There are innumerable social websites currently and they are great ways of socialising and connecting with friends. However, the networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have become most popular and people just love to socialize through them. Getting fans in these sites are also quite popular and if you go for different ways, you would also be able to get boatloads of new fans. However, there are top three ways by means of which you can succeed this.
There are some gig sites in the internet where people all around the world post their gigs (little tasks that they can do) for just a few dollars. One of the most common gigs are "promoting brands, blogs etc on their facebook or twitter accounts. You can see people who want to post advertising on their Facebook account of 10.000+ fans for just a few dollars. Referring to these gig sites can be very helpful. They would in turn help you to get fans in large numbers. There are several other people who would like to advertise on their blogs, or ready to post comments on forums for $3, $5 or $7. It is a very economical way of promoting your product, brand, blog etc.
There is also some sites where you can promote your brand with the help of those who would like to tweet your brand for a certain amount of money. You can just give a short brief about what you want to advertise and your budget, and wait for tweeters to grab your post. This would definitely be followed up by huge fan followers and you would feel great to see such a huge list of the fans.
Following these ways would definitely help you to gain boatloads of new fans that you cannot gain in any other means at these reasonable prices.