Social Networking - Part 1

Stumble Upon - A New Wave In Internet Marketing

Social Networking is without doubt the next generation in internet marketing. Some of the most popular Social Networking sites are receiving 2 to 3 times more traffic than Google itself. This is a proven fact that can be verified by carrying out some simply resource on the internet.

So What Is Social Networking?

Social Networking relates to sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, StumbleUpon, Digg, HubPages, etc... All of these sites have one thing in common, they connect people and build people's social interaction. Hence the name Social Networking. The fact that so people are connected together via a network offers the internet marketer an opportunity that has not been seen since the beginning of the internet. The opportunity to market to literally thousands of people with the click of one button.

I am going to show you how to do this over the next few weeks using your existing campaigns and adding Social Networking into the pot to increase your website traffic tenfold.

First on the list of Social Networks, is StumbleUpon.

StumbleUpon is a great networking tool with over 4.5million users. I've only picked this first because I use it alot and like it's simplicity.

To use Stumble Upon you first need to download the toolbar. This is a simply process, and once complete you will be able to carry out a number of activities.

The first activity is to simply click the Stumble icon and start stumbling through websites provided by their database. I've come across some really good and useful sites just by doing this which I regularly return to for information or to use a free tool they offer. Ok so what benefit does simply stumbling through sites offer? Well if you vote for the site in your browser it will show up on the site owners Stumble dashboard. They may or may not visit your site and vote for yours too.

The second and probably the most important aspect of Stumble is the ability to vote for your own sites. When you vote for your site, it appears on the StumbleUpon homepage briefly, as it shows the recently voted for pages. In addition it also gives you a backlink from a PR8 (yes you read right) website. StumbleUpon is PR8 and loved by Google. So not only will you get a PR8 one way link, you also get some Google love!

Thirdly, you can add people in the network as friends. If they accept, they can see what you've been stumbling and might also check out the same websites as you. If you've been stumbling your own websites, this is going to generate more traffic.

A good way of getting traffic to your sales page, is to write articles, post them to reputable article sites and once they've been published, go along and rate them using Stumble.

This process can also be used with Twitter and Fleck. I use all three!!! If you use all three you are gaining valuable one way links to your web pages from 3 different, high traffic websites.

Go get yourself over to StumbleUpon, Twitter and Fleck and start rating your articles and websites today.

Steve Sharpe is the CEO and Editor in Cheif of Article Land, Information Booth & Crazy Linker.

How To Blog

A blog is basically an online journal wherein you can digitally pen down your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything that you want people to read. Blogs come in different styles, formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user. Many blogging sites, offer built in features such as hyperlink, straight texts, pictures etc. Some blogging sites, even allow you to put video and mp3's on your blogs.

Instead of writing texts, some bloggers choose to make their blogs more audio friendly, by using spoken word entries. This is called audio blogging.

Basically a blog contains these features:

title- which allows you to label your post
body- this is the content of your post
trackback- other sites can be linked back to your blog
permanent link- every article that you write has a URL
comments- this allow readers to post comments on your blog.

One of the advantages of blogging, is that it is made of only a few templates. Unlike, other websites that is made up of numerous individual pages. This make it easier for blog users to create new pages, because it already has a fix setting that include: slots for title, body of the post, category, etc.

This is especially useful for first time users, since they can start blogging right away. They can chose from a number of templates that blogging websites provide.

Anyone who wants to start a blog can do so by becoming a member of a blogging website of their choice. Once they've become members, they automatically become a part of that particular blogging community. They can browse through other bloggers pages, and link them back to their own blogs. They can also make comments on other members' blogs.

Blogging is not just limited to personal usage. There are a lot of blogs that follow a theme such as: sports, politics, philosophy, social commentary, etc. These blogs espouse on their specific themes. This way blogging becomes a medium in which people can share their knowledge and opinions about a variety of themes and topics.

Some bloggers even use their blogs as a means to advertise. Some authors advertise their books on their blogs. While other bloggers, use their blogs to shed light to currents issues, events, news and catastrophes.

Nowadays in education, blogs also play an important part. Professors use blogging to document the lessons that they have discussed and taught. This way, students who who have missed classes, can easily catch up with their assignments.

A lot of entrepreneurs benefit from blogging by promoting their businesses on their blogs, with millions and millions of people logging onto the net everyday, blogging has become a lucrative move. Some bloggers who run online businesses promote their merchandise online. While others profit through advertisement.

But by far, the most popular blog type is the one that takes the form of a personal journal. This is the kind that is usually used by first time bloggers. Individuals who want to document the daily struggle of their everyday lives, poems, rants, opinions, find that blogging offers them a medium in which to express themselves.

Bloggers usually communicate within themselves. This is one of the appeals of blogging. It creates a community of people sharing their ideas, thoughts, and comments with each other.

Blogs varying in topics, themes, and set-ups, can be found in blog directories. First time users who want to get an idea of what the blogging world is all about can browse through a number of blogs using these directories. This way they'd get an idea of what these blogging communities are like.

Blogging is popular all over the world. Blog is short for the term weblog. There are no rules when it comes to blogging. Bloggers have the freedom to express themselves how ever way they want, and the best thing about blogging, is that most blogging sites are free.

There are numerous blogging websites to choose from in the net. This give first time users the option of joining a blogging community that appeals to their interests.

Blogging is for everyone. It is fun, simple and easy. Articleland offers a free blog function that automatically pings the best blog directories when you click submit. This system is one of the easiest systems in the world to use and generates immediate exposure for your blog.

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