Making Money Online – The New Way

If you have been interested in making money using the Internet and working from home, you will find the New Way to make money is around a concept called Social Media or Social marketing. 

In Internet Marketing Circles, Social Marketing / Networking is creating a big buzz and just this week, top Internet Marketers have confirmed that Social Marketing / Networking is in fact the REAL DEAL, and will be the way to go forward if you wish to make money online over the next year at least. (Hey! A year is a long time in Internet speak!)

Social Marketing / Networking has become popular thanks to the amazing popularity of websites such as MySpace, FaceBook and YouTube, although do not be mistaken in thinking these are the only sites which are successful in Social marketing / Networking circles.

The fact is that these sites alone are giving Google themselves a run-for-their-money as far as traffic pulling – so these social sites are becoming powerful resources within themselves.

If you are pulling a silly face and thinking there is no money in a load of kids swapping stories on their latest facial piercing, THINK AGAIN.

Social sites are doing serious business, and Fortune 500 companies are getting involved in this new wave of Internet Marketing Strategy.  It’s not just for kids.

Statistics for the users of these sites have targeted them as highly effective customers with a disposable income that is more likely to be spent over the Internet compared to traditional customer prospects.  Furthermore, a company recently experimented with their Adwords budget, switching to utilising Social Media, only to discover that Social Media had a 300% better response compared to Google Adwords.

Right now, there are hundreds of sites going crazy trying to find out more about this exciting new way to market online and of course, those at the front line are likely to start making the biggest profits.  Learning social marketing techniques is quite simply going to be the most important thing you can do if you are going to keep abreast of Internet Marketing Trends in 2008 and beyond.

It’s simple to do.  The main ‘talent’ is to GET PERSONAL.

Users of Social Internet Sites are looking for the personal touch.,.. an extension to their “social circle”, expanding their horizons by meeting people on the Internet.  If they LIKE you, they tend to trust you.  If you are trusted, then they look for your advice/recommendations. In turn, your advice and recommendations are a soft way of plugging and selling, yet more powerful than the long, psychologically proved “sales letters” which have been the trend of the past.

Initially, your aim is to build a ‘community’ of fellow social networkers.  With Facebook, Myspace and YouTube, you are aiming at the masses, so it’s a good place to start. But also, look into smaller networks, especially if you have a niche – no doubt there is a social network built around your niche subject.

Start by simply googling “yourniche social network.”

If you are in to weight loss and fitness (Highly competitive niche), sites such as www.dietfitness-socialnetwork.com are readily available.  Join. Then get busy, be friendly and be personal.  Your group will grow and soon you have a captive audience, all highly reactive to your chosen niche.

If you do not have a niche, stick with the general social sites for now.

My niche social networking site for 2008 is  www.uvme-profits.com . This is a unique social marketing concept that is going to have a huge audience as it is based around the very popular gaming aspect of the Internet.  What’s more, it has a built-in earning capacity.