A More Focused Social Network
As I’ve mentioned before, I haven’t participated in social bookmarking/networking too much. Stumble Upon, Facebook, MySpace and the like haven’t really attracted me. I hate to be so short sighted but I’m just skeptical that I would see much increase in “business” although I might get a little traffic.
I am curious however about some of the more targeted social sites and may spend some time later this week exploring them. For instance, I have a handful of lenses devoted to products designed more for the elderly and would be interested in connected with that target population. I recently came across information about two social sites which are focused on boomers and beyond: Thirdage.com and Eons.com
I’m hoping it will be fruitful as far as being able to provide some useful info and bookmarks as well as interacting to find out what the interests and needs are among that population. If it seems to be useful I may seek out other more targeted social sites. It would be nice to do more promoting that didn’t involve just writing articles upon articles.
Tags: boomers, lens promotion, social networking
December 9th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I use parents forums to network and as a result have seen an increase in traffic on the relevant lenses. The main thing with any networking is to give as well as try to receive. Not everyone seems to understand that! I don’t mean you when I say that!!
December 11th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I agree: forums are the way to go. Specifically: forums in your niche. In your case that would either be parenting forums (where you could be the technology specialist) or technology forums. If you can find one where the two are automatically combined – that would be best, obviously.
I agree with AJ: make sure to give, not just receive.