6 important points on making a social network

in a blog Social Media Marketing for Small Business 6 important points are made

clipped from searchengineland.com 1a. Start a blog. a great way to open up a dialogue with your customers 1b. Comment on other blogs. Blogging is about creating and joining conversations 2. Get active at Yahoo Answers. Yahoo Answers is a great way to share your knowledge with people who are looking for it 3. Make and share videos. "Tour" videos—tours of your business 4. Take and share photos 5. Try StumbleUpon discovery-type of social sites (Digg, Reddit, Netscape, etc. 6. Join groups & mailing lists. finding your customers where they are. Every social marketing opportunity will have its own rules to follow, and you should make sure you know those rules Don't spam the system a few high-quality photo submissions that add to the community Add to the signal, not the noise.