Are social networking sites a good place to find leads?

[Aboriginal Indigenous]

I was just wondering if Social Networking sites are a good way to find leads. I was thinking about using MySpace to advertise my business "College Network Travel" but with so many distractions I keep thinking no one will really notice exactly what it is that I'm trying to get across. What do you think>

[Dorothy B]

The best place I have found to get good leads and great marketing advice and its free to sign up is
http://dorothy411.payitforward4profits.com

[Max]

you can use Google Adwords to advertise your business or website to know what is google adwords visit this link http://adwords.google.com/

hope this will resolve your query

Regards

[Mightycrowd686]

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[Joseph B.]

Hi!

I would disagree with MAX. Adwords are for experienced people, who have done testing and research with ads and so on...

Social networking works but it demands that you establish good relationships(that means putting time in) and it can be very powerful!

One of the best resources that I have found is TrafficEra.
It's a social networking community, a blog, traffic exchange and discussion forum all in one!

Hope this helps!

[Rand]

Yea, if your willing to spend the time on it, it'll payoff.

It ain't a quick fix, you'll spend a lot of time, repeating yourself, like adding friends to multiple accounts, researching your target audience, testing, and most importantly interacting with the community at large.

Myspace has gotten very very on trying to sell stuff and as a result have made it pretty difficult.

The new thing at the moment is Facebook, I keep hearing stories about how people are making money off of strong profiles.

[Ralph M]

how about you forget MySpace and focus on the leads from Facebook.
It is for students, very clear design, has groups where you can join and promote your business, offers marketplace, link and video sharing, and thousands other features.

It is just wonderful for your purposes. I'm currently making a research on Marketing and Advertising on Facebook at a blog called biz-tips-spot with thoughts on how it can be used as advertising vehicle for leads generation.

[Vica]

did you every try this social networking site:
http://www.squidoo.com/collegejersey
that's what i use all the time. it's easy to use and very effective

[Jennifer F]

Myspace was not designed to be a commercial website and you could get your profile deleted if you advertise and annoy someone. You would do better to go to some of the business networking sites. At least you don't run the risk of getting in trouble there or having your profile deleted.

I think all these sites go from free to premium and have listed the levels you need to do what you want.

Bizprenuer (free)
Direct Matches (no need to go higher than the $9.95 a month)
Home Biz (free)
Ryze (free)
Adlandpro (free)
Ojeez (free)
Digg (free)

These are just a few. However, in all honesty I have never found internet advertising to be very effective, whether it be spamming in a forum, group, being on social networks, sending out emails, safelists, etc.... Most people are out there spamming their deal -or advertising as some call it, and are very rarely interested in what you have to offer.

I think you are right - too many distractions - no matter where you go. You need seriously compelling ad copy to bring people to you or something other than the 'hey, come join or fly with me'.

If I can help further, just let me know.
~jennifer
Helping others create income from home through education of the system and how it really works.