Create a business profile - Green?

Your Profile – First impressions mean everything and presenting a positive profile is the top priority, you need to divulge as much information about yourself as you can to make your 'friends' feel comfortable - as though they know you in real life, use your first name and a real profile picture. It is all about creating a confident network, were people have faith in you.

Positivity is better than Negativity – Be positive about yourself and your brand. Bring new, interesting and accurate information to blogs and discussion groups. Give quality feedback and try to be helpful to other users - always try to be positive and upbeat. This is possibly the best tip.

Be There – Get noticed. Join all popular networks like facebook, twitter, wordpress, blogger etc. - creating as many different connections as you can is the key to online success. Search through interests to build your social media marketing network.

Brand Image? – Every word you write affects your brand, followers and 'quoters' will dump you if you make a mistake. This strategy might not sell your products but you will come out of the experience as a 'nice guy' and you never know you might make a small amount of cash out of it.

But do social Networks really work?

This constant bombardment of self promotion from twitter, facebook etc. is driving me nuts. The Internet is a more sophisticated tool than this. It is a travesty to allow it to become a vehicle for pure unadulterated, egotistical spam.

Not only has the cash in our pockets been devalued but the products we promote are being devalued by the abuse of the tools the Internet provides - this has been so since the first birth pangs of our almighty WEB. Spam is spam, not promotion.

The only thing that reads this garbage is Google - The penny has dropped...

Read more: http://technorati.com/business/small-business/article/i-would-rather-have-a-tooth1/#ixzz1fkb7G1t2

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