Social
Networking
Sites
The good news
is that the opportunities for laser-targeted advertising are
becoming a reality. Want to target 18-24 year old college
graduate women who are engaged? Well, you can…in
Facebook.
The bad news
is that, with this added power, comes much added
complexity.
The
traditional way of paying for clicks and optimizing links etc.
for search engine optimization will not work in a world where
the users generate the content…and decide amongst themselves
what is popular and what is not. Internet marketers will have
to become much more savvy to take advantage of this kind of
opportunity.
There is
still time to gain the early adopter advantage in this
space. While it’s almost impossible to dislodge that web site
that’s 8 or 9 years old from the number one spot in
Google search engine listings(regardless of
what anyone claims), in this new arena, your
business could be that “old” site.
You need a
partner who understands and can work in this dynamic and
complex marketplace.
Some facts about social networking
sites:
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MySpace had
more traffic in 2007 than Google |
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Already,
FaceBook has reached Google traffic
levels |
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YouTube gets
twice as much traffic as Google |
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These sites are
DOUBLING every 6 months ; FaceBook adds 1
million visitors each week |
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In a typical month
- 30% of
worldwide Internet users visit MySpace
- 29% visit
FaceBook
- 35% visit
YouTube
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It’s not just
kids discussing what they’re going to wear to
the prom
- Over 50% of
MySpace users are over 35
- Facebook even has
100k users over 64 |
Learn how we can help you start a
viral campaign on the social networking
sites.
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