HOW TO GET FREE TRAFFIC WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING
How
to get free traffic with social networking? Here is
another tip for those who are looking free traffic. Another form of
getting free traffic is using the social networking, the so called WEB
2.0 sites. Web 2.0 isn't really a certain type of site, it is a term
that is being used to describe the new sites that allows an interactive
communication between its members or customers. It allows these people
to create their own shared content pages, to add new posts, and to
interact with other users of the site.
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These types of websites typically have an open membership. This means that anyone can become a member, no matter what their hobbies, beliefs, or views are. However, once you are inside this online community, you can begin to create your own network of friends; thus eliminating others that do not meet your criteria.
Usually, these web.2 websites offer you an open membership. That means that you can become a member, without any discrimination for your hobbies, beliefs, or interests. Anyway, once you get inside this online community, you are allowed to create your own network of friends and you can select those people who meet your criteria.
How to get free traffic with social networking? The majority of these places allows you to create a profile page that people can see. Inside your profile page you can slightly direct your traffic to your website and advertising your products. A basic condition is to interact indeed with the networks and gently point your visitors to your website. On the contrary, you will categorized as spammer and your will be banned from that website.
How can you find them? Nothing more easy. Go to Google Search, type in "social network websites, and you will get a huge list of web.2 sites. Here are only few of them:
How to get free traffic with social networking? I suppose that very few of you haven't used a social networking website before, considering their popularity. they provide you a very good opportunity to advertise your business for free. Google is inlove with this sites. All you have to do is to open an account, to create your own profile page and to start interacting with those who share your opinions and interests on the Web.
I am recommending you to subscribe at the 100% free course of the Twitter and My space expert, Bob Jenkins, at Discover Social Networking. It is one of the most profitable ways to build your list of subscribers among those people whom share your interests, or, at least, of the product that you are promoting.
How to get free traffic with social networking? One of the most usefull is Squidoo. It is practically like a blog, you open an account and you are creating some pages, called lenses, with whatever subject you like, using the same keywords as in your website, and make a link at your website. You will be surprised of the free traffic you are getting from there.
Social bookmarking sites are a little different. Some of them will allow you to create a profile, while others will ask you to open an account so that you can post links.
But the story is the same with the web.2 sites. Do not start posting link after link on these sites, or article after article.As far as i know, Google doesn't see with good eyes a site which go from zero visitors to thousands of visitors per day in just few hours. This is not a natural way of gaining free traffic. I suggest you to use a slight approach and in a proper timing. I advise you to make a special sheet with notes of your sites and dates postings, so that you can controll each of your sites and products and what ways you use to promote them and where you did it.
How to get free traffic with social networking? Here you have few social bookmarking sites:
http://www.google.com/notebook
How to get free traffic with social networking? One special cathegory of free advertising are the video sites (of course, the most popular is You Tube). I can not imagine that there is someone on the Internet who doesn't know what are these video sites and their importance. They offer you a great opportunity to advertise, due to their popularity.
Now you will say: "But, I don't know how to create a video!" One of the best screen capture software is Camtasia, but it is also $300! There is a solution for this, and it's free! You only need a video screen capture program and a cheap microphone. Go here:
Here you have few video sites:
How to add video clips on websites? You can subscribe to You Tube for free and they have tutorials explaining you how to do it.
How to get free traffic with social networking? The last one in the serie, but not the less important is the podcasting. It offers you the opportunity to publish audio broadcasts on Internet. Podcasting is different by the other online media networks due to its subscription model. Podcasting system uses a feed, like RSS, to deliver an enclosed file. There are and podcasts that do not require subscription. Here is a list with few podcast directories:
http://www.podcastdirectory.com
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html
I haven't studied all the podcasting sites from above, besides, I must confess that I am complete newbie in podcasting, but I looked a little bit at the sites, and I am sure that you will find there the documentation, if you want to go deepper in podcasting. Those who will sign up for my newsletter will receive a lot of books about social networking for free.
I will keep short this page, because, considering the importance of some sites like Squidoo and Twitter, I decded to open separate chapter for each of them. In a short time I will add few more pages, explaining with details the parts more importants, like signing up in the main sites, building lenses, etc... All of their time.
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