A Massive Social Networking Directory
The Social Networking Directory is a MASSIVE 580 page book listing over 3000 social networking and social marketing websites!
You should be using social marketing as part of your marketing campaign, there’s no doubt about that is there? Not really:)
Social networking is not a fad, it’s the wave of the future. People online today don’t want to be “advertised to”, they want to engage in conversations, communicate and meet new people. You need to jump in and start doing the same thing.
It’s much like the offline world, where you meet people at a social gathering and may have a conversation on what you do or what they do. You don’t wear a flashing banner advertisement around your neck telling them to buy your product, do you? No (I hope). You talk about it, share your thoughts and engage in a conversation that can often end up in either creating a partnership of some sort, or in gaining a new customer.
The problem is there are so many out there that it’s quite mind boggling. And, because social networking does take up a lot of time, you want to start small and work up to a special few that you find actually benefit your business. Focus and work on your chosen group to ensure maximum exposure.
You also want to find the sites that are special to your own niche. If you are a dog trainer, you want to find the social sites where dog lovers hang out. If your niche is cooking, you want to find sites where those who love to cook and exchange recipes hang out. You get the point.
Now, to save you time searching these sites out, you can download this Social Networking Directory for free and use it as a guide to searching out the sites that best work for your own business.
Then come back here and tell us what you think by leaving a reply below.
Toresa:)
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Wow, thanks for that tip. I’ve tried it out and if you are looking for a very specific networking site for your business it’s perfect.
The book provides a great starting point and offers a huge selection of the most popular and let’s say general type social networking sites that many people won’t even be familiar with.
I actually think, both the book and findasocialnetwork.com would compliment each other and could be used each for their own purpose.
Although this directory features alot of social networks, it’s by no means exhaustive not to mention unwieldy. The resource I use is this search engine dedicated to social networks called simply findasocialnetwork.com. They list more social networks and most searches return many results. No need to download a huge book!