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Social network sites are excellent ways to connect with other network marketers, attract prospects as well as getting the word out about your internet content.  Recently, I had posted an article on the social network site ZenZuu. 

As I mentioned in that article, ZenZuu's concept is to attract millions of users and as those users invite others to the site, they form downlines.  Beginning August 2008, ZenZuu will distribute 80% of it's advertising revenue amongst its users.  The commission schedule runs 10 levels deep and it is dollar for dollar. In other words, if someone in your downline earns $2, so do you.  If someone else earns $15, you also earn $15.

 At first, of course, there won't be a great deal of money involved, since the site is relatively new.  However, since it is a no risk venture on the part of its users, it's easy to invite others to join and they get the same benefits they would from any of the other sites, with new bells and whistles being added as the site grows.  To be considered "active" you have to log in to your ZenZuu account 30 times a month.  This can be done all at once, or once a day.  If you are not in the habit of visiting your social sites on a daily basis, I would either keep a log by my computer or hire a kid to sit for ten minutes at a time and simply log in and out several times in a row.

Meanwhile, you can take advantage of the networking opportunities at ZenZuu, post links to your articles, use the blog feature and more.

I have also joined a similar site called Yuwie.  Yuwie pays you according to the number of page views you receive.  It is in your best interest, therefore, to add content to your page and interact with other users.  Again, this is the point of social network sites anyway.  One of my networking friends uses her Yuwie blog to post links to her articles.  This boosts her article marketing as well as her Yuwie page views.  Brilliant!  I immediately began posting my articles and have already gotten several page views.  Yay!

The downside of Yuwie is that when you initially sign up, you have to go through several advertising offers.  It's easy to skip through, but it's slightly annoying nevertheless.  I've also noticed that whenever I log out of Yuwie, I have to close out of two or three pop-up ads.  Again, annoying but not earth-shattering. 

What I DO like about Yuwie is that there are lots of really fun and cool templates to choose from.  My home page on this site is more sparkly and fun than my usual webpages.  Be sure to visit other people's sites and rate them, respond to comments, etc.  I have had several people ask questions about my business opportunity as well as the training I offer.  At Yuwie, I've gotten a few requests for "dates" which I have politely declined -- guess they didn't read the part on the profile that says I'm married!!  Still, if this ever became a problem, I can easily block that person from my site. 

Yuwie has a built in tracking system so you have the choice of using your default referral link, or you can create (easily) text, image or video links which you can track -- meaning you know when someone clicks on the link if they came from Facebook, your blog, or other article.  This helps you figure out which of your articles are more effective.  Check it out if you would like to know more about social networking at Yuwie.