Social Media Marketing – Content Sharing Sites

Another way to increase the day-to-day sales and profit of an online business is Social Media Marketing. It is another way to bring more traffic to the enterprise's website ranked next to availing a proper web application development. The plus point in this one is that it is void of the service cost which is generally associated with the services from a software development company.

Content sharing is one method of social media marketing to direct traffic to a business site. There are many content sharing sites some of which are mentioned below.

Wikipedia: Established in 2001, Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free encyclopedia wherein contents are provided by self-selected users around the world. This is one of the most popular online reference site.

Flickr: This is an online photo management and sharing site. It hosts images and videos which can be accessed by users around the globe. It was founded in Canada in February 2004 later to be bought by Yahoo.

Scribd: Scribd is an online document library founded in 2006 wherein users can publish information and find the same. This site now has the feature of mashing up profiles with Facebook.

YouTube: Most popular video uploading and streaming service which can be accessed on websites, mobile devices, email, blog, etc. Founded in November 2006.  This is one way through which companies can advertise their services and products and thereby increase overall sales conversion.

Each and every online business and IT outsourcing company also employs this method to make their online business even more successful.