List of Social Networking Sites for your new Business

Social Networking (on the web) is all over the place. Some people think it's a huge time waster, others maximize the web resources to benefit their business and make connections. In an effort to be practical, this list does not include every single site and directory for setting up a business listing. If you wonder why bother? If you set up a profile on some of these primary sites and directories, when someone searches for your name or your business name there will be more listings that appear- this is called "Search Results". The more they see, the more chances they might track you down. Start by Googling your own name or business and see where you show up. Google a competitor's name, or someone you know who uses these web tools to promote themselves. Tips: 1- Prepare a short and long description of your business to have on hand, that way you just copy/paste whatever the site allows. 2- Have a small jpg picture of yourself, your business logo, and web URLs to include in your profile. Some people may want to consider purchasing their own name as a URL. The URL registration is less than $10.00 per year. Putting up a simple Wordpress site is an affordable marketing tool. BizNik has many people who offer classes for using Wordpress. <a href="http://godaddy.com" title="GoDaddy">GoDaddy </a> Purchase YourName.com or if your name is taken try adding a short word to the URL you want to buy:  BobInSeattle.com, AskBob.com, etc. Do a search for the name you want and see what else comes up that is similar. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/home" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>  This is professional business networking online. You can edit your profile URL to include your name (Linkedin.com/in/BobJones). After you set up your profile you can start searching for people you know ...see articles on BizNikfor more details. Search for Groups and join a few in your profession, or other interests. Check the LinkedIn blog to get the most out of LinkedIn. <a href="http://www.facebook.com" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> 1- Set up a new profile or expand the profile you already have. Try adding an article or details about your work on the "Notes" Tab. 2- Create Business page - Log in with your personal profile and then you can create a business page. To create a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/advertising/?pages#/pages/create.php" title="FB Business">business page on FB </a>(after you create your personal profile) <a href="http://www.twitter.com" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> - For now this is an easy thing to attach your name to:You will add your name or biz name after  twitter.com/....Even if you only add one comment per day, or a few per week this will show up when people search your name or business. Link it to your site, your blog, Facebook, etc. To check if your tiwtter URL is already in use just enter  www.Twitter.com followed by your identifier (www.Twitter.com/Askbob) <a href="http://www.meetup.com/" title="Meetup">Meetup</a> -Join a group- they have in-person and online groups. Answer or post questions also. <a href="http://www.contributionnetworkingparty.com/" title="CNP">Contribution Networking Party</a> - (CNP) directory with events in different areas. Free directories - business and personal profiles <a href="http://www.plaxo.com/" title="Plaxo">Plaxo</a> <a href="http://www.manta.com/" title="manta">Manta</a> <a href="http://www.zoominfo.com/" title="ZoomInfo">Zoom</a> <a href="http://www.spoke.com/" title="Spoke">Spoke</a> <a href="http://www.xing.com/" title="Xing">Xing</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=profiles&amp;continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fprofiles%2Fme&amp;ltmpl=landing" title="Google profile">Google Profile </a>-sign in with gmail or create a new account to set up your profile <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;tab=wl" title="google maps review">Google Maps</a> - get or post a customer review. In the search field you start by entering the business/person's name with city, state. Then you should see the business show up on the left. See reviews or Write a review. <a href="http://www.yelp.com/seattle" title="Yelp">Yelp</a> - Ask some of your customers to submit customer or product reviews. You can also post reviews for others. Set up profile and geographic info. <a href="http://local.yahoo.com/" title="yahoo">Yahoo Local</a> - request and post a review <a href="http://www.bing.com/" title="bing msn">Bing </a>- This is the new MSN live search - top right, Sign In <a href="http://www.youtube.com/" title="youtube">You Tube</a> <a href="http://animoto.com/" title="animoto video">Animoto</a> -At this site you can create FREE 30 second videos with images. Nice for those of us without video equipment or time. Look at their sample videos (link is on their site at the bottom left). Check the Pricing details- if you want to open a <a href="http://animoto.com/pricing" title="pricing">paid account</a> you can enter our Referral Code: yhbpzkqj Tip: <a href="http://animoto.com/help/faq" title="faq">look at the FAQ </a>about image size - before you start to upload take the time to crop & size your images. A FREE 30 second video uses about 15-20 images. My saved notes suggest img size: 1024x768 @ 100kb. Longer videos are very reasonable - $3.00 with an addition fee and you can save it to your computer. If you take it even further you can upload your video to YouTube. I hope you found a bit of useful information here. What other sites would you include? 2009-08-24T20:42:04Z

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SOCIAL Networking can help you connect with your current and potential customers. Biznik has a great collection of useful articles giving overviews and details. Use this list of FREE sites and try to set up one new profile a day.

List of Social Networking Sites for your new Business

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