Tip of the week -- Nov 20 2009

Currently, Facebook accounts for .24% of unique visits, while Twitter accounts for .15% of all unique visits. Between the two they account for .39% of unique visits to this site.

What does this mean you?

Sharing your listing across the social network via the share tool increases the number of views dramatically.

Does this mean more sales?

Not exactly. It means you have more traffic and therefore more possibilities of a sale.

At the time of the view from a buyers perspective, the quality of the listing as well as the price, shipping, and convenience to the buyer – are the key factors of continuing the view to a sale.

Does your listing offer all this (from the buyers point of view)?

The share tool is great for getting views, but, your talent at selling can play a part in determining the sale or lack of.

More advantages to sharing:

Every time you share, and every time you view creates relevant backlinks for the search engines to pick up and index. With the search engines representing a much larger cross section of the market, than the social media.

To the point, they both work together.

The bottom line is they produce views, but your listing (once they get there) determines the sale or lack thereof.