Friday, January 1, 2010

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Submitedge - Search Engine Optimization Blog

Expanding Your Social Networks

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:00 AM PST

Someone introduced me to a terrible, terrible thing yesterday. It’s called Farmville. A Facebook app that lets you run your own online farm, Farmville is addictive! I think there is a way to leverage games, however, and that is the point of this post.

If you enjoy spending time online fooling with apps like Farmville, Literati, or any of the other time-sucks available, why not network a little? When you send out invitations and requests, add your personal note, a word about your brand, or whatnot.

You can often make friends or gather followers simply by joining in the fun, and you can use this to help you make new contacts and advertise your site in a friendly way – sort of like a signature tag – people will come to recognize you (oh, that’s the web design guy) and if you get to be enough of a player that you can help out newbies to the games, that makes you even more of a visible figure.

It’s just a thought. You don’t want to spam or make people sick of you, but if you keep a low profile but do manage to plug yourself discreetly, you will keep that low level buzz going on and when any of the people you neighbor or play with need your product or services you will be the natural person to turn to.

I intend to join a few more networks and game playing apps just to see if I can drum some interest, and while I’m mentioning it – can you drop by and fertilize my crops for me?

Just kidding – but seriously, if you find yourself puttering around online, it only makes sense to try and make something more productive come of it than a hill of beans.

Happy New Year all -this weekend is for goofing off and getting over the hangovers – Monday is back to business!
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