# 2 SEO Strategy - Social Network

Source: suncao.com

Having a good Social Networking Strategy for yourself is massively helpful if you want to be successful in SEO and consequently be able to develop truly complex SEO strategies.

Its incredibly important that you develop a real verifiable presence on all the key SEO networking sites and all the major business networking sites.

Tips for improving Social Rank(SR)

1. Create a real profile on all the major networks
2. Create a full detailed profile on each, not the usual crap profiles you use for your SEO work
3. Keep profiles consistent but remember that each network is different and reflect this in your profile
4. Interlink all your profiles, not for PR, but for making it easy for people to verify you
5. Use the same picture on each
6. Make sure you have your own personal site thats linked from all the profiles, this gives you freedom to publish more comprehensive information
7. Set aside a an amount of time for each site to build up your reputation
8. Join Groups on each that are relevant to SEO
9. Respond to messages on each until you know who to ignore
10. Frequently update your profiles
11. Its always better to socially network in person at conferences etc. when you have the opportunity, this will massively boost your online credibility
12. Remember dont get confused with doing this for Google, this is for real people who do real business with people they trust

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