is BIG seo is little
By Respectable Reviews on Oct 5, 2009 | Reply
I think that social networking is the future of internet marketing. Five years ago, no one would have believed MySpace, Facebook, or Twitter would be as popular as they are now!
By Andrea Borja on Apr 20, 2011 | Reply
RespectableReview Says:
“I think that social networking is the future of internet marketing. Five years ago, no one would have believed MySpace, Facebook, or Twitter would be as popular as they are now!”
Meh, the Internet keeps us on our toes wondering what’s going to be next. And yes, social networking, when used properly, can do wonders for your internet marketing venture.