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Guna Seelan
Guna started his career as a web developer in 1996 and then got interested in Search Engine Optimization and Promotion. He worked for a UK based company in Dubai for 4 years as an seo analyst before starting his company http://submitinme.com in 2002. At http://submitinme.com they offer manual seo jobs and services to a variety of websites. They specialize in article marketing and press release distribution serving over 13,000 websites. Guna is an Engineering graduate in Electronics and Communication engineering which he graduated from Madurai Kamaraj University in 1992. Currently he resides in Kanykaumari, India with his wife and daughter. 
By Guna Seelan
Published on 01/13/2010
 
With increasing popularity of the Social Networking Sites on the web it is becoming easier for companies to promote and market themselves through them. This type of marketing has recently come to be known as “Social Media Marketing” or SMM.
Social Media Marketing Tactics
With increasing popularity of the Social Networking Sites on the web it is becoming easier for companies to promote and market themselves through them. This type of marketing has recently come to be known as “Social media marketing” or SMM. It is plain internet marketing but with a targeted audience in mind in the social networking sites. It is rather easier to market yourself this way as the networking sites provide you with special communities where only likeminded people interact and thus you get a boost by marketing yourself in the same community.

MySpace, You Tube, Facebook, Flickr are some of the social media sites which have a huge member base and assist you in SMM by either flashing your links in them or spreading brand messages in their communities. In this way you can increase visibility and traffic in your webpage. This way you also get high rankings on Search Engines.

Now, before starting with SMM you should first analyze three important things – “Who your target audience is”, “What are they looking for” and “Which community should you search them in”. After analyzing these questions, you must make an approach to SMM accordingly.

Tips for effective SMM –

- Write interesting content on your posts in the networking websites. This is a bait to draw more number of visitors to your website. The content is the only thing which appeals to the audience at the first glance.

- Research on which networking sites have the communities you are involved in and join them. Then place your content and links tactfully so that you get the most number of visitors.

- Linkbait – This is an important tactics to rank successfully high in Search Engine Results. Thus provide links wherever possible on your posts to get maximum benefit of traffic.

- social bookmarking – You can take the help of social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, so that your customers and visitors can bookmark your page and return later.

- Also you must be regular in your posts and blogs, because then you will continue to get new customers and keep the older ones updated with your new launches and products.

- The blogs also give you an opportunity to hear your customer feedbacks and opinions. So always encourage your customers to post their feedback in your community.

- There is no rule or limit to marketing techniques used in SMM. You can explore ideas and make new ones for your benefit. So you must get involved in the social media domain to make the most of it. Add posts, invite new people and make friends with them. Let them know you better and make an effort to know their needs. You will definitely succeed in the attempt.

- Share your content with your customers. You can always avail free demo videos, audio or any other type of content for your customers on the web to promote your business. Remember sharing makes your relationship with your customer much stronger.

- Networking is another important tactic to successful SSM. Network yourself and attach yourself to as many links as possible. This will increase your customer base and also make you visible on Search Engines.

The Author of this article says about Social media marketing. The Author has written many articles on Social media marketing, social media promotion and social bookmarking. The knowledge of the author about the Social media marketing is clear from this article.