Dallas Marketing Services has decided to join the “U Comment, I Follow movement” and implement the Do Follow Wordpress plugin for our blog. We want to encourage readers to leave their comments and allow links back to their sites for those who participate.
Have a blog and want to increase traffic? Consider joining advertising exchange network, Entrecard, where users earn and spend the Entrecard virtual currency, EC, which can then be spent to advertise on blogs across the Entrecard network.
Imagine if your comments and participation across multiple social media sites were combined and viewable in one profile enabling you do become a known subject matter expert. Can’t be done? SezWho?
Businesses with products or services that are marketed by demographic, specific interests or by location, may find Google’s Orkut be a good method to understand wants and needs or to create a product buzz, especially if you are trying to reach Brazil.
Mixx is a user-driven social bookmarking site with content easily viewed by subject and location. Users gain karma points by submitting and commenting on articles and can aspire to become a Super Mixxer, complete wih a badge and super powers.
Insider Pages is a free local business directory where customers can read and write reviews that has an interesting twist – Insider Pages will donate money to fundraising groups in return for users posting reviews.
By-invitation-only Brightkite is a location-based social networking site where users keep nearby friends and the rest of the universe up-to-date with what’s going on around them through check-ins, posts and photos.
Would you like to create an online community for your customers, discuss industry topics with peers, or facilitate an educational environment for a specific subject? Then check out Ning, where you can create your own, free social network in matter of minutes.
Blogging meets social networking at LiveJournal. Users can select a theme for their journal, add a profile page, upload photos, post via the web, text messaging, by phone or by instant messaging and then socialize with other users.
AOL’s social bookmarking site, Propeller, is a moderated social media news portal with a “cleaner” feel than many social media sites. While similar to Digg, Propeller differs in that paid editors select the top stories and story popularity is shown with an average between 1 and 10.
