Social Networks are everywhere these days. It’s fun to belong to any of them. Millions of millions of people on the networks chatting with one another, it’s a great community building and promotional tool.
If used correctly, you can use them to bring massive amount of traffic to you site. Let’s take a look. You can register for a free account at any of these networks.
- Myspace
- StumbleUpon
Create a profile, introduce yourself, list your interests,and what you do. Then start adding people with the same interest as you do to your friend list with search or browse functions.
TIP: Similar Interests and Activity Types
Do not add every single person you can get your hands on just because you can. Only add people with similar interests to you and your website. Don’t add people who like food recipes, if your site deal with technological topics.
Attach your web or blog feed to your social network profile. By doing this you can keep all your friends up to date on the latest posts and developments across all the networks. This is a completely automated process. Here are some of the ways to do do it.
TIP: Facebook
Use “Notes” or “Twitter” web applications to import rss/atom feeds that get updated automatically.
TIP: Plug Website/Blog Updates To Twitter Using Twitterfeed
If you don’t already have a Twitter account get one now from www.twitter.com. Then, use “Twitterfeed” from www.twitterfeed.com and add your Twitter account information there to create a feed in Twitterfeed. Now your original rss/atom feed is linked to your twitter account.
TIP: Myspace
You can use a Twitter widget inside your myspace profile to display the latest feeds. Login to your Twitter account and select “Put your updates on your site!” from the right side bar. Then chose the widget of your choice with customizable options for color, display type, etc.
You can plug Twitter widgets on to any website or blog to syndicate your feeds.
StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is a little different network compare to other. Like with other networks, you need to add some friends to get notified and create a friendly atmosphere.
The traffic start to generate when people start to stumble or recommend the sites you listed as your favorites. If you have good quality up to date content that peak an interest, you will receive tons of tons of visitors or in the world of StumbleUpon “stumblers”.
Like always I hope this basic traffic building strategies work well for you. You them wisely.
