You are probably already doing online marketing with social media, but I challenge you to NOT find this post useful.
I share useful resources connected to the two mayor social media networks in this article. Pure gold!
I go straight to the point, let me know in the comments below if you did not find something interesting or new for you.
Not only you need to create a Facebook fan page for your blog or business, but you should also consider the trend of the moment : the Facebook groups.
There are a ton of groups that you could join. Some of them are created just for sharing your latest post, while in others you can learn a lot asking and answering to blogging , online marketing or SEO related topics.
Let’s go straight to the point. Here you find the list of the mayor Facebook groups that are popular right now.
I suggest you to join all these groups. Then up to you deciding whether it’s worth to be active or not.
The details and numbers listed below are updated to the date of the post ( May 20th 2013).
– Make Money with Blogging, Social Media and Internet Marketing (172 members) : it’s not just a sharing group. There are popular bloggers here, who are going to help you and will share their knowledge. You need to be active and bring your contribute. Don’t just join and spam your links here, or the admins will ban you!
– Blogger Ileane Smith Fan Club (3273 members) : I have learned so much from this group. There are many active and popular bloggers here and Ms. Ileane share her knowledge to all the members. Definetely a group to join if you want to learn something new each day and if you need to expand your friendships.
– WordPress for Business (1056 members) : a lot of popular bloggers and useful information here.
– BlogEngage (1447 members) : Facebook group of the popular BlogEngage social community site.
Facebook sharing groups (in most of these groups, members just share their last posts – you understand the social power just checking the numbers here).
I mention only the groups above 100 members and they are listed based on the numbers :
– Share Your Topics (8290 members);
– Submit Your Link (5154 members);
– Share Your Posts (5043 members);
– Bloggerz (3402 members);
– Freelancer (2308 members);
– Smashing Bloggers (2193 members);
– Blog Promotion (1819 members);
– Blogging SEO (1778 members);
– Bloggers Tech (1688 members);
– Everything About Blogging (1505 members);
– Liberty Bloggers (1193 members);
– WordPress Warriors (1164 members);
– Pro Blogging Tips (1080 members);
– Blogger’s Point (1053 members);
– Social Media Promotion (1038 members);
– Blogging Squad (991 members);
– Indian Tech Bloggers (988 members);
– Web Designing (889 members);
– Readnsurf (864 members);
– Fast Guest Blogging / Guest Posting (829 members);
– Bloggers Marketplace (820 members);
– Blogger Help (810 members);
– Guest Blogging Portal (810 members);
– The Bloggers Group (773 members);
– Share and promote your blog (731 members);
– Post Sharing (727 members);
– MyLifein24hours.Wordpress.com (660 members);
– Blogger Forum (618 members);
– Blogology (617 members);
– Blogging Paradise (595 members);
– Can I get Google +1 (576 members);
– BlogShare (566 members);
– Bloggers and Guest Bloggers (543 members);
– Blogger Help Community (527 members);
– Bloggers Brunch (519 members);
– Blogger’s Network (507 members);
– Makemenoise.com (435 members);
– iTechCode (407 members);
– Blog Post Sharing Group (392 members);
– Blogging Cage (385 members);
– Bloggers Community (348 members);
– Profit Blogging (341 members);
– Reveal Dragon Blogger (334 members);
– Yet Another Spam Group (323 members) – I love the name! 🙂 ;
– Up coming bloggers and blogging experts (278 members);
– Younger Blogger Success (261 members);
– Bloggers Community (218 members);
– Indian Blogger Discussion (204 members);
– Serious Blog Promotion (184 members);
– Share Your Story (170 members);
– Share Your Topics (165 members);
– Bloggers Paradise (152 members);
Secret Tip :
I have joined some “secret Facebook groups” that indeed gave me some power up to my online marketing efforts.
I won’t mention the secrets and the features of these groups and it’s up to you discover these gems around Facebook (just ask to some of your friends if they are part of some of these). 😉
Still the beast of the social media marketing, in my opinion. You MUST have an account there!
There are so many online tools connected to Twitter, that it’s impossible to mention all the most important ones!
But according to the topic of this article, I list below the ones I use when I want to share new posts.
JustRetweet
I guess you already know it, but if not, then you need to pay a visit to this website!
The rule is simple, you sign in with your social media account and while you share other members links, you earn credits, that you can use to share your own posts.
JustRetweet is connected to Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus.
You may set to which category you want to address your post and to which members, depending on their social media power (the numbers of their accounts).
Triberr
Triberr, I love it! 🙂
I know some bloggers who still do not understand the power of Triberr, but it’s a shame, because first of all there are many tutorials you can learn from.
Then you can simply search “Triberr” in Google to find out a big number of useful posts with great explanations of “How Triberr Really Works”, like this article :
How to Use #Triberr – Best #Social Network for #Bloggers?
In few words, after signing up, you need to join tribes (or create your own one), in order to share members new posts available on your stream and have the possibility they will want to share your new articles.
Respecting the goal of this post, I am going to list the most powerful tribes I know (and I am member of – details and numbers updated to May 20th 2013) :
– Power Sharers : standard tribe, 316 members, 102 followers – 5,647,586 reach (contact me here – I am the chief of this tribe);
– Atomic Justice Tribunal : automatic tribe, 205 followers – 5,409,186 reach (contact @Justice Mitchell, chief of the tribe);
– Social Media SEO : automatic tribe, 378 followers – 3,933,753 reach (contact @Berrie Pelser, who is the chief of this tribe).
Conclusion
Social Media, like internet, continually grows and changes.
There is a huge number of social networks and interesting resources it’s worth the mention, but it’s impossible in just one simple blog post!
I hope to have you helped in any way with this article and please let me have your thoughts in the comments below.
Thanks!
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Oh wow, great list! I was really surprised to see so many))Thanks for sharing
Are you going to be a member of those groups, Evan? 😉
Erik – superb list mate! I didn’t even realise Ileane had a group going on Facebook so thanks for bringing this to my attention. One for the bookmarks!
Great, Kapil!
I am happy you found something interesting and useful here.
I hit the mark, then! 😉
Thanks for your feedback.
Hey Erik!
Wow this is a cool post 🙂 I shall be taking a look at a lot of the links you’ve mentioned in here.
There is no doubt about it, Social Media has made it easier to find targeted people and getting your content, products & services out there … its made “cold calling” soooo much easier and sociable in the process!
Great to see you’ve mentioned the great group we’re mutually a part of! I’m proud to be a founding member and admin, i know its made a HUGE difference to a LOT of people 🙂
Clair
Cold calling is never sociable.
Hi Clair! 😀
Thank you so much for sharing the article, I am glad you enjoyed the list of Facebook groups.
“Make Money with Blogging, Social Media and Internet Marketing” group is just amazing, I have learned a lot so far and I definitely suggest it to any blogger who wants to improve his knowledge.
You are making a great job as “admin” there, and to all new members, please pay attention to be active and not spam, or you will face Clair’s wrath! 😉
Hi Erik,
That’s an impressive list bro. I’ve got a few more from your list to add to my 23+ groups. Joining these groups is just part of the traffic game. Being active on them is key to getting traffic.
Good luck to group members 😉
Hi Enstine!
Great to see that you found some new Facebook groups to add to your own +23 list.
The amount of traffic and new readers you can receive from social media marketing is huge.
Thanks for your visit here! 😀
Hi Eric, this is a huge post with a great list of Facebook groups, will look into many of these now and a big thank you for mentioning our mutual group too, that was an added bonus but I would happily share this post without you adding it 🙂
Thank you again
Hi Andi! 🙂
I am pleased to hear that you would be happy to share this post on the group.
“Make Money with Blogging, Social Media and Internet Marketing” FB group rocks! 😀
Thanks for dropping by!
Hi Erik,
Huge list – great to see some value ones in there. Some others I am not so sure about, I find a lot of facebook groups very spamming now where people just post and run! But I guess if you get occasional hits from each one then you would get some good traffic in the end.
I use triberr so I know of the benefit of this, I am also a fan of just retweet.
Thanks for sharing.
John
Hi John!
That’s right, many bloggers use some of these Facebook groups just to SPAM their links, and you can even check it by yourself, above all on the groups with high numbers.
But you agree that with 8-9000 members you have big chances to get your post noticed!
Thanks for your valuable feedback, really appreciated! 🙂
Hi Erik,
Must say thanks for this list. Social media marketing is something I’ve been having issues with, especially driving traffic from Facebook. Though I’m a member of some of these groups you listed here, I have not really seen any significant traffic from them. I know part of the cause is because I spend less time on most of them.
However, I will be adding some more from your list and see what comes of it.
Hi Chadrack,
my pleasure to see you found the article useful!
Thanks for your comment here.
Great list Erik!
Big fan of Facebook groups, like you, there are some real gems out there, you just need to find them. Not only are they great to meet and chat with other bloggers, they are a great source of information.
Thanks for mentioning our Facebook group 🙂
Hi Matt!
The amount of traffic and new visitors you can get from Facebook marketing with these groups is huge.
The juicy part are the “secret groups” in Facebook. They might go sometimes against some “rules”, that’s why they are kinda hidden. 😉
Thanks for your visit here! Much appreciated!
I have just started a group focusing on SEO 😉
Thanks for informing us, Yvonne.
Feel free to post the link to your new SEO Facebook group! 😉
It doesn’t let me ;(
Strange!
Send me the Url, I’ll post it! 🙂
Amazing list Erik, I appreciate your effort.
I’m already a member of most of the groups mentioned above, especially the four special ones.
Thanks for making an effort for this post, Erik. Keep on sharing great stuff like this.
Are you a Member of Ms. Ileane’s group,if yes,how do you get traffic from her group when the first rule is “Never share any Link on this page without consulting Ms.ileane “
Well, if your purpose is just promote your blog posts to get traffic, then I suggest you to join the other groups I mentioned in the list “Facebook sharing groups”.
Just to be clear, “Ms. Ileane” group is there for people who wish to learn new things everyday and help other people.
Sometimes the admins reward the most active members, sharing their blog post or directly their blog URL.
Thank you so much for your visit, Ehsan. 🙂
I hope this post will help new and expert bloggers to do online marketing via social media.
Facebook groups are a great way to do it!
Enjoyed the post. I was thinking of reducing the number of groups I share in. Maybe instead I will increase the number of groups I share in. I still do not get your new posts in my twitter account. People are bombarding Google + now and I select only a few posts to read there because there are so many. But I keep Twitter manageable and clean. I read almost everything that comes to my Twitter account because I keep it targeted. Sidebar, if you are interested in how to contact this reader. Thank you for the tips. I will join more groups. I’m learning how to use my time wisely in sharing groups. I like this commenting and sharing and linking thing.
Hi Jennifer,
I am glad you enjoyed the post.
I think you should join the FB groups you think they could be useful for you and then trying to be active there.
You’ll see, you’ll learn so much from members.
Thanks for the comments and keep following! 🙂
I joined the first five groups listed. Most were open groups but I was unable to share my post or link. Do I have to wait for an invitation?
Hi Jennifer,
I have just added you to the groups
(it works like this : a member of the group must accept your request).
So enjoy! 😀
Thanks Erik for mentioning my group in this great post but one thing here , number of member is not factor of FB group @ only active ness can bring live to any FB group !
My pleasure, Shazida.
And you’re right, it’s not about the numbers, it’s about the active people.
In fact, I am a proud member of
“Make Money with Blogging, Social Media and Internet Marketing” FB group
and the benefits I am receving from it are amazing.
Members are active, very kind and available all the time to help you.
This is a great group, like the one you founded : “Blogger Ileane Smith Fan Club”.
I hope it will continue to grow well and keep helping new and expert bloggers.
Thanks for your visit here, Shazida. 🙂
I have never thought of joining facebook groups to increase traffic into my blog. Thanks for highlighting the groups, now i can join all of them.
Hi Wilfred,
glad you learned something new from this article.
Good luck with your social media marketing! 🙂
Erik great point about the Facebook groups. That is an area I need to work on. Thanks for the tips and mentions of other groups. I love Twitter and Triberr and use JustRetweet once a while as well. Social media sure does change. I am in process of revising old posts of mine and one was on time spent on social media – some of the sites I used to spend time on I no longer even visit, it was prior to Pinterest hitting the scene. It was interesting to see.
Hi Lisa!
You should invest more time with Facebook marketing, and take a look to the groups mentioned.
I think it’s definitely more worth than Pinterest.
Thanks for your visit and comment here, Lisa. 🙂
Really great resources Erik! Thanks for sharing it with us, definitely will look forward to join some of the groups/sites you listed above.
Glad you found the article useful, Chris.
I suggest you to join these groups, you will receive huge benefits!
Great list, joined some of them and will be definitely looking into blogger, have been a member for a while, but haven’t figured it out 😀
Hi Liudas,
good luck with the groups! 🙂
But I am sure Facebook Marketing will bring you more knowledge and traffic to your website! 😉
Thanks Erik for mentioning my Facebook group in this list. I got to know about few more groups from this post. Thanks for sharing this post 🙂
My pleasure, Tarun! 🙂
Thank you for listing groups to join. I would like to know about the secret facebook group, whats the best way to find about it? Thanks for the great resources you have mentioned. Justretweet is good and I use it quite a lot.
Hi Shalu,
send me a private message in Facebook,
I will give you hints about “secret groups”, ok? 🙂
Hey Erik!
Lovely write up. The intro really got me hooked up mate!
I didn’t know there are so many Facebook groups out there! Definitely going to check them out when I’m back home.
You deserve a share mate.
Reginald
So you found the post useful Reginald, correct?
Challenge won! 😉
I am glad you liked the resources mentioned here,
some of the Facebook group names in this article are really useful.
Some others are great just to share your latest blog entries.
Thanks for the share, Reginald!
Really appreciated. 🙂