Social networking sites are a great place to market for free. They must be used for 2 major reasons though. These 2 aspects if done correctly can explode your online presence and make you tons of money! Now lets get started.

1. Building Your Network & Online Presence:

You want to have a huge network and presence online before you start marketing using these social networking sites. (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace) These are the 4 top social networking sites online which will get you the most results quick.

So you want to build a large network by adding friends and connecting with people on a daily basis. With Facebook you want to add 20-30 friends a day, with Twitter add 200-300 followers a day, with LinkedIn & MySpace add the same as Facebook (20-30 a day) because if you are too aggressive and add too much at once they will suspend your account.

So that is the best way to grow your network. Do not use automatic tools for adding because you will be suspended quickly. Manually is the best and safest way. What do you do when you have a big network and presence?

2. Building Relationships:

Building relationships is key to succeeding on these social networking sites. Do not be like everyone else and just put up ads in all the groups and look like your trying to scam everyone. Just build long term relationships and by doing so people will trust you and then actually want to spend money with you or work with you.

People love to be given things. People love to learn. So give value in the process! On top of building relationships you can be giving value to the community and everyone viewing your profile page by putting out valuable content (articles,videos,press releases,blog posts) but remember not to put so many ads, but always give value and push the free content!

Once people see you can help them and are a person of care and that you want to give, they will follow you and then want to spend money with you! Now I got something special for you.

Source : Elie Nassour

What is YouTube?

YouTube is an online communication site for the public. It allows registered users to upload videos which are to be made available to the public. Every video which is posted on the site can be viewed by anyone who goes into the site. Videos posted are anything from beginner to more professional videos and al of this if free. That is the reason why YouTube is considered a great tool to utilize in social media marketing.

Is YouTube really a great tool?

According to Alexa, YouTube is the fourth most visited by people next to Google, Facebook and Yahoo. That is why it is considered a world phenomenon. So if a marketer will be using it to promote his services and or products, it is for sure that many will be able to view it. And it is a given fact that the more people who become aware of a service and product, the more potential consumers there will be. Are you beginning to see the picture of what I am saying?

When it comes to the video that you will be posting, you have to post something that people will find interesting or useful so they will watch it. Of course, if they find it as uninteresting, they won’t give a second to play it.

So for you to have insights and ideas on what to post and include on to your video, below are some useful tips you can give mind to think about when planning your next video.

Tips for planning your video:

1. First, you have to have an outline. You should think of what will be the core concept or message that your video will present.

2. If your focus is on marketing, then you have to keep in mind that your YouTube marketing strategy should be focused on attracting as many visitors or viewers as possible. Well, YouTube has its own built-in search feature. What you need to do is to find out which words or phrases have the most searches that is related to your core concept. You can also use free research tools like Google AdWords or Wordtracker tool.

3. Next thing to do is to check out your competition for the keywords you have selected. Or you may check on the top videos and see how they came up with a video that attracted the interest of many.

4. After gathering the necessary information, you may now plan your script and start shooting your pre-production. Take into consideration the special effects and the kind of approach you will be utilizing. Remember that a good planning strategy is one of the keys to make things run smoothly and properly.

5. Lastly, use your selected keyword in your title. You should also include it in your video description and tags. The video description should appear as if it is answering the common question of the viewers “What benefits can I get from watching this?” Keep in mind that you want to have a good SEO results so you really have to know how to optimize.

That’s it! It sounds easy but it takes time to perfect this process. After you master it, it is for sure that your video will be on top listed and that you will have traffic coming in to your website.

Source : Bob B Howard