If you’re wondering about ROI for properly implemented social media…hope this helps put a more concrete picture in your mind as to how it can work for you.

If you work the system correctly, you, your company, and your brand will be the best known entity for whatever it is that you’re providing or selling.

Be part of the romance of social networking. Help them fall for you — and they’ll follow you wherever you go.

So why bother using social networking sites to drive traffic to your site, if your attempts are just going to be met with a Block, Unsubscribe, Ban, or Spam notification?

I usually write about online business, but it’s important to recognize that social media tactics can be applied to brick-and-mortar companies as well.

Help and be helped. Think “What can I do for them?” as well as “What can they do for me?” You’ll be thankful that you did.

Things have changed in the past few years. If you think that you can continue by playing the “I’m better than the rest of you” game and come out ahead, then you’re probably going to be sadly mistaken.

Adult industry marketing firm Hourglass8 Media’s first e-book, “The Champagne Room : How to Leverage Social Media for the Adult Industry”, has exceeded the 100 download mark.

As BBC News reported today, more and more people are using social networks to communicate. They’re also using mobile devices rather than their laptops and desktops to do so.

I sat with Vanessa via IM the other night after she announced that her ebook, “Become a Professional Plus-size Modelâ€, was ready to launch, and asked her a few questions about the ebook.