FaceBook groups are one of the most popular features on FaceBook. It allows an administrator (or few administrators) to gather up all interested people and place them into one common page where they can view the page, look at pictures, communicate with each other and get updates about the group. FaceBook groups have several uses, whether it is for business or for a personal reason. Here are three reasons to use FaceBook groups:

1. You want to promote yourself. If you are an artist, FaceBook groups are great for promoting your cause. For instance, a musician can post up information about his/her upcoming events, album information, song demos, and pictures. They also allow members to communicate with each other, creating a stronger following.
2. Businesses can use FaceBook groups to promote a product. You can post up information about your product, pictures, demonstration, reviews, etc. By putting together users of the product, you can start support threads where users help each other. This will create stronger branding and promote your product, resulting in more money for your company.
3. If you are part of a non-profit organization, it is great to put together events and fundraisers. You get together everyone who supports your cause, and they can talk to each other and you can communicate with them. It will help you get ideas of what to do next, how to make more money, and encourage group members to donate more money to your cause.

FaceBook groups are especially great for getting to know your customers. You basically gather up all of your target market in one group, and you can research other behaviors, such as what else they are interested in, who else, where they’re from, etc.

YouTube is one of the top 5 most frequently visited websites on the internet (along with MySpace and FaceBook, respectively). One of the great things about YouTube is that it’s visual, but it is also a social network. You can comment, make friends, instant message each other, etc. YouTube implements more and more features of a social network all the time. It is also a great tool for promotion. You can promote almost anything on YouTube and make it entertaining at the same time. Here are some tips for promoting using YouTube:

• If you run a business, you can make a video of your products on YouTube. You can demonstrate how to use the product, you can create advertisements for the product, put testimonials up, etc. All of these videos are visual and are easier to hold the attention of a potential customer than a written ad.
• If you are an artist, you can demonstrate your work on YouTube. For example: if you are a musician, you can put a music video up. If you are a comedian, you can put segments of you act on YouTube. If you are a painter, you can get creative and create a video of yourself painting a picture on YouTube.
• YouTube is also great for corporate activities among your employees. Instead of having to train employees individually, you can put private videos on YouTube and train your employees. Also, you can put meetings up, any notices, anything visual.

YouTube is powerful and entertaining. Humans employ more than one of their senses when watching YouTube videos, they watch and listen at the same time. Comment on related videos with a link back to your videos, or do “video replies”.

MySpace is awesome, and was awesome even before Tila Tequila made it famous! It is really catered to the individual more than the company. I’ve had a MySpace account since 2005, and was addicted. Then FaceBook and all these other social networks came along, so I started spreading my time out across these networks and found that MySpace had a lot of strengths in many areas. Here are 4 reasons to use MySpace:

1. If you are any type of artist, MySpace is for you! You can put samples of your work on your MySpace page and you can connect with countless like-minded individuals!
2. You are a company looking for some inexpensive talent. If you need a musician do make you a jingle, or a aspiring filmmaker to film you a commercial, MySpace is the place to be! You can find tons of artists and look through them to pick and choose which one you want to go with.
3. You are a company who wants to promote a product. MySpace Groups can help you create a product page full of information, and invite people to that group.
4. You are a blogger looking to network easily. You can post your blogs on MySpace and connect with friends. This will make your blogs very interactive and the community will be able to take part in them. Also, with MySpace bulletin boards, it is easy to blast information to all your friends. Think of Twitter, but with longer messages!

MySpace is especially useful for the artists, but is also useful for companies. Connect with people via MySpace!