Social Networking And The Speed Dating P’s

Writing by Brick Marketing on Wednesday, 2 of April , 2008 at 8:18 am

When it comes to Web 2.0. social networking is not only all the rage, it is the rage. If you haven’t got into the swing of things yet, it’s not too late - you may just have to get into some speed dating to catch up. How quickly can you become involved in the social networking game, it’s totally up to you. Here are my six P’s that may help you catch the field.

1. Popularity - join sites that are already popular. These are the mainstream sites that have a lot of traffic.
2. Profile - develop a profile that is interesting and will entice visitors to add you to their friend lists. Don’t go overboard but at the same time, don’t be too brief.
3. Photo - grab a good photo of yourself and add it to your profile. If you don’t feel comfortable with your photo, find an avatar that looks attractive.
4. Pictures - add pictures, graphics, videos and any other artwork that puts you into the web 2.0 crowd.
5. Promote - promote yourself whenever possible. If necessary, pester your friends, relatives and colleagues to get online and add you to their friend lists.
6. Participate - get into the crowd and start participating. Read and vote on articles. Take part in discussions or debates. Get to know some of the top players and get on first name terms with them

Follow these social networking guidelines and you will improve your chances of being noticed quickly. The faster you are noticed, the more connections you will make. Once you start making connections, become judicious as to who you do and do not accept into your contacts list. Do a little research before adding them and only add them if they are going to improve your profile within that site.

If you notice the same contacts on other sites, don’t be too quick to dismiss them. If you friend them on one site then it is a good idea to add them on any other sites as well.

Once you have made your presence felt within a social networking site, you can start to ease back on the social and start to work on your marketing. Like all dating games, don’t rush, don’t push, just ease your way into it. And you thought I was going to help you with ’speed dating’ - sorry, the last date I had was in a packet.

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