What is Social Networking?

Today you can find far more information about what you are searching for from Social Networking. Search engines love social sites because it is no longer a company providing all of the info about themselves. Now the actual customer can share their opinion on the company and what they provided. You can also search information faster with Social Networking.

Some of the most recent methods of this is social bookmarking. Websites like Del.icio.us, Digg, and Stumble Upon allow users to share their personal favorites (bookmarks) with others. They tag each site with words they feel are appropriate to the site. They are now creating the keywords that they found relevant.

So now rather than just having the search engines to use, you can use these outlets and they get a lot of respect because they are customer referred links.

Other versions of social media include blogging social networks – primarily Technorati.com. Technorati indexes blogs based on the amount of incoming links those blogs have, as well as the tags associated with their posts.

But the most popular social networks today are of course Facebook and Twitter. Though these social giants enjoy millions of unique visitors every month, few businesses or website owners have thought to penetrate this incredible resource.

Lastly, two more powerful social media networks that have emerged and revolutionizing audio and video: YouTube and BlogTalkRadio. These mega networks allow citizen filmmakers and broadcasters to share their visions with the world and spread the word about what matters to them.

Few businesses realize it yet, but these media networks are potential goldmines stock full of future stars – all potential broadcasters of your marketing message.

Is Social Media Just a Fad?

How Will Social Media Help My Site Traffic Grow?

Two out of three people online are visiting social media sites. 1 out of every 20 website visits are to a social networking site. It will not be long before these Social Media sites start to eclipse the traffic of search engines.

That means that if your business is not utilizing these networks, you’re missing out on the easiest, fastest way to access 67% of internet users.

How Do I Get Involved in Social Networking?

Once again content is king! Provide good content to these outlets and it can go viral. Especially if it is a good tip or a good story. It can spread extremely fast.

This of course translates into referrals, which will convert into sales on an average of 667% better than cold leads (search engine results). Even though you may reach less people sometimes through social media you can have much better conversion rates.

We will target various social networks through a variety of methods:

Article or Blog Promotion

We manage several blogs for our clients, we have writers who are adding well written keyword specific content to these blogs.

For instance, if you dog training, we will develop a series of blog posts or articles that provide helpful content on dog training. On top of that we target those posts with your keywords to add SEO quality to them. We then promote these posts and of course it all leads right back to you.

Social Promotion

We take your business to where the conversation is. Even though you may not think that your business is the type to be talked about on sites like Facebook. You would be surprised at the variety of topics in Social Media. This is no longer something the teenagers do. This is a medium that people from 17 to 70 are using.

How Does Social Media Work With SEO?

The more search engines find your site being talked about the higher they rank you. Most importantly with Social Media is considered to be a referral more than just a mention. The tags that are being used to discuss your business are also adding keywords created by the end user to your rankings.

Besides the search engine advantages keep in mind you are now being talked about in one of the fastest growing segments online. Your popularity skyrockets with these methods.

And again Google loves human interaction and that is Social Networking.