Social Networking Links

There was an explosion of social networking sites in the past two years. Even major players like Google, Yahoo and MSN are getting into it.

With so much interest in the work of how social networks are beginning to wonder if there is marketing potential within these social networks?

I've been seeing the creation of social networks for some time. In fact, I am a member of other social networking sites, including title = "http://www.myspace.com/"> href = "http://www.myspace.com/"> http://www.myspace.com/ and http:target = "_blank"> www.linkedin.com " title = "https: / /" Target = "_blank ">" Www.linkedin.com> http:> https: / / www.linkedin.com "target =" _blank ">" www.linkedin.com> https: / / www.linkedin.com just to name two.

I joined partly because I wanted to see what they were, but more importantly to see what impact networks social would have on the SEM in the coming years.

I was a member of various services for a time and scope of these sites have is incredible.

For example, my LinkedIn network of seven I have an extensive network of over 12,600 people.

Imagine that – I'm just a click or two away from nearly 13,000 people who share my same interests by what they see on television work could provide.

Thanks to my connections and their connections, I am connected people ranging from American Cancer Society, Sun Microsystems, University of Texas on Google.

But what are the opportunities marketing of social networks?

Well, let's look at MySpace.

MySpace is one the best sites on the Web today. He has accumulated an increase of 9.4 million visits to the users of the site in August 2005 (more than Google) and registration of new users a mind staggering 3.5 million per month.

MySpace is typical of where today, 18-30 years old adage of digital life management. Allows users to post photos of themselves and their friends, create a blog, a list of your favorite bands, watch and share videos, suggest things to do and lists a set of people who consider their friends. In this select group of people where most opportunities.

Of the thirty million plus users of MySpace have a page that lists a friend of the person he believes his friend. This is a list of people who are interested in and talk, and the audience on a regular basis. Once you add someone as your friend can send emails, comments in your photos, read their blogs and leave messages to share with others. This is the immediate information about you.

The ability to add friends to your page marketing is the key users of MySpace. According to Courtney Holt, director of new media and strategic marketing at Interscope, "This generation is growing up without having ever watched programmed media. "They do not think in terms of the album, and think in terms than expected TV. They think in terms of TiVo, P2P, AOL, and of course MySpace. "

You can see how one could develop.

Say create a MySpace account to talk about your product or service. You blog about it and get others in May that share your interests.

To invite to be your friend. When they become a friend that starts with "selling soft launch of its product to them.

As they grow to appreciate, which began to publish and share. Soon hundreds or even thousands of people who talk about you and your product or service.

I do not think that works?

Let me give some examples. There are many groups who got their start on MySpace. Only by receiving some of their music online and blogs about themselves that they have developed a suite. Soon it comes to registration and contracts aligned.

Of course, to use services like MySpace, you must have something of this target market needs. If not, then you probably should not put much effort on MySpace.

But this not other opportunities for social networking should be ignored. As I mentioned, LinkedIn is creating one professional service. If your product or service fits here then by all means explore further.

And there are others too. Services and Yahoo! S MyWeb, Flickr, title = "http://del.icio.us"> http://del.icio.us and more.

So if you've ever wondered what other online opportunities could be there, consider social networking. This could be the next big online marketing channel.

Social Networking Documentary (Part 2)