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Social Networking: Examining User Behavior
Dear Joe,
The more we read about Social Bookmarking sites the more we are crazy about exploring them all again and again. Surfing these sites is not an easy job, it consumes a lot of time,moreover they make the difficult thing more difficult by their own mysterious procedures ( until now I do not know the AOL screen name to sign-in with in Netscape).
Some of them recommend members to support other members through visiting their spots in these sites, commenting,rating...etc), and unless the surfer is an experienced and persistent one and knows how to exploit these sites for his favor easily, it ends with the normal surfers up to quiting these sites implementing the rule of "what is in it for me".
If people finds these sites are easy to surf, and are reflecting a sensible response to their efforts, they
would stick to them, and we can compare the number of visitors of both de.icio.us
and myspace, moreover I never heard any marketer saying more than he is looking for the hot trends at these sites.توبيكات ملونه
My point here is that you, the opinion leaders through your widely read sites are asked to recommend them too, they should reconsider their sites and their surfing way. In a nutshell, Social Bookmarking sites are not easy to surf.
Social Networking
I see,,
The most important way for the deployment of my sites ..
Is the search engines
Like Google ..
Medm because visitors are looking for applications from these sites ..
Most of the topics to be either
Movies or pictures ..
This is required ..
The other topics that do not have any interest in it ..
Tried to fix the other slaves, but the best way Come on search engines ..
Thank you, Sir, on the chances we Ataank
Hkuradzela
Social Networking Niche
Hi Joe,
I'm a big fan of your column and weekly reader of the webpronews letter. I am a founder of a niche social networking site called Startup Addict ready to launch in about 3 weeks. I have been under the radar for the last 6 months and I certainly hope it is received well. The trend I noticed is exactly as you stated, what is more effective, 140 million users of myspace that are a needle in a haystack to target or 3 million users of a site like Startup Addict where you know it is a highly targeted vertical of entrepreneurs and anyone else in the Startup value chain. Where impressions and sponsorships become as powerful if not more as click throughs because of the potency of brand exposure.
www.startupaddict.com
Best Regards,
Tod Whipple
Founder.
eleven years old+
>>It’s still early in the history of social networking, yet one
out of three Internet users is already taking advantage of a site
containing user-generated content to help make a decision to buy, or
not to buy something. <<
it is not early at all, you are reading a marketers sales pitch. The internet is 11 years old. Aol and compuserve were social networks - they are older.
what is dangerous is that all the webpages, blogs and mailing lists, are being saved. They are used by the government, business stealers and the entertainmnet industry for story ideas. They pay a few people and steal fromt he rest. Myspace, and the other sites you call 'social" are being put together for the politicians and the companies whose products they own stock in to market to. Google is one big database of info. Dont put your personal info online. If they wantsomeone five or more years from now that matches your criteria, they will find you in their database. They abuse people.
dont put your photos online, your videos on youtube. Youtube was venture capital funded by the same people as google. It was probably developed to be sold to google. So that the same venture capital company that made a fortune from google, could pay itself a fortune for youtube. The entertainment people paid a lot for it, for the movie, tv, song ideas it could steal from people.
be careful online. its another database.
Social Networking Tips
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Thanks,
DC
SOCIAL MARKETING
Sounds good to get more customers. They are the landing pages (target). Customers search through major search engines and will not spend time in these landing pages for other products.
It is surprised to see even large search engines such as ENTIREWEB is unable to deliver to commercial customers. People just want to go through Google Yahoo or MSN. Unless this mentality is changed by a new concept, it is better to advertise with them than any other mode.
We are ready to take this challenge with new concepts to grab the market and would be happy to hear from CONTRIBUTERS and INVESTORS.
Shopping Mall
I have a mall with over 60 stores in it. I sell almost anything you want to mention, including Western Union, a U. S. Post Office, an online Bank, as well as clothing stores (Wal-Mart, Sears, Target, etc.). How do I figure a relevant niche? Where would I find a social networking website that harbors shopaholics?
RustyRose
RustyRose@rustyrose.com
BrandNameShoppingMall.com
Comment: Social Networking: Examining User Behavior
I think companies can benefit from creating their own social media sites targeted to their particular industry, creating a very niche group of captive prospects.
For instance, if you have a CRM company you could create a social networking community for people looking to interact and discuss tips, preferred services, etc. that is sponsored by YOU! (your CRM company).
Allowing user-generated content, profiles and other interactive features could be appealing to people within a specific vertical, such as CRM. All this content and social bookmarking and web 2.0 elements can skyrocket rankings for this social media site you sponsor. The inbound links to this site are something that is becoming harder to achieve with a strictly commercial site. And as most people know, quality content and one-way inbound links are a big factor in how Google ranks sites.
So I agree with the premise that search marketing and social marketing do go hand in hand. You can generate a ton of traffic, links, user information from your social networking site.
With an already captive audience in place you can craft and place your message in front of these people.
The company I work for, Social Media Systems (http:socialmediasystems.com) does just this and we have received an excellent response from people using our services as they have achieved search rankings that would of otherwise been impossible with their current site configuration.
Niche Marketing
As someone who has a definite niche market with our internet store (Texas gifts, Texas decor, Texas apparel, etc.), we are challenged in fnding the "social networking" sites you mentioned. And while you are absolutely correct that we need to focus in those areas where our business is generated, if you're not real computer savvy (which I'm not), it does become frustrating in deciding which ones are relevant (and affordable) and which ones aren't (just another come on to those of us who don't know the difference). I'm glad I took the time to read your article as it's healthy to have a "reality check" every now and then - and to remember what we learned in Marketing 101!
RE: Use of term Social Marketing
Dear Joe:
Thank you for your informative article on social networks and marketing. Your analysis of the iProspect study was succinct and clear.
Did you know that the term "social marketing" actually refers to something quite different than marketing through social networks? In fact, there is a profession called "Social Marketing." We social marketers apply commercial marketing techniques; our approach is evidence-based, process oriented, audience-centric. But we do it for a very different purpose. We restrict our work to promoting goods, services, attitudes, and behaviors designed to benefit society (hence the term "Social" marketing.)
Leaders in this field include Philip Kotler, Alan Andreason, Craig LeFebvre, Bill Novelli, and Bill Smith. Even Everett Rogers , who popularized Diffusion of Innovations, practiced social marketing.
Since before the Internet, social marketers have helped communities to reduce their incidence of infectious diseases, increase treatment of potentially life threatening diseases, and eliminate risky behaviors such as smoking.
Since at least 1999, social marketers have been active on the Internet. That's when I began to work with the National Institutes of Health to apply social marketing online. We disseminated public health information about such key health issues as cholesterol and high blood pressure via email lists, discussion lists, bulletin boards, usenet groups, free Palm OS program downloads, search engine optimization, and link building campaigns. We freely distributed authoritative information, and encouraged others to share it to promote awareness, knowledge, and application of ways to detect, diagnose, and manage high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure. Through this new medium, we reached millions of at-risk individuals with life-saving information who otherwise might have been kept in the dark.
Again, thanks for the great information and writing. An would it be possible, writing in future (and this also applies to the headline editor you work with) to keep in mind that social marketing means more - much more - than simply marketing to online social networks? If you would, those of us who are struggling to keep socially beneficial information visible and accessible, will be grateful.
Regards,
Winthrop Morgan, MPH, CeM
Social Marketer
www.winthropmorgan.com
Social Networking: Examining User Behaviour
Dear Joe,
The more we read about Social Bookmarking sites the more we are crazy about exploring them all again and again. Surfing these sites is not an easy job, it consumes a lot of time,moreover they make the difficult thing more difficult by their own mysterious procedures ( until now I do not know the AOL screen name to sign-in with in Netscape).
Some of them recommend members to support other members through visiting their spots in these sites, commenting,rating...etc), and unless the surfer is an experienced and persistent one and knows how to exploit these sites for his favor easily, it ends with the normal surfers up to quiting these sites implementing the rule of "what is in it for me".
If people finds these sites are easy to surf, and are reflecting a sensible response to their efforts, they
would stick to them, and we can compare the number of visitors of both de.icio.us
and myspace, moreover I never heard any marketer saying more than he is looking for the hot trends at these sites.
My point here is that you, the opinion leaders through your widely read sites are asked to recommend them too, they should reconsider their sites and their surfing way. In a nutshell, Social Bookmarking sites are not easy to surf.
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