Social Talent Networks

It seems like just about everyone belongs to at least one social network site. Facebook has 400 million active users and each user has an average of 130 friends. Meanwhile in China, Qzone is reportedly even bigger and growing as fast as their economy. But big isn’t always best.

So what is a social network? According to Wikipedia a social network is a social structure made up of individuals or organizations, which are connected by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.

Here is a short video that explains how an online social network works in plain English.

RAW Talent Classified has taken the best elements of a social network site and combined it with a classified ad site.  Once you have posted your ad or profile you can leverage the combined power of nearly 100 other social bookmark and networks sites to distribute your ad across the World Wide Web.

Your ad can also be emailed or printed so you will never be without a business e-card or CV.

By posting a stylish and eye catching ad or profile you can quickly create a buzz around your next performance, event or album launch and ping it around the net for the whole world to see. Other networkers outside of your network will find, then ad to that buzz by leaving comments and questions. So in a short time your popularity and network grows.

Remember the post ‘RAW Talent – The Long Tail?’ where we discussed how as consumers we find our own niche markets. Well, by bookmarking your RAW Talent ad to all the bookmarking sites allows other people with the same interests as you to find you and join your open network. And RAW Talent Classified has made that very easy to do.

As your network grows you will be engaging with a highly focused and lazer targeted group, who are into what you have to say as an artist. These people may not be your friends, family and passing acquaintances, but these people are going to be the ones who will support you on your artistic quests in the future because of their shared interests. When you can engage with this group you will be ready to monetize them and start to build a business and a career.

Watch this short video about the 3 elements of social engagement.

So remember online, content is king! The more places you can post your ads and profile, the more traffic you are going to get back. You can drive this traffic (real people) to your website, ticket sales, video, gig, event or performance. You can also engage them in debate. People are going to be talking about you anyway so why not lead the debate and build a fan base?

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