Which Social Networking sites are most important?

[Brad Callen]

From your experience, which social networking sites do you feel are most important for your business?

I'm trying to make myself as accessible as possible, so ideally would like to be a part of all of the main social networking sites. I currently have a:

twitter account
facebook account
myspace account

but that's pretty much the extent of it. Are there others that you would rank in your top 5?

Thanks

Brad

[Chaiwriter]

Squidoo and Hubpages

[ltdraper]

StumbleUpon brings us the most traffic. Digg would be important if we weren't banned, but I spend a lot of time on the site for other people.

Smaller but effective is Tipd and EarnersClub.net. Not a lot of traffic, but pretty well focused in our niche. Same with Sphinn.

And we had our first really big spike from Twitter today.

There are 2 or 3 broken links there but bottom line that's the list you want to work with..

Top 30 Social Bookmarking Sites | eBizMBA

I have an account at most of them...

James

[Brad Callen]

Ok, cool. Checking them out. I just whipped up a quick Squidoo lens also.

Brad

Wetpaint.com
Clearblogs.com
Weebly.com

Each of these have descent page rank...

I've had more success with Wetpaint and Weebly than I've had with Clearblogs

Peace

[TimPhelan]

Brad, Blogtalkradio can be a very effective tool for marketers and Google loves the site.

[Alex Mayo]

Twitter
Facebook
Linkedin
MySpace

Trick is not to go overboard though. Having a solid profile and contact/friend list or whatever on 1-2 sites is better than barely updating 5+ social profiles.

[Marhelper]

Facebook and Twitter

[panamajack]

Digg,Yahoo Buzz ,Technorati, Delicious, Propeller, stumbleupon ,reddit,fark,Mybloglog,slashdotorg,kaboodle,Blogin es,newsvine, blinklist,netvouz,clipmarks,furi,mister-wong,dzone,ma.gnolia and Tailrank

These are some of the Top Social Bookmarking sites.

Cheers Gary

[BSM]

Thanks to all for the input on favorite sites, however, it might also be helpful to know what products/services are best delivered on the respective sites. I'm guessing they have very different audiences...

BSM

[Dana_W]

Twitter
BlogtalkRadio

And the Warrior Forum, of course

[Mint-Tree]

Isn't this question depend on whatever niche you are in? OR which ever site is relevant enough to give you ton of traffic?

[Mark Kaye]

Originally Posted by Mint-Tree

Isn't this question depend on whatever niche you are in? OR which ever site is relevant enough to give you ton of traffic?

I think there are several that are pretty universal. Like Stumbleupon and Digg.

Also don't forget YouTube! For getting indexed it's the greatest!

Plus, Yahoo 360 and Bookmarks.

Google Bookmarks.

[tess47]

My favorites are:

Twitter
MySpace
Weebly
Squidoo
Hubpages
Stumbleupon
Delicious

Haven't tried the facebook thing yet. My daughter informed me that it's just for really young people, but I'm not sure she knows what she is talking about.

[CurtisN]

Originally Posted by tess47

Haven't tried the facebook thing yet. My daughter informed me that it's just for really young people, but I'm not sure she knows what she is talking about.

As a "young people" myself, I have observed that whenever older people take an interest in things that we do (i.e. facebook, our fave tv shows, our fave music), it suddenly takes a plunge on the coolness scale.

Back on topic, I've noticed that some posters have completely ignored Brad's question of how to make himself more accessible. Please stop posting all the social bookmarking sites you can think of and answer the darn question. My answer: Facebook and Twitter, but NOT Myspace. Myspace is a community which lost popularity long ago and isn't a word that is ever used in "young people circles". Facebook is great, except I would want to keep my personal profile (for friends and relatives) separate from my business profile. Too much work for me :P

[intratec10]

Hey, here is a list of 50 . I'm not affiliated or anything. I just googled some things about social networks and it popped up. I believe it's helping me tremendously..

[Ldimilo]

Most people forget the oldest and most obvious social networking sites....FORUMS. You have a bunch of people with similar interests all crowded into the same spot...what more could you ask for?

[Recruitment Nick]

Good question

I have got most value from linkedin, perfect for headhunting the type of client that you want to be working with if you know how to work groups and networking

I find it great for both writing and recruitment work

Look into getting into open networking groups and connecting with 'super connectors' there (people with huge connections).

Then if you are trying to find people with specific skill sets use the advanced search function to search them out and get in contact with them. e.g. if you are looking for affiliates to promote your product you can search for phrases such as internet marketers, affiliate marketers etc.

there are also groups covering a wide range of subjects that you can use like forums, and contact with anyone that you are in the same group as.

perfect for headhunting any type of person or skill set you want

[ianternet]

squidoo myspace are all useless the best are

linkedin
facebook
twitter

those are the top 3 since they are more interactive than others

[Jagged]

I too like and use most of those standard social sites mentioned above....especially squidoo.
A new site I came across is boomj.com...geared more towards the babyboomer generation...looks promising


Ken

[avi_31337]

it actually depends on the country traffic that u wish to target......


go check the alexa traffic........


and check which country holds the bigger part of the total traffic......

[moneymakersportal]

Kaboodle is more or less a Social shopping website. It allows users (& merchants) to add products via a link on your Browser Toolbar to the sytem, you can also create favourites, lists & wishlists, which are all viewable to the public. You can see what other people are buying & even make friends with people who have similar buying interests.

More & more people are now using Kaboodle to shop & find deals on certain products, & since the content is user generated they can often come across some mighty fine deals (that wouldn’t normally be found on paid shopping comparison websites).

This technique is pretty simple, we’re going to create some lists on Kaboodle relating to some products on one of our eBay Affiliate Websites. Or if you’re a merchant with physical stock or dropshipping stock you can start by adding products from your Ecommerce Store.

Source: moneymakersportal.com/drive-traffic/articles/get-visitors-from-kaboodle.html

[brandonhess]

I would say
Twitter
Yuwie
Digg
Youtube
Direct Matches if you can afford it.

I use Myspace, but they make it tough to use any links. Twitter is growing way fast. Youtube is huge and search engines love their videos, Also use other video sites.

[Jeff Williams]

In addition to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for networking, you can check out Xing and Ryze as well. Good traffic, PR 7+ ...

Hope it helps

~Jeff

[Ivancho]

Hubpages
Squidooo
Digg

All of the above are most important for my blogs

[sujuncai]

Facebook, twitter and youtube in my opinion..

[jms.mrtn]

Blogtalkradio
Twitter
A Personal Blog
WF

[freedomwarrior]

Oh man so many to choose...we only have so much time in the day to hang out on social communities.

The EASIEST and FASTEST is TWITTER...so far NO LIMIT to how many people can follow you.

[Charan Saini]

Hi Brad,
Social Media Rocks !
My space, Face book, Twitter. Digg these are all great social media for building relationships. Business works better thru social media, provided you keep the media honest and allow the customer to get to know you better as a person.

[Kent Tee]

For me:

Twitter
Facebook
Friendster (work well in my local area)
Squidoo
Youtube

Have fun!

[morwanneg]

has to be hubpages,twitter, and facebook.

[esr]

Originally Posted by BSM

Thanks to all for the input on favorite sites, however, it might also be helpful to know what products/services are best delivered on the respective sites. I'm guessing they have very different audiences...

BSM

You hit the nail on the head. It seems that different social bookmarking sites work better for different niches.

I have four blogs and get traffic from different social bookmarking sites on each of them.

The two that they all seem to have in common, though, are Digg and Stumbleupon.

[Valeriu Popescu]

Twitter
Facebook
Linkedin
Stumbleupon
Delicious
Squidoo/Hubpages
Youtube

... and the best will be Google Friend Connect (in short time)

Valeriu

[mikemcmillan]

I agree with everything above. I might add folkd.com - Enrich your websurfing experience. I have had recent cases of it generating lots of back links to several sites I've "folkd". Might be an anomoly, but I've been using it with vigor lately.