socialmedian: Top Ten Social Media Sites for Business

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Submitted by Marisaengel

Oct 20, 2008

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If you are a business owner and would like to get into Social Media to further your reach, these are the first 10 sites you should make an appearance on. Read the full article

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Thomaspower,

Oct 20, 2008

I use 6 of these 10 plus Ecademy, SocialMedian, Xing and Naymz which makes 10 again.

Jasongoldberg,

Oct 21, 2008

@thomaspower what's naymz and why should i use it?

Webhat,

Oct 21, 2008

I don't use Stumble Upon and SlideShare. And love pronouncing MySpace dead, then finding a new feature or friend with no other outlet and convincing them to get out in the real world of Social Media. The only exception is musicians, to whom it gives a good platform for presenting themselves.

Carolclifton,

Oct 21, 2008

Enjoyed the post. Love twitter and tend to feel lost and confused in My Space.

Adgenius,

Oct 21, 2008

also use 6 out of 10 + socialmedian on a regular basis

Lawduck,

Oct 21, 2008

Not exactly the strongest introduction to the world of social media, alas. Seems to me they're missing key CSM opportunities by simply pointing to the whales...

Marisaengel,

Oct 22, 2008

Lawduck, what do you think are the missing key CSM opportunities?

Thenextwomen,

Oct 22, 2008

I think you should also try to get exposure at the news magazines. Women's owned companies can benefit to be discussed and reviewed for example in our online magazine, thenextwomen. That story is then picked up by Stumbleupon, delicious, twitter etc. It's not always the other way around.

Billfishkin,

Oct 22, 2008

10 outta 10 plus a few more...

Billfishkin,

Oct 22, 2008

actually... does wordpress really count in this equation?

Jeanettejoy,

Oct 22, 2008

As a university instructor, I posted on Wikipedia and people just deleted my content. I like all the other sites mentioned because you can control your content. (Except, I haven't used Slideshare; thanks for that option.)

Nlupus,

Oct 23, 2008

probably not top but anyways - http://partnerup.com/

Coquithe Chef,

Nov 02, 2008

There is one missing for blogging Google's Blogger. Google's has helped me become successful. I'm in the top ten. Search for me "Coqui The Chef".

Karenswim,

Nov 25, 2008

For corporate social media, I agree with FaceBook, LinkedIn and perhaps MySpace (depending on your targeted demographic). I have advised some corporate clients to use Twitter depending on resources, objectives, etc but social bookmarking sites in my opinion are not a "must have" in CSM. In the Social Media space I think we have to be careful to develop strategies that fit our client, are resource efficient and align with their overall objectives.

Ev1l3ye,

Nov 25, 2008

I definitely like StumbleUpon. My sites wouldn't have any traffic if it wasn't for StumbleUpon. However I doubt very many people ever come back, they just Stumble on.