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Building Communities of the Future – There\u2019s Money in the Community<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A while ago, I attended Armand Morin\u2019s Big Seminar.\u00a0 Because I love the challenge of the internet, I was completely in awe of everyone I met, including every speaker.\u00a0 Each speaker spoke briefly about this thing called Web 2.0 but no one actually addressed what the heck it was.\u00a0 Being smart a*^&^, I assumed it was some new version of internet explorer or Windows XP.\u00a0 (It\u2019s Ok, you can laugh!)<\/p>\n

If you are at all like me and try to keep up with the new twists in technology, Web 2.0, Social Media Marketing and Social Book Marketing is mentioned in most marketing now.\u00a0 Still to most marketers it\u2019s \u201cGreek\u201d?\u00a0 But this is the new marketing frontier, the wave of the future.\u00a0 Relationships, positioning yourself as an expert, but yet being perceived as approachable and real, is where the next generation of prospects and clients will be found.<\/p>\n

Recently, Dr. Joe Vitale of Hypnotic Marketing, interviewed one of the world\u2019s most well-known Web 2.0 experts, Alicia Wright and it really started to \u201cclick\u201d.\u00a0 Here are some ideas on how to start getting involved in this social media experience and the 4 sites you need to know about to start building your community.<\/p>\n

Nearly every marketer in the world knows of, has a page on, or is using these 5 websites:<\/p>\n

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  1. Blogs (WordPress.com or Blogger.com)<\/li>\n
  2. MySpace.com \u2013 A social network for a younger crowd mainly.\u00a0 Organizing a group and having many friends can increase your list.<\/li>\n
  3. YouTube.com – The Number 1 Social video site in the world.\u00a0 You can link your YouTube videos to your blog, website or other social networks.<\/li>\n
  4. Ebay.com – The Number 1 shopping site in the world.\u00a0 EBay can be a great lead generator for your business but the leads don’t convert well for info product.<\/li>\n
  5. Amazon.com – Amazon is quickly building many platforms for social networking.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I won\u2019t explore the sites mentioned above here.\u00a0 What I will talk about is the 3 must use social sites that can bring thousands of leads to your funnel and visitors to your site overnight.\u00a0 All 3 sites use the concept of book marketing, just like the bookmarking you do for your favorite sites on your own computer.<\/p>\n

    These sites are:<\/p>\n

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    1. FaceBook.com \u2013 This is a Professional Networking social site.\u00a0 Facebook has over 500 million members.\u00a0 You can set up a business page, join groups, form groups, set personal profiles, play games and actually collect friends which like similar niches and interests.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great way to keep in touch with business associates and friends on Facebook.\u00a0 Not only is it fun but, you can actually hold classes, post your websites and build a truer relationship with your Facebook friends (in comparison to MySpace).\u00a0 You can link Facebook to your Blackberry, iPhone or PDA and keep your friends up-to-date with what you\u2019re doing.<\/li>\n
    2. Digg.com \u2013 Digg.com is full of user driven social content.\u00a0 What that means is all of the content is submitted by users.\u00a0 Everything on Digg.com is submitted by the community (that would be you). After you submit content, other people read your submission and bookmark what they like best. If your story or article is well liked and receives enough Diggs, it is promoted to the front page for millions of visitors to see. Your content is read and bookmarked by thousand sending them to your website. \u00a0Digg.com is a social news site.<\/li>\n
    3. StumbleUpon.com \u2013 When you join StumbleUpon.com you tell the program what your interests are (relating to your subject, interests or niche of course), then you just stumble upon websites that are relevant to your interests.\u00a0 Stumbleupon.com will recommend sites that may be of interest to you.\u00a0 You can visit those sites and leave a review for your friends.\u00a0 It really sets up a \u201cviral\u201d type atmosphere.\u00a0 You can connect with friends and share your discoveries, meet people that have similar interests.<\/li>\n
    4. Twitter.com \u2013 Twitter is a fun website and can generate tons of leads as well.\u00a0 Twitter and Facebook can be linked so when you post a status update on Twitter, it will also post on Facebook.\u00a0 Pretty cool, Hey? Twitter messages are simple 1 or 2 liners consisting of 140 characters. Friends read messages and some might be intrigued enough to click on a link or check out more information \u2013 they might be impressed enough by what you share to consider you an expert.\u00a0 If they land on your Facebook page they will see your website, profile and other friends and maybe join your group.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about building RELATIONSHIPS!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      You can build a ton of traffic combining the power of these social sites.\u00a0 It might sound a little confusing but once you start getting into it, as a marketer, you will quickly understand the power of Web 2.0 in your business.<\/p>\n

      Critical Key To Being Respected In Social Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/a>The trend is that people who are reading your posts and articles don\u2019t want to be sold<\/span> \u2013 they would rather have a conversation<\/span>.\u00a0 They want to build trust and confidence in you and build a RELATIONSHIP.\u00a0 They usually act on referrals and recommendations from friends.\u00a0 It\u2019s a community of sharing content and interesting things in life.\u00a0 See the power this can have in your market?<\/p>\n

      For most of us, we are really busy and don\u2019t really want to do all of this social networking stuff ourselves, however it\u2019s important that you do your due diligence and understand how you can use these tools, communities and concepts \u00a0effectively.<\/p>\n

      Here is a list of other Web 2.0 sites you may want to investigate.<\/p>\n