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Social networking sites for affiliate marketing
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By gls55 holdings
January 9, 2012
You might not know this, but social networking sites aren't just for teenagers anymore. In fact, social networking sites have evolved into something different altogether than what they once were – networks composed mainly of teenage girls.
Today, social networking sites span the spectrum of demographic marketing groups. While teenagers are still more apt to use them than older people, there are now niche social networking sites, which target people who all share some common interest, such as a skateboarding or affiliate marketing.
Now, in addition to teenagers and adults, social networks are increasingly becoming used by other groups — businesses and affiliate marketers. That's right... many businesses and marketers are now infiltrating social networks to advertise or do some marketing in some subtle manner — and then replicate their message through systems that are already available within the social network.
The most prominent social network is Myspace which boasts a membership base of 1.06 hundred million (and still growing!).
If the affiliate product you are selling has a broad appeal, you may want to use MySpace to market your product, as you will be able to reach the largest crowd quickly.
Depending on your goals, you may want to add a personal profile for yourself and then talk about your business or affiliate product on your page; or you may want to simply create a profile for your business and use that to market your product.
While you can send out bulletins advertising your product through MySpace, this is generally discouraged by the MySpace staff and could lead to your getting banned. It is probably a good idea to avoid this; instead, post related bulletins that don't advertise your product, but talk about something similar.
This will drive interested visitors to your page, where they can learn more about the affiliate product you are selling. Note, however, that you will have to link to a non-affiliate page, as affiliate links are expressly forbid on MySpace.
Once you have had some experience marketing to the MySpace crowd, you will want to consider looking at other social networking sites.
One other large site is Linkedin. As of November 3, 2011, LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on the internet with more than 135 million members in over 200 countries and territories.
Facebook is another large social networking site, which caters to 600 MILLION people of all sorts of marketing and buying persuasions. You will also want to look for niche networking sites, which will afford you an opportunity to capture a more targeted audience.
Whichever sites you decide to use, keep the following in mind: your goal should be to develop a network of people who share a common interest and could potentially be interested in your specific affiliate product.
For this reason, it is always a good idea to think in marketing long term (i.e. don't do things that are going to get you banned); instead, concentrate on building your network and introducing them to your affiliate product.
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