social media marketing scene

Chapter 1: Creating Your Social
Networking Website Profile

How you would like to meet and communicate with other internet
users, especially ones that share the same views and beliefs as you
do?
If you would then you may want to think about joining a social networking
website, if you haven’t already done so. When it comes to easily finding and
communicating online with other internet users, social networking sites are,
perhaps, the best way to go.
If you are interested in joining a social networking website, the first thing
that you will need to do is find a network to join. You can easily find a
number of networks by performing a standard internet search. For the best
search results, you may want to search with the words social networking or
social networking websites.
In your search, it is likely that that you come up with a fairly large number
of different networking sites. Popular sites that may be included in your
search results may include, but will not be limited to, MySpace, Orkut,
Yahoo! 360, FriendFinder, FriendWise, Facebook, and Classmates.
Once you have made the decision to join a particular social networking
website, whether or not it is one of the ones mentioned above, you will need
to need to register with the site. Even free networking communities require
that you go through the registration process.
Once you are registered, you should be able to start communicating with
other community members. Before you start communicating, you may need
to develop your online profile or profile page, depending on the networking
site in question. Although it may seem easy enough to create a profile, there
are many internet users who are unsure exactly what they should and
should not include.
Perhaps, one of the most important things to include in your online website
is your picture. While a personal picture is optional, it is ideal. Many internet
users enjoy taking to someone that they can see in their minds, without a picture this is difficult. If you are looking to use social networking websites
just to meet new friends you may not necessarily need to post a private
picture, but you may need to if you are looking to find love online. When it
comes to internet dating, many individuals will not even view an online
profile if a picture is not included.
In addition to your photograph, you may want to include your name. Now,
when it comes to your name, you need to be cautious. You are advised
against giving your full name, especially if your profile or profile page
contains a personal photograph of you. In addition to your name, you may
want to put down your location.
As with your name it is important to display caution. Your picture, your
address, and your full name can be dangerous, especially if it falls into the
wrong hands. As much as you would like to fill your social networking
profiles with personal information, you are advised to think about your
safety before anything else.
You may also want to include information on yourself. This information may
include your hobbies, issues that are important to do, your likes, and your
dislikes. With many social networking websites, including MySpace, you will
find that there are preset profile fields for this information.
In addition to preset questions or categories on your likes and dislikes, you
may also find additional information, including fun questionnaires. Many
social networking websites will ask that you describe your favorite color,
your goals in life, your most embarrassing moment, and so on. As with your
other personal information, it is important to stay as vague and possible and
not use any full names, especially real ones.
By keeping the above-mentioned points in mind, you should not only be able
to create an online social networking profile that is filled with valuable
information, but you can do so while staying safe at the same time.
Your safety on the internet is in your hands, that is why it is important to
think about safety, as well as internet popularity
Chapter 2: Popular Social Networking
Websites

Do you love using the internet to meet and talk to new people? If
so, there is a good chance that you have heard of social networking
websites before.
If you have not, you will want to familiarize yourself with them because they
are rapidly becoming the most popular way to communicate with others
online.
If you weren’t already aware, social networking websites are website that
essentially act as an internet community. While all social networking
websites have their own rules and restrictions, many websites operate in a
similar way, with similar goals.
Their goals are to allow internet users to connect with other internet users
online, often from all around the world. What is nice about social networking
websites is that they come in a wide variety of different forms.
There are many websites that are considered “general,” websites. These
websites do not really have any particular focus, but there are social
networking websites that do have a particular focus. Those focuses often
include dating, religion, and school.
If online social networking seems interesting to you, you will have to find a
community to join. You can easily do this a number of different ways. By
speaking to those that you know, on and offline, you could be alerted to
popular social networking websites.
You can also find these websites on your own by performing a standard
internet search. Whether you perform your own search or rely on
recommendations from others, it is likely that you will find a fairly large
number of social networking websites. Just a few of those websites that may
find include Classmates, Orkut, Yahoo! 360, and MySpace.
Orkut is Google’s version of a social networking website. This website was
created and officially launched in 2004. Orkut has a large number of member, form all around the world. What is nice about Orkut is that the
system is easy to use, that is once you get in. To protect their social
networking communities, a large number of social networking websites,
including Orkut, have restricted access to the site. If you are interested in
joining Orkut you must know someone who is already a member and they
must invite you to join the community.
If you do not personally know any Orkut member, there is a good chance
that you could connect with and obtain an invitation from someone you meet
online.
Classmates is an online social networking website that is rapidly increasing
in popularity. This website focuses on connecting long lost friends or old
classmates. Classmates is free to use, but you must become a paying
member to enjoy many of their member benefits.
These benefits include, but are not limited to, searching for old classmates,
reading their profiles, requesting more information from your classmates, or
even contacting them.
MySpace is another popular social networking website that can be found
online. In fact, MySpace is known as being the most popular online social
networking website. They currently have over one hundred million members!
MySpace, like many other social networking websites allows you to create
your own profile, in fact, your own personal page.
Once your page has been created, you can easily invite other members to
become a member of your network and vice versa. In addition to having a
traditional profile page, with your personal information, you can also display
a large number of pictures, video clips, and music clips. Although there are a
number of features that makes MySpace so popular, the most popular
reason for its popularity is that fact that it is completely free to use.
As previously mentioned, MySpace, Classmates, and Orkut are just a few of
the many social networking websites that you can find online. Additional
sites include FriendFinder, Yahoo! 360, and more. To learn more about each
of these sites or to join their community, you are advised to visit their online
websites and request additional information. You should be able to find these
websites by performing a standard internet search.