Dianne Murray

Promoting Your Mom-Stuff Affiliate 

with Social Networking Sites

Social sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg and StumbleUpon have become hot and are getting hotter all the time. Both online and offline businesses are jumping into social marketing -- and for a good reason. It works. Social media is the perfect place to promote your affiliate link. And, it's fun.

If you already have any social media accounts start there by adding a new element to your site creating a new revenue stream. It's important to start off on the right foot. Social sites may or may not let you put your mom-stuff banner on your page. Read the terms of use page carefully. You will need to follow the rules that apply to the site. Add your affiliate banner if allowed by the site. This is the best way to guarantee we can track your traffic to your affiliate account. If you cannot use your banner it takes a bit more effort to make sure we know this is your contact.

Post about something wonderful you have found on Mom-Stuff.com. It will be easy because we promise to keep plenty of good content there for you. People who trust you will check it out. Social sites who do not allow banners are not as easy for us to track your contacts.  Since Mom-Stuff gives you commission on everything your contacts buy from Mom-Stuff, for life, you will need to tell us if they do not list you as their contact when purchasing from us. If you believe someone has joined as a member or purchased because of your efforts please contact us. contact@mom-stuff.com It is important to us to give you your commissions.

Here are simple and effective ways to use these social Web 2.0 sites to promote your Mom-Stuff affiliate.

Twitter Is Golden

Many people are using twitter as a way to connect with colleagues, family, friends, and customers. If you haven't tried Twitter, now may be the time to set up an account and see what it's all about. Twitter is a "micro blogging" platform where you can write (in 140 characters or less) anything you'd like. You can update people about your day, share resources, send a link to your websites, send them to Mom-Stuff, ect. - anything that you feel your followers will find useful or interesting.

When you're a member of twitter you "follow" people and they will "follow" you.

This just means that when you log in to your twitter account you will see the messages posted by those who you're following. Likewise, the people who have decided to follow you will see your messages.

Ex. Sally follows Paul. So, when Sally logs into her Twitter account, she can see Paul's updates on her screen along with all of the other people she's following.

Assuming you're using Twitter for promoting your affiliate, the people you follow and those who follow you should be highly targeted. They log in because they are interested in what you and others have to say. Since there are only 140 characters allowed per "tweet" (twitter post), you will want to add the URL for more information. Only post address (URL) for public pages. We keep changing our public pages for you to use in the Sample Articles and the Great Ideas/Family Fun sections.

Post about Mom-Stuff once a week if you are an active twitter.  We do not want every post to be about Mom-Stuff and give the feeling of spam. We want other twitters to  trust you so they will want to check it out what you are interested in. Twitter will not allow you to post your Mom-Stuff banner but you can add that you are a Mom-Stuff Member in you profile and tell your followers to sign up as a member and put your name in the affiliate referrer box on the membership sign up form. Since Mom-Stuff gives you commission on everything your contacts buy from Mom-Stuff, for life, It is important to us to give you your commissions. If you believe someone has joined because of your efforts please contact us. contact@mom-stuff.com Twitter also as a Group for Mom's. If is fun and you may want to join.

Facebook for Friends

Facebook is a social media site that actually started out as a way for college friends to keep in contact. Soon enough high school students signed on, now it is being used for business as well. It seems that everyone you run into today has a Facebook page. As of this writing, Facebook has over 200,000,000 active users. That's a whole lot of potential affiliate members.

Just like you have followers on Twitter, you have friends on Facebook and that's where the power of Facebook lies.

You can update your status, link to your site, link to Mom-Stuff and leave comments on your friends' Facebook pages. Again, this creates a great community feeling and also very targeted traffic since people will get to know you and become interested in your opinions and suggestions. Tell them about something great you have found on Mom-Stuff.com You can add the URL for any public pages. On face book you are not limited on size of yoour posts.

Add to your profile that you are a Mom-Stuff Member,  tell your friends to put you name as their affiliate referrer in the box on the membership sign up form and spread the word about how much you love the content on Mom-Stuff.com. Post about Mom-Stuff once a week if you are an active updater. Tell your Facebook friends what you are doing and make some new friends, too.

Digg Your Way to the Top

Digg is a very interesting way to receive traffic, and it is currently adored by Google. The basic idea is that when you enjoy or really "dig" an article, you "Digg" it. If other people are interested they will Digg it as well (by clicking the "Digg" button that appears). The more Diggs a web page gets, the higher the rankings and exposure tends to be.

You can Digg your own articles, or public articles from the mom-stuff site as long as you are careful. Digg has banned users for spamming or being too self promotional. However, if you use the true social aspect of it by making friends, digging their articles, and digging great articles you find online you can easily drive targeted traffic to your own blog as well. Tell us when you have "dig" an article on the mom-stuff forum so other mom-stuff members can "digg" it too. This is a great way to support each other and share good content on the web. You can become someone who people are chenking on your your account because they like the sites you like. This creates your own comminity where you are the expert on what is great on the web. You become a great resourse while promoting mom-stuff'.com

Other Social Sites

There are many social sites but you will find that they work like one of these mentioned. You can use them in the same manner. Make sure you know the terms and follow the rules.

Social Sites work really well to promote your mom-stuff affiliate because moms are social by nature. They love to make friends and share their lives. So make friends, tweet, update your status and have fun while making money.