Since buzz phrases such as Web2.0 were banded about, it was closely followed by more buzz words like Social Web, Social Media, Social Networking & Social Bookmarking – Phew – That’s a whole load of “social”… As a Small Business Owner or Solo Entrepreneur, does this make your head spin? Do you know what it’s all about?  Do you know how all these Social Strategies can benefit your business?

To get clarity, take a couple of minutes to watch the following video’s  from the creative minds at CommonCraft.com where they explain each topic “in plain english.”

Having a good social strategy has many benefits, including:

• Boosting your traffic – Increase the number of visitors to your site
  
• Accelerating your rankings – Build your rank with search engines at a faster pace

All these social elements of the web can create quite a loyal following for you and your business if done correctly. The opposite is also true. Get it wrong and be left with a PR disaster. The easiest way to succeed in our experience are to follow these 3 simple rules.

1. Treat others the way you would like to be treated
2. Listen more at what is being said, to truly understand what peoples’ needs are
3. Give value without expecting to receive anything in return

Having a solid social marketing strategy can be very powerful, but can easily turn into a very expensive time vacuum. That why it’s always our focus to look at tools and techniques that are more effecient. Saving you time and much more.

Introducing Onlywire…

OnlyWire is a really slick and simple social bookmarking tool, which allows you to share content from anywhere on the web with all your networks simultaneously.  You can share via a bookmarklet from your browser and site visitors can use a sharing button on your site. The bookmarklet allows you to share any content which you find online as part of your day, without it eating into your time and with one click ease! Leaving your social networking time for real conversations and networking.

IMPORTANT – Do not just bookmark your own content, but also share blog posts, video’s etc from other sites and from people in your network, otherwise the end result will look very automated, pitchy and spammy.

Want to benefit from our Social Bookmarking Network? We wll regularly bookmark each others’ content using OnlyWire.

This would be very beneficial to us all and will also help us to get to know you better and build strong relationships.

Interested?

If so then set up your OnlyWire account and get intouch with us by filling in your details below.

Please note,  the following type of sites will NOT be appropriate!

• Adult / mature / obscene content or services (editorial, pictures, links)illegal content, services or activities
• Discriminatory or defamatory content
• Extremist propaganda or affiliation
• Casino / betting sites
• Adware / spyware sites
• Unrelenting pop-ups or pop-ups that issue a virus warning
• Cash back incentive offers or “points” (unless specifically approved)
• Those who engage in cyber squatting or typo squatting

(Even if you are accepted, there is no guarantee that all your blog posts will be bookmarked by us, make sure you write quality content and share more than sales pitch after sales pitch… : ) Every effort will be made to bookmark all posts – but we are only human and it will not be an automated process so the odd post may be missed)

Try OnlyWire today and let us connect and share each others content… It’s easy to set up a free or paid account – the main advantage of the paid account is having an advert free sharing button on your blog – well worth the low $2.99 monthly or $24.99 yearly fee!

Try the button below out for yourself – it also works for posting to individual sites, so perfect for non OnlyWire members : )

Join Coach Deb, Co Founder of QuanSite New Media Online Marketing Site Building Software (our amazing blog & website platform) tonight (3 March 2010) as she is the guest on David Cooper’s Internet TV show from the Hopes, Goals & Dreams Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

1:58 am GMT 7:58 pm CST 8:58 pm EST

Follow this link to view the broadcast

Here’s a quick video with Coach Deb & David Cooper in the studio talking about tonight’s FREE LIVE Broadcast’s Topic: Profit with Social Media!

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Facebook Friend Tagging  [Twitter Retweet Style]

Back in September Facebook added the ability to tag your Friends and Connections, including Groups, Events, Applications and Pages in your updates (very similar to Twitter @messages). This is a really great feature and although popular with some, not everyone seems to know about it.

Here’s the simple instructions:

To tag someone, type @ and then the Friends Name/Group/Event/Application/Fan Page name:

When posted to your profile, your status looks like this:

The name is linked to the tagged Facebook profile (a notification is sent to the tagged friend with the option to remove the tag if preferred).

I immediately saw the potential for people to endorse Friends/Fan Pages/Groups etc. You can now mention them on your wall – without leaving yours and the status update is also shown on their wall. This would also save you time if you were going to post the same info on your profile plus another Profile/Fan Page/Group etc.

Straight away I used tagging to copy and share what other people were posting – like we do on Twitter – and my friend Mari Smith sent me this tweet:

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