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Welcome to “Guest Author Tuesday”!

No online business owner should rely on just one method to promote their website. In this series of articles we invite guest authors to introduce us to alternative marketing methods that you can use to attract visitors.

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Todays guest author is: Thomas Brant

Most successful online marketers are using social network marketing as a good way to prospect and market on the internet. In this article we will offer some ideas on how you can benefit from this.

Social networking started out years ago as a way for people to make friends and stay in touch with others of similar interests via the internet. Over time it has become an excellent way for businesses to make targeted and immediate contact with the masses.

Basically it is a very quick and effective form of viral marketing. This is great for those with a good reputation and not so great for the others.

The success in social network marketing comes from successfully targeting and offering the right product to the right market. It’s also about helping others.

You do not want to enter social networking for the sole purpose of selling. If you do you will quickly be discovered and will gain a negative reputation which you absolutely don’t want on the internet.

Your goal with social network is to develop a brand for yourself. You do this by attraction marketing. The more you share your wealth of knowledge the more you will become known as an expert in your field.

Once that is done you have branded yourself as a person to go to. It’s at that point that you will have the credibility you need in order to drive readers (potential customers) to your sites. So where do you start?

There are many social networking forums to help you launch your profile. MySpace and Facebook are well known. There is also LinkedIn which has a reputation for specifically connecting professionals. And of course Twitter is hugely popular.

There are many other social networking sites you can use. Most of these are free to join. There are a few that have a basic monthly fee, but with these you usually have other services and benefits within the site.

It’s interesting to note that many companies are devoting time and people to developing specific social marketing strategies as they now fully realize the potential of this vehicle.

The real key to effective social network marketing hasn’t changed from the key to regular effective social networking. You must approach it with the attitude of giving rather than receiving.

Those that are successful with this are those that provide information needed to overcome a challenge or to fill a need, etc. They are involved with the spirit giving and not just taking.

Once an audience of followers has been established it is then ethical to passively promote and market your business interests. You will more than likely be able to build a solid customer base from that strategy.

Thomas Brant is the owner of the first social networking business site to offer home business opportunities. Start your own social network home based business today with zero upfront costs. http://www.blazingvillage.org/

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