Social Media Marketing is the process of promoting your business and website through social media channels. Social media are internet-based tools designed for people to share information via words, picture, audio and video. 

Social Media Marketing is much more than having a MySpace page for friends. Businesses often overlook the positive impact which can be gained through Social Media Optimization. It is a powerful strategy for building brand awareness, establishing a community of fans, improving SEO results and driving increased traffic to your website.

Did you know that videos can be optimized to improve search engine optimization results?

If not, ask us how.

Some examples of social media and networking sites are:

• Blogs (Check out our Blog)
• Facebook
• YouTube
• LinkedIn
• MySpace

These social networking sites cater to people of all ages. Why not let them network with your company?

With the increase in social networking, social bookmarking sites have been steadily increasing in users.

Examples of social bookmarking sites are:

• digg
• del.icio.us
• StumbleUpon
• Technorati
• Twitter

All these websites allow users to create bookmarks of sites they have found interesting and the sites and links are shared across the entire user base. When utilized correctly, not only do these sites provide you with added brand awareness, but with traffic streams and search engine optimization benefits.

WSI provides fully integrated internet marketing systems as well as custom website design and development. We are excited to be in the forefront of marketing by offering leading edge technology and social media campaigns.

To discuss a traffic (and profit!) generating Social Media Marketing program for your business, contact your WSI Internet Marketing Consultant today.

Do you have a plan?  If not, contact WSI to develop a Social Media Strategy kit.

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YouTube has over 68 million unique users each month and the 6th largest audience on the Internet.

50% of the YouTube community watches all of the videos to the end.

52% of 18-34 year-olds share videos with friends or colleagues often.

73% of YouTube users don’t mind the advertising since it allows the site to be free.

Facebook:  More than 24 million photos uploaded daily – No. 1 photo sharing application on the Web (comScore)

Over 24,000 applications have been built on the Facebook Platform - 140 new applications are added per day

More than half of Facebook users are outside of college - fastest growing demographic is those 25 years old and older

Paid placement captures 87.4% of 2007 spending; organic SEO, 10.5%; paid inclusion, .07%, and technology investment, 1.4%.
- Source: SEMPO

Over 75% of online consumers do not care whether an online store is run by a large or small company.
- Source: TNS, 2004