Imagine having the opportunity to reach an audience of 500 million people. This is the number of active users on Facebook and the number of people using this social network continues to grow daily. 50% of these users are logged in at any given time and most spend an average of 60 minutes on the website every day. These figures make Facebook a formidable marketing tool.

Leading search engine, Google, has added the use of social content as a criteria for ranking web pages. If you are in marketing or simply want to share a message with an online audience, then adding a Facebook link is one of the surest means of reaching a larger audience.
Of the various tools available on the social networking website, fan pages and groups are the most common method of free marketing. Groups are popular amongst those interested in viral marketing i.e. those people who would like to send bulk invites and therefore reach a large target audience in a short period. Groups allow for members to discuss products and services and are a good method of attracting short term attention.
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LinkedIn is one of the largest Professional Networking sites on the internet today. With well over 8 Million users the potential ways of communicating with prospects related to your products or services is endless.

In order to use LinkedIn most effectively for marketing, there are a few simple things everyone should do. Obviously, you will need to create a LinkedIn profile if you don’t already have one. You can get a free account which offers many of the benefits LinkedIn has to offer so there is really no need to have to spend any money to get in on all of the benefits.
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Online forums are a vital resource for online business owners, entrepreneurs, internet marketers and general users as a whole. Forums are used to address various challenges that people may encounter online. They offer a good platform to ‘meet’, interact and discuss various topics with like-minded people. Forums cater for issues ranging from religion, parenting and gaming to internet marketing, dating and many more.

An internet marketing forum is indispensable for anyone who plans to create a successful online business. Registering with any of the available online forums is a first step towards successful online marketing. If utilized appropriately, forums are highly advantageous and beneficial.

Upon establishing a strong online presence in such useful online forums you get many business opportunities by interacting with different people. Many forums have a provision for a signature that facilitates link posts. A forum signature allows you to post some information under your post. It could be a picture, quotes and most importantly a link to your site(s). It is advisable to register with forums that are relevant to your sites through which you can build targeted traffic to the sites.

The following is a list of some of the well- known Internet marketing forums (in no particular order);
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