Social Media

Social media marketing is an integral part of any online marketing strategy due to it's proven ability to drive traffic and inbound links to websites.  Social media sites create new opportunites to communicate with people who are interested in what you have to say. 

While sites like Facebook or Twitter are often synonymous with the term "social media" there are actually several categories of social media sites, all of which can benefit you in your SEO efforts, if done right.  Take full advantage of these opportunites and in turn, drive more traffic to your site, while increasing your rankings!

Below is a category listing list of some popular social networking categories along with some examples for each:

• Communication sites
  • Blogs (Wordpress)
  • Micro-blogging (Twitter)
  • Social networking (Facebook, MySpace)
  • Events(Meetup.com) 
• Collaboration sites
  • Wikis(Wikipedia)
  • Social bookmarking (Delicious)
• Multimedia sites
  • Photo Sharing (Flickr)
  • Video Sharing (YouTube)
  • Audio and Music Sharing (TheHype Machine)
• Reviews/Opinions sites
  • Product Reviews (ePinions, Yelp)
  • Q&A (WikiAnswers)
• Entertainment sites

  • Media/Entertainment Platforms (Cisco Eos)

    Game Sharing (MiniClip)