AOL started it. With very popular chat rooms and a skeletal, but functional, social network. Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, Friendster, LinkedIN and several others have since emerged. All offering something unique to make their platform the biggest and most successful. As I learn more about blog writing/internet marketing (yes, they go hand-in-hand), it is clear that these sites drive the "personality" that the online society has taken. To be successful online, it is clear that a strong and steady participation and presence on these sites is critical.
This blog generates reports that allow me to view the sources of my daily traffic. So far, Facebook, Myspace, and LinkedIn, are responsible for a LARGE portion of my visitors. I am pretty much a "nobody" writing on a topic that interests me. I realize how amazing it is that because of the internet, people from around the world are reading what I am writing!! I wonder how powerful these sites would be for retailers if they started to generate a major presence on these sites.
Many CEO's have taken to Twitter as a quick way to connect with consumers. Myspace has generated powerful partnerships in the entertainment business (you can view almost any movie trailer first on Myspace). Facebook takes the understated approach of passive advertising and "fan pages". But no matter how you look at it, the sheer volume of daily chatter on these sites is staggering....just imagine if your company was a large portion of that chatter!!
As a result of my personal traffic, I am attempting to test the power of both Myspace and Facebook as Social Networks. I have strategically posted links to this post on both pages. I will post the results to this test, and write a follow-up this weekend.
If you have reached my page through any other channel, please leave a comment voting on which social network you prefer, and if you arrived here from one of the other networks mentioned.
This blog generates reports that allow me to view the sources of my daily traffic. So far, Facebook, Myspace, and LinkedIn, are responsible for a LARGE portion of my visitors. I am pretty much a "nobody" writing on a topic that interests me. I realize how amazing it is that because of the internet, people from around the world are reading what I am writing!! I wonder how powerful these sites would be for retailers if they started to generate a major presence on these sites.
Many CEO's have taken to Twitter as a quick way to connect with consumers. Myspace has generated powerful partnerships in the entertainment business (you can view almost any movie trailer first on Myspace). Facebook takes the understated approach of passive advertising and "fan pages". But no matter how you look at it, the sheer volume of daily chatter on these sites is staggering....just imagine if your company was a large portion of that chatter!!
As a result of my personal traffic, I am attempting to test the power of both Myspace and Facebook as Social Networks. I have strategically posted links to this post on both pages. I will post the results to this test, and write a follow-up this weekend.
If you have reached my page through any other channel, please leave a comment voting on which social network you prefer, and if you arrived here from one of the other networks mentioned.
Facebook is definitely better than MySpace... and if you establish a following on Twitter, that too could be a good avenue to reach consumers.
ReplyDeleteI must say that I like Twitter best, I am an absolute twitter addict, so no wonder either.
ReplyDeleteThan I guess comes Youtube, followed by Myspace, and Facebook (not sure about facebook tho, I dont use it as much, so I haven't really experienced it's "powers")
On your site I came from blogcatalog :)
Good luck with your experiment !
Ingrid
Wow...two "write-in" votes for twitter!! Keep em comin!!!
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