The following are a selection of social marketing resources from Pillar #9 of the 13 Pillars:
The Golf Forum Online (Figure 9.1)
The Golf Forum – An example of an industry-specific forum
Digital Point Forums (Figure 9.2)
Digital Point Forums – A forum where I have regularly posted
MySpace Groups (Figure 9.3)
MySpace Groups – Thousands of groups on niche topics
‘Facebook for business’ group (Figure 9.4)
An example of a niche group on Facebook
Yahoo! Answers (Figure 9.5)
In Yahoo! Answers there are many questions and many different
categories. Categories include ‘advertising in marketing’ and ‘careers and
employment’
LinkedIn (Figure 9.6)
LinkedIn is an online networking service where you can build relationships and meet potential new business partners online
Technorati
Technorati index more than 1.5 million new blog posts in real time and introduce millions of readers to blog and social media content
TheGolfBlog (Figure 9.7)
An example of a niche specific blog which would be extremely relevant to comment on if your business focus was in the golf industry
BlogCatalog Blog Directory
One of the web’s leading blog directories
Twitter
Rapidly becoming THE place to interact online – follow me @ http://twitter.com/DavidBain
Continue to browse the rest of the 13 pillars of internet marketing resources:
Pillar #1 – Keyword research resources
Pillar #2 – Website design resources
Pillar #3 – Blogging resources
Pillar #4 – Email marketing resources
Pillar #5 – Paid internet marketing resources
Pillar #6 – Press releases resources
Pillar #7 – Link building resources
Pillar #8 – Article marketing resources
Pillar #9 – Social marketing resources
Pillar #10 – Viral marketing resources
Pillar #11 – Website analytics resources
Pillar #12 – Content writing outsourcing resources
Pillar #13 – The future of internet marketing resources
Further resources – Internet marketing courses
