The One Year Millionaire

The internet is playing a vital role in today’s business promotion. There are literally millions of people sitting at their computer at all hours of the day for the purposes of work, education and entertainment. I am even quite sure that many office workers will log off their work computers at the end of their shift and get home and log on to their home computers! The internet has captivated the world to the point that many of us wouldn’t know what to do without it.

This is one of the reasons that advertising for business online is a great way to reach millions of people. The best part about it is that unlike a billboard on the side of the highway, the promotional efforts online can easily be targeted to the kind of people who are likely to want or need your product or service. In today’s issue of the ‘ONE YEAR MILLIONAIRE‘ I am going to be listing a couple great social networking (also sometimes referred to as Social Bookmarking) websites.

If you are currently trying to promote your business online through Pay-Per-Click ads and the whole nine yards, then you should also consider making your presence felt on Social Networking sites. They provide a great platform to advertise what your company offers and also give you good quality backlinks to achieve a better pagerank! If you want to succeed online then you need to go the extra yard and even the extra inch…. here is the list:

• Digg:
  Digg is an excellent place to start. It is a place for surfers to discover and share content on the internet. Everything on Digg is user submitted. Once you sign up you can start to share your own treasures with other members. There is always a lot to be said when it comes to Digg users so join the conversation and start digging!
• Del.Icio.Us:
  This is one of the longest running social bookmarking sites and one of the best! It doesn’t have the fancy design but it makes up for that with the ease of use and the incredible content that you can find. Become a part of their community and share your findings.
• StumbleUpon:
  StumbleUpon is a good place to share pages of interest. If you find something you think is really great online then you can stumble it by using their unique tool bar! There are many different categories from blogging to architecture. Go and stumble some pages!
• Technorati:
  I personally think that Technorati is one of the better Social Bookmarking websites. It is incredible because it has ranked blogs and created its own system that tells surfers which ones are more authoritative. This is a must for any blogger.
• Squidoo:
  Squidoo is becoming rather popular these days because anyone can sign up and created profile pages that will point to their own website. It has so much to offer and by having a Squidoo Lens you can really extend the reach of your business promotion!
• Reddit:
  Reddit is a great place to post or write articles that will in-turn point traffic towards your website! Making your brand/site/blog known on Reddit can increase your reputation and your following!
• Facebook:
  This is one of the biggest websites in the world now and advertisers are starting to realize it! Facebook started as an alternative to Myspace because of the criticism that Myspace had way too much spam,etc. It has grown into one of the most trafficked websites in the world and that is why you should start to promote your business there!
• Youtube:
  It seems that you can find any video on Youtube. If you search long enough I am sure you can even find yourself in a video! Online Marketers are using Youtube to promote their business and the funniest thing is that the average surfer doesn’t even realize it. In fact, there is a good percentage of videos uploaded to Youtube that were created for the purpose of business exposure. Youtube is going to get bigger in terms of business promotion, just watch

Those are 8 of the top Social Networking websites available. If you want to promote your business then you should register and create a profile on those sites. It is a perfect way to drive more and more traffic to your business! I always believe that the more places you have traffic coming from, the better! If you are interested in finding more Social Networking sites that you can use to get your business out there, then check out the following:

• Tagged: Another place to network online!
• Netlog: Create a business profile on Netlog!
• Myspace: One of the largest online communities. Check it out.
• Mixx: A great place to share internet finds!
• LiveJournal: Great blogging community!
• Flickr: Share photos and find photos!
• Sphinn: An excellent online networking site/forum community!
• Classmates.com: Stay in touch with your old and new classmates!
• Bebo: Share and explore on Bebo!
• Ning: Create your very own social network!
• Ma.Gnolia.com: Share your favorites!
• LinkedIn: A popular networking place to connect with others.
• WAYN.com: Keep track of where your friends are, and make new ones from around the world!
• Ecademy: Connecting Business People through online networking.
• Ziggs: Bringing together professionals!
• Networkingforprofessionals.com: Another good place for business networking!
• Gather: Publish your own thoughts on gather!
• Twitter: Stay connected with business associates on twitter!
• Friendster: Do some business networking on friendster!
• Hi5: A great Social Networking site.

I hope that you have found this list useful in your quest to expand your business online. Social Networking is very good for driving traffic to your site, building backlinks and also building a great business relationship with other networkers!

In the next issue of the ‘ONE YEAR MILLIONAIRE‘ I am going to be talking about Page Rank and why you should aim to maintain a good one!