In this video I talk about a few of my favorite social media sites and why they are worth using when promoting your website. This is the first part of a two part series talking about social media sites. Here are the ones from today’s video:

Stumble Upon - stumble upon is a great site to link to your site and other sites that you like. It is simple to use since you add the tool bar to your browser. Total set up time: Under 5 minutes.

Squidoo - squidoo is a site that lets you set up your own web page (they call it a lens). You can create as many of these pages (or lenses) that you want. Each one has many simple tools to add content from other sites like blogs, youtube videos, and much more. Total set up time: 10 minutes or more (depends on how much you put into it)

Del.icio.us - delicious is a great bookmarking website. Once you get your account set up on delicious you can be making links to any of your favorite sites and hopefully your own site! Be sure to make it a “public” so others can find it. Total set up time: 3-5 minutes.

If you have any questions please ask. Also, do you have any suggestions for other good Social Media sites??

If you have a blog you MUST use Technorati to promote it. This should be your first step to getting your blog out there so people can find out about it. Technorati is the absolute best site around for searching for blogs, so you know you want to be on it. It is very easy to set up an account with them and add your blog. In less than 5 - 10 minutes you can get set up. Here is a direct link to technorati.com and if you already have an account please “fave my blog” …..thanks!