Here's proof that social marketing works...

Still skeptical about social marketing? Not only have I experienced a lot of success using social marketing tactics (blogging, twitter, Facebook, content syndication, etc.) but so have thousands of businesses big and small.

Last November Michael Stelzner launched Social Media Examiner, an online publication for which I'm proud to be a contributing author. Mike did not do any advertising or traditional media outreach. He used social marketing to drive traffic to the blog and within a few months had nearly 100,000 subscribers and reached the status of #1 business blog on Technorati. That is impressive.

The success of Social Media Examiner comes on the heels of Mike's success last June with the Social Media Success Summit where similar tactics were employed. And now Social Media Success Summit 2010 is around the corner and has nearly three times more speakers on topics that are important for businesses of all sizes.

Take a look at this video in which Mike Stelzner explains the power of social media...

Check out the line up for the Social Media Success Summit and learn more about how to integrate social marketing into your business.

Comments

[dean graziosi]

Hey its good to know Social Media Examiner and I have also visited it.After knowing its information now I am also impressed like you.Its interesting to watch this video about the power of social media.

[Ross]

I don't doubt that social marketing can work for some. I have to admit that I have experienced very little success using this medium to build traffic to the dizzy heights many people rave about. Maybe like most aspects related to the internet the millions of marketers all using similar ideas have simply saturated that method of marketing?

Thanks for the interesting post.

[Security Tape]

It's so true, a company (my ex-employer) used loads of social marketing as it was relevant to the services they were selling and it really helped a lot. In response to the previous comment, I guess it depends partially on the content of the site/product being sold. And don't necessarily just use that one method.

[Tamper Proof Tape]

I've also been slightly skeptical about the results that you can gain, I've attempted to bump up my traffic this way, and I feel like the content is interesting enough etc so I just don't believe in such power of social marketing. I'd like someone to physically come and prove me wrong by using to bump up my traffic but otherwise, I'm a doubter!