Sometimes, looking at things from a different perspective helps. Here are 4 ways to look at social media from a different perspective ... and none require the submission to go 'hot' to receive benefit.

Different Perspective

Use it for:

1. Reputation Management - as my previous post on the subject (Reputation 50+ Posts to Help You Bury Negative Posts About You or Your Company ) suggests, by developing and building out profiles on numerous social media sites, you can often preempt negative posts about a person or company, so they never make it to the first page of the search results. You can also use it in a more reactionary way ... to bury existing negative posts about you or your company.

2. Generating Direct Backlinks - some social media sites offer dofollow links, so blog posts submitted to them actually generate good quality relevant links :).

3. Identifying and Reaching Key Influencers - as I blogged about previously Using Digg to Get TV, Newspaper, Radio, and Magazine Mentions . We've used this technique to get clients on each television, radio, in newspaper articles, magazine pieces, and even to get mentions by prominent sites, government agencies, and .edus. It works really well!

4. Attracting Additional Search Traffic - Often, submitting a blog post to a social media site will result in both the initial post and the portion on the social media site ranking for the given keyword(s). Change the title somewhat, and social media submissions can be used to target long tail keywords as I alluded to in this post Improving Search Traffic Using Social Media.

All in all ... like social media or loath it, it can benefit you! Enjoy, and happy socializing!

About the Author: Jeff Quipp

I'm a sports fanatic, particularly hockey, but in reality just about any sport. If Toronto had a dog sled team ... I'd probably try to get season's tickets. Guess I'm fortunate ... I'm very happily married, and am a father of three spirited kids (two girls and a boy). They tend to like sports too ... imagine that. I've got an BA in Economics, and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University ... go Hawks go! I'm a tremendous fan of all things science and the internet, and particularly how the internet is changing our behaviours. I'm always looking to connect with more people interested in the same topics as I am, so I'd encourage you to "Friend me" in all the social media below if that's you too!

28 Comments

  1. Andos June 28, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    Nice topics. Anyway what social media that you use? sorry for my bad English

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  3. Singapore SEO July 31, 2008 at 2:16 am

    Managing online reputation using the social media technique is indeed one of the best way to bury negative content about your business or site. Try it, it works well.

  4. Alecia Barnes August 1, 2008 at 11:01 pm

    Thanks so much for the awesome tips, I have been using your suggestions with great success.

  5. MOin September 24, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    Thanks jeff for such a thoughful article i never thought about backlinks from social media sites and their importance. you are very rite i am on campaign for making my blog’s good reputation through bookmark websites and tell you what i am getting known and having a lot of feed readers and targeted visitors. nice points to keep in mind.

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