Social networking websites are growing in popularity over the internet.
One of the main reasons for this is that since they already have a lot of popularity it is very easy to tap into this traffic and market your products effectively generating new business for your company.
There are many websites like Myspace and Friendster which work very well.
However, my favourite social networking website is Ecademy.
In this article I would like to go through some ways that you can use to make the most of this website.
1) Add a picture to your profile One of the most overlooked factors of succeeding on a social networking website is that you need to brand your name and face.
It is very important that people get to know the real you and by having your picture you will add the very important personal touch.
2) Build up friendships first Do not aggressively seek doing business with people you are not very familiar with.
First build long lasting friendships with people in your industry.
Once you have done this they will go out of their way to put you in touch with people that will help you to be successful.
3) Contribute valuable content to the blog By adding useful content you will build your credibility and demonstrate that you are an expert in your niche market.
This is a really important step to getting new business as people only buy from people that they like, know and trust.
4) Optimize marketplace listings for search engines to advertise your website Ecademy has a very good page rank and has over 400,000 links pointing to it.
Consequently the search engines love this.
Find keywords that have very little competition and create marketplace listings with a link to your website.