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Whether you know or not there's a major trend that broke through the horizon on the Internet. It's changing the way we do business and interact with each other. And, it's surely changing the MLM industry drastically. It's called social marketing....also known as the second wave of the Internet, web 2.0. You can use social marketing as a successful marketing campaign and draw a lot traffic to your lead capture pages, web sites, articles or blogs. In a short amount of time, you can have an useful marketing plan in place to attract the right people and make tons of money. And, the best part is that social marketing cost particularly nothing. You can build your network marketing business even if you don't have a lot of money....experts call it building on a budget. You just need to invest your time. It will be time well spent positioning yourself for success.

Social Marketing, also called web 2.0, are places on the Internet people can interact socially on a massive scale. People can post their comments, thoughts, opinions and even upload pictures. 10 years ago, you couldn't do that on the Internet....which is why it's called, web 2.0, the second wave of the Internet.

There are 6 major categories in social marketing:

• Content Sharing-Squidoo
• Articles-Ezines
• Book Marking-Digg
• Blogs
• Social Sites-Facebook, My Space
• Video Sharing-YouTube

All you need to do is to use specific key words people are typing on the search engines in your content....whether it's an ezine article, squidoo article or blog and your information will show up on major search engines like google and yahoo. As you get more  advanced, you can start linking your articles, blogs and videos together and move higher up on the search engines. And, more people will find you and you'll have free leads for your network marketing business. You have the potential of being on the first page of google without paying a penny! There are people who are paying $2 and $3 a click. Eventually, you want to have all 6 categories to work together to create a swarm of traffic and attract a huge amount of qualified prospects for your network marketing business. Now, that's what I call a great formula for mlm traffic.

There are other methods of marketing but social marketing is by far the best dollar for the buck. It cost practically nothing and can put a lot of money in your pocket in a short amount of time. It's simple how it all works. For starters, target your audience and drive them to your lead capture page. Your leads opt in and they get on your email list. In return, you monetize your list by offering items such as e-books, informational products, web sites, internet marketing tools and other things your prospects would be interested in. By doing this, you create income for yourself to increase the cash flow for running your MLM business. Your prospects get to know you and see you as an expert. You continue to provide value to them and your prospects are pre-sold on you. And, on the back end, they want to join your business opportunity because they know the benefits of working with you. You attract the right people, build your network marketing business and make money on the way. Things can't get any better than that!

Before you start your social marketing, there are a few things you must keep in mind to avoid the pitfalls and mistakes:

• Must be clear on your target market.
• Focus on one target group first then move on to another target group.
• Provide value to your prospects.
• Don't pitch your deal or product right off the back.
• Give first and people will buy from you.
• Promote more than one site.

Follow this plan and you'll be well on your way!