Social Media Optimization is a concept that is making its way into mainstream marketing publications. Social Media Optimization or SMO is a concept coined by Rohit Bhargava of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. In his 5 Rules of Social Media Optimization, Rohit explains that:
“The concept behind SMO is simple: implement changes to optimize a site so that it is more easily linked to, more highly visible in social media searches on custom search engines (such as Technorati), and more frequently included in relevant posts on blogs, podcasts and vlogs.”
Social Media Demographics
A common misconception about popular social network sites like MySpace, is that they are the domains of the teens and preteens. A recent comScore study found that as MySpace and the social networks grow and become more mainstream, the demographics change as their reach extends into a greater part of the population.
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