There's More To Social Networking Than Facebook

By now everyone knows how powerful other social networks besides Facebook can be, but usually the only ones thought of are Twitter and, more recently, Google+. There are a lot more than just those 3 though, and quite a few have very formidable numbers. In this excerpt from the Music 3.0 guidebook, you see just how many networks have at least 1 million daily views.
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"When it comes to social networking, the first network we think of is Facebook closely followed by Twitter. But even though Facebook is still the social giant that dwarfs everything else, there are 28 other social networks world-wide that have at least 1 million daily views, according to Pingdom. Here they are:

1. Facebook - 310 M

2. Orkut - 51 M

3. Qzone - 37 M

4. Twitter - 22 M

5. Odnoklassniki - 9.3 M

6. Linkedln - 8.0 M

7. vKontakte 8.0 M

8. Badoo - 8.0 M

9. Mixi -7.0 M

10. Flickr - 4.9 M

11. Hi5 - 4.2 M

12. MySpace - 4.0 M

13. Nasza Klasa - 4.0 M

14. Tuenti - 3.9 M

15. Hyves - 3.0 M

16. Renren - 3.0 M

17. Tagged - 2.6 M

18. Taringa! - 2.5 M

19. Cyworld - 2.2 M

20. Netlog - 2.1 M

21. LiveJournal - 2.0 M

22. Kaixin001 - 2.0 M

23. Wer-kennt-wen - 2.0 M

24. Sonico - 1.5 M

25. Douban - 1.5 M

26. MeinVZ - 1.5 M

27. Skyrock - 1.4 M

28. deviantART - 1.3 M

29. iWiW - 1.1 M

As you can see, there are plenty that aren't well-known, mostly because they're popular in an area of the world other than North America, but that doesn't mean they're any less powerful in getting your message across. Ask your fans if there's another network that they visit often, and be prepared to jump in if the answer is yes."

You can read more excerpts from this book and others at bobbyowsinski.com.

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