Social marketing strategies have captured center stage on the internet over the last few years. The ability to interact with others at social sites is what makes them an effective marketing platform for any online business.

It seems that every day a new method of traffic generation is discovered utilizing another recently ‘uncovered’ technique influenced by one of these ‘interactive’ sites.

Blogs appear to be the primary choice amongst social sites for use as marketing platforms. So how do blogs measure up in effectiveness and popularity for online marketing as compared to websites?

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For the past 3 months we at digital 8 a Web Design Company in the UK have been looking into the merits of having a Twitter feed on ours and our clients websites.
Twitter has fast become the the networking tool of choice by some big name celebrities such as Jonathan Ross, Stephen Fry, Chris Moyles And Paul Daniels. It is soon becoming the vehicle of choice for people to reach out to new markets and new audiences in general.
Using this in a Corporate Market allows you to get clients involved and interacting with your company. you can also keep clients updated via twitter what is going on at your company and how things are progressing with a service or project you are working on. (more…)

Blogging can be a fun activity and it can also be profitable. However, blogging for profit requires quite a different strategy compared to blogging for fun. If you are blogging for profit or plan to do so, then here are 3 simple but essential steps you need to do to succeed in making money from your blog.

1. Set Up Your Own Blog Site

If you are blogging for profit, you must have your own blog site, and not rely on a free blog from free blogging sites like blogger.com, blogspot.com, myspace.com, etc. The reasons you need your own site are:

(a) it projects a more professional and serious image of your blogging,

(b) you can add a lot more useful and essential plugins to give functionality and efficiency to your site, and

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