The ultimate marketing thread part 1 I have read a lot about marketing and found many great links on this forum. Therefore I thought I should give something back and put toghether a few big posts with everything about marketing. I guess many people already know a lot of these tips but I think there can be some value to put it all toghether in a post and maybe you can get something out of it. I will be starting with social media today. Hope you like it // Neil Bergh My blog: http://hightechz.com/ Subscribe to my feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Hightechzcom General Social Media By social media I mean everything from twitter to stumbleupon and youtube. Basically everything you can use to connect with other people that are potential visitors to your blog. A great basic post about the whole idea to establish outposts on the social networks is this one at problogger.net: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/10/06/social-media-home-bases-and-outposts/ If you use Digg, Twitter, Stumbleupon or Plurk and have a blog. There is a great list here at problogger.net where you can find hundreds of other bloggers that use these sites that you can add as friends. http://www.problogger.net/271-stumbleupon-problogger-readers/ The real value of a socail media visitor by Skellie at problogger.net http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/09/19/what-is-the-real-value-of-a-social-media-visitor/ Branding with social media http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/07/11/a-bloggers-guide-to-branding-with-social-media/ Writing headlines for social media http://www.copyblogger.com/writing-headlines-for-social-media/ Youtube http://www.doshdosh.com/viral-marketing-on-youtube-lisanova-videos/ http://www.doshdosh.com/leader-blog-niche-youtube-power-user/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind-many-viral-videos/ Twitter and Plurk http://www.doshdosh.com/relationships-and-online-social-networks-the-value-of-twitter-and-plurk/ http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/10/23/twitter-my-thoughts-after-4-months-of-use/ http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/01/23/9-benefits-of-twitter-for-bloggers/ Stumbleupon http://www.doshdosh.com/a-comprehen...sive-traffic-to-your-website-and-monetize-it/ http://www.doshdosh.com/stumbleupon-networking-how-to-share-content-and-build-relationships/ http://www.seomoz.org/blog/stumbleupon-demographics-and-returning-traffic-spikes http://www.copyblogger.com/writing-for-stumbleupon/ Digg http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/12/27/how-to-build-a-digg-culture-on-your-blog/ http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-create-digg-friendly-content/