I have been using social media sites to drive traffic to my blog ever since I started blogging for the past 3 months and I notice that not all of them brings me traffic.

This led me to to ask this question, “Which Social Media Site Rules?”

There are numerous amount of social media sites popping up all over the web and some of them brings major traffic to your site. But which one of them is best for driving traffic?

I Like Social Media

I like using social media sites to drive traffic to my site, market affiliate links, find other websites of interest and to communicate with friends and family.

But today I will be discussing the use of social media for driving traffic and marketing.

In one of my previous article I urged people to make good use of social media, because this is a great way to spread the word about your website and this is the reason why my blog has great success after 3 months.

I was on the phone the other day with Rob from RobsWebTips.com and he was saying he notice that on Twitter I am not communicating with my followers, I was only trying to promote my blog. I was understanding what he was saying. Twitter is not only for driving traffic, but to communicate via short status messages. Communicating with others is a great way for getting to know people and build a social relationship.

Social Medias That I Use

I am not on every social media sites, just a few of them. I mostly use Twitter and Facebook for communication and some marketing If you want to connect with my then feel free.

<li>Twitter</li>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>Facebook Fan Page</li>
<li>YouTube Videos</li>
<li>BlogEngage</li>
<li>Stumble Upon</li>

My Social Media Statistics

I have been using Google Analytics to track my stats of my referring social media sites. My top 5 traffic source from social media sites are listed below in ascending order:

BlogEngage – 185 Visits
Twitter – 142 Visits
StumbleUpon – 95 Visits
Facebook – 14 Visits
Others… – 22 Visits

Concluding Statements

Social media is one of the leading ways to gain traffic and popularity but this doesn’t take one person to make it happen.

For example with Twitter, If you are the only person tweeting your blog posts then it makes little or no sense for social media. But if you have lots of friends or kind enough people to tweet and retweet your blog posts then this is where you will gain lots of traffic, and then you can turn your traffic into sales.

Group Discussion

Most bloggers and webmasters use social media to drive traffic and market their products or affiliate links, other might use these sites for the fun of it. I would like to her from you: