So how can you build, strengthen and promote your brand through Twitter? Since it is an interactive platform where communication happens extremely fast you can get in touch with people almost immediately. To promote and build your brand you need to network with people, with right people actually who can help you further promote your brand. This Mashable blog post lists 5 ways you can use Twitter to build, strengthen and promote your brand.

Promoting your blog or website on social networking websites like Digg and del.icio.us should be an integral part of your Internet marketing campaign because it is the sure shot way of getting into the limelight within a few days. Get 2-3 articles or blog posts of yours featured on the first page of Digg every month and you are probably on your way to Internet superstardom. The effect is so great that even big websites like the NYTimes.com devise new methods to target visitors from such websites. Here is the link that good-humouredly tells you how to end up on the first page of Digg by fair or unfair means.

Sending SMS messages from your Yahoo messenger is actually quite easy. Whenever you are creating contacts in your Yahoo messenger you add their mobile numbers too. If the service provider lets Yahoo send SMS messages you will see the message in the Yahoo messenger itself, something like, “you can send SMS messages to this mobile number.” After that simply hover your cursor upon the contact and in the pop-up menu you will be able to select the option that lets you send SMS message to that contact.

This Wired link shows you how you can send free SMS messages using your iPhone and other desktop chat clients. Here’s another link that lists 5 ways you can send SMS messages for free using your computer.

Aside from blogging there are many social media websites like Digg, del.icio.us, Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, YouTube and to an extent even MySpace where you can share your thoughts and opinions with other users of the social media websites. They not only share your content they also encourage you to share their content. You also come into contact with many new people through social media websites. For instance, if you make some friends on these social media websites you can also view lists of their friends whom you can approach. Similarly people can find you on other lists and approach you. These people can be your friends, your colleagues, and your customers and clients. Since your customers and clients can also access your profiles and content on various social media websites you need to be very careful how you build your image on these websites. Considering the amount of social networking these websites can encourage you can definitely use social media to market your business. Chris lists 50 ways you can use social media to market and promote your business.

Facebook is latest social media revolution on the Internet. It’s a great way catching up with old acquaintances and making new friends. As a message displays on the website: Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you.

But if it is merely for social interaction, how can it increase your efficiency? First of all you can contact prospective customers, clients and business associates from there (although the profile of an average Facebook is considered to be quite young). The second is the assortment of Facebook applications that you can use, for instance, collaborative writing, to-do lists, tasks management, reminders, calendars, social bookmarking etc. Here’s a post at Lifehacker that says Get productive with the best Facebook Apps.

Do you have a Facebook account? Facebook is a great social networking website and you can use it to not only find new and old friends, but also expand your network of business affiliates and bloggers. Every social network works within the peripheries of its parameters and Facebook is not an exception. To get noticed and to encourage people to contact you through Facebook you need to create a compelling Facebook profile. Interaction is the key at Facebook, or for that matter every social network. You interact, you show your interests, you talk about things you like, you hate, you don’t give two hoots about. Anyway, I’ll stop gabbing now. Here’s a post by Neil that tells you how to build a Facebook profile you can be proud of. I’m heading to my Facebook account as I remember someone sent me an invitation this morning — I’m arriving too you see.

As Digg is now including social media features too along with an already existing ability to submit and rate links it is important to leverage its strength to generate traffic for your website or your blog. But using Digg to your benefit requires lots of patience and networking skills. Since Digg is a social networking website you need to set up your network of friends who can help you promote your links. You need to spend considerable amount of time there promoting other links (Digging them) and interacting with other diggers. To know more about how you can use Digg to promote your website or blog read Finally, Someone Sharing Some Beneficial Information For Those New To Digg.

In the era of Web 2.0 it’s no longer about generating tons of traffic, it’s about building communities around your product, service or blog. No traffic is as targeted as the community traffic. Building an online community is exceptionally rewarding, but it also needs careful strategy regarding what subject and theme you chose, what tools and software you use to manage the community, how you interact with your community members (there is no community without community members after all) and how you promote the community to generate the right buzz and consequently, get the right members. KatFrench at SEOMoz lays down the strategies for building and managing online communities in a very interesting and illuminating manner.