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There are differences between all the ‘socials’ involved in Social Networking. Here’s a brief outline of the most popular

• Social Networks: like MySpace or Facebook. Meet friends and show the world who you are.
• Social Bookmarking: like Magnolia or Del.icio.us (or related recommendation system Stumble Upon),share your bookmarks with your friends and find what they like.
• Social News: like Digg or Reddit. Submit any type of content to be voted upon by other users.
• Social Media: like YouTube or Flickr. Share your videos or pictures and comment on others.
• Blogs: like Mashable (on social networking) or Technorati (on technology). Keep people informed by writing a post or article. Include visuals. Best online source for writing blogs is Skellie.
• Micro Blogging: like Twitter or Tumblr. Let people know what you’re doing, what you’re interested in, or whatever - sort of like an “away message” on instant messenger.

How do you know which ones to join. It all depends on you and your business. If your product is Art, then you won’t need to spend much time on the business type social networks. Promoting your work on your own web site is just the start, you need to link to as many gallerys as possible because they all generate traffic. If you run a blog you can create a blog here on easelspace.com and copy over snippets from time to time with links back to your main blog as a way to reach more people and potential clients.