subject: How To Effectively Maximize Social Media Marketing For Your Site [print this page] Nowadays, almost all people are into social networking sites like Twitter, Myspace, Facebook and LinkedIn. Many have used these sites to gain more friends, but others also use these to gain more traffic on their sites. This is called social media marketing.
Many people feel that social networking sites are a complete waste of time. But on the contrary, social networking sites are those platforms which help us to stay connected with our friends or relatives. Apart from that social networking sites can be helpful in business purposes also.
If you opt to join a social network and use it as your marketing tool, you have to remember a few things. Millions of people use these sites, and almost all of them will not mind you or pay attention to you if they cannot get anything in return.
First and foremost, you need to understand that social networking site is mutual in character. By this, we mean that you need to connect and join other network so you can get them to join your network too. This way, you can get them to comment and notice what you are marketing. They can also view your interests and exchange different views about things.
Also, you need to post video links and URL link to your website either on your profile or on your status. Most URLs are too long but can be shorten via www.tiny.cc. Always remember to add in a short remark about the link that you posted to give people an idea about the content of your URL.
Always update your profile. It is very important for people on your network to know that you are actively engaged in maintaining your Facebook or Tweeter account as no one wants to get in touch with an inactive "friend". If you constantly tweet or update your account by uploading media files, you will have greater chances of drawing followers which subsequently increases traffic.
Maintain a professional look of your account. Consider your Facebook or Linkedln "friends" as business contacts. If you must, you can choose to create a separate account to maintain your personal network of friends and photos.
If you see any possibility for optimizing user traffic on your social networking site, by all means explore its full potential. Do this by appropriately tagging medial files and adding back links or auto signatures. Tagging allows you to get more views which eventually generate more user traffic.
