What niche social networking sites might be useful for my goals?
Question 6 from 10 Essential Questions for Your Social Media Marketing Campaign brings some interesting insights that you might not have contemplated. Everyone knows about the big sites:
But what about the little sites (or even not so little sites) that might be tailored to your needs?
Authors, for example, should take another look at Amazon and see how they can use their author account to generate more buzz around their book right on THE site for book selling.
Other sites that you might find useful (not as big as the ones above but still pretty well known) include:
- Ning.com
- Digg.com
- Propeller.com
- Reddit.com
- Stumbleupon.com
- Sphinn.com
- Hubspot.com
- Xanga.com
- Orkut.com
- Flixter.com
Each of these sites has its own orientation and purpose. For example, flixter.com is designed so you can share your movie review with friends. Depending on your business and what you are trying to accomplish, this could be a great way to connect with customers or vendors and share information.