In our last poll of the month, I asked the question: “Which social networking site do you use the most for your online business?”

And, based on 129 respondents, it was found that Facebook was the most popular social networking tool being used by JMMO readers and visitors (49%) who run their own online businesses.

Twitter comes as a far second, with 28% respondents saying that they use it for their online business. Then, there are MySpace (13%) and LinkedIn (10%) users.

Thanks again to everyone who voted. We’ll be sharing our latest poll shortly.

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Poll Result: Most Popular Social Networking Tools for Online Business

This is part of the A-Z of Making Money Online series. This series covers the various ways of making money online, in alphabetical order.

Facebook – There are different ways you can make money online using this very popular social web media network. Read: 6 Ways to Make Money with Facebook

Feedblitz – Make money from email subscriptions from your blog.

Fishpond – An online bookstore based in Australia, offers different ways to make money online.

Flickr – Yes, believe it or not, there are ways you can make money off this photo sharing community.

Fluc – This is a service that helps you to make money with your mobile phone.

Forums – If you’re in to community building, then forums might be a good way for you to monetize your passions and interests.

Freelance Work – People who wish to make money online often do it with various freelance work.

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F is for…

If you’re wondering how you can monetise Facebook, then here are some ideas for you -

1. Find new business clients. Whether you’re a consultant, a writer, a photographer, an illustrator, or any other kind of freelance or online business worker, you can find new clients using this popular social networking site. Read more about finding clients on different sites.

2. Use various apps that enable you to make money. Some examples include: MarketLodge or TwitCash. You might also want to include apps by other money making ventures like Tradebit. Check some services or affiliate programmes and see if they have a Facebook app that you can use.

3. Use Facebook’s Marketplace. The Marketplace offers you ways to sell your stuff – either old or new. You can even look for jobs.

4. Advertise your business or service using Facebook’s Classified Ads. Although you’re not allowed to advertise your business or service in the Marketplace, you can still advertise them using their Facebook’s ad service.

5. Promote links to your blogs or website. This way, you can attract people to whatever you’re selling or promoting on your blog or site.

6. Be a Facebook App Developer. If you have skills in developing online applications (like those popular apps like Warbook, SuperPoke, Graffiti, etc), you might want to consider promoting your services to individuals or companies who might want their own Facebook app.

So, how do you use Facebook? Do you try to make money online through this social networking site?

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6 Ways to Make Money Online with Facebook

I know I’ve mentioned a couple of ways to make money with Facebook before. But, other than that brief programme Chitika ran, I haven’t really heard much about people making money directly from their social networking sites.

However, today I heard about this new opportunity that ties making money with Facebook through a social networking marketplace called Market Lodge. You basically need to install The Market Lodge App in your Facebook account and recommend products you chose from ML to your friends and contacts.

Anyway, an article from The Age says:

(But) a new application aims to inject more commerce into the social playground by paying Facebook members who help merchants sell to their friends.

The program, called Market Lodge, revolves around the notion that consumers are more likely to buy merchandise or services recommended by someone they know and trust.

Market Lodge, made by a startup called bSocial Networks Inc., will pay Facebook members a 10 percent commission on all sales made on their recommendations.

I’ve had a quick look but haven’t fully investigated yet. So, I’m not sure how good this will really be as an option to make money online with Facebook.

If you’ve had a chance to check it out, I’d love to read your feedback. What do you think? Do you believe this is a viable option to make money on Facebook? Will you try this at all?

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Facebook and Market Lodge?

One of the greatest help that social network sites can provide to those who wish to earn money online is more exposure for their profiles, which include their websites and blogs. But social network sites are mushrooming like crazy nowadays that it can be just so confusing on which one to pour all your efforts on. Although I’m not saying that you should put all your eggs in one basket, it’s important to know which will be the most useful in helping you find employers or profitable projects.

FaceBook

I’ve landed about two jobs through my Facebook contacts. Now that doesn’t mean that you will also find that much or less clients/projects through this application-laden site, it has a great potential.

MySpace

If you have a very popular MySpace page and you know how to play your cards well, with its millions of members it will be hard not to find new clients if you know the best groups to join, the right people to follow, how to post bulletins and update your page accordingly. Oh you can even earn indirectly with the help of your creativity and the popularity of MySpace – What about those MySpace layouts you’ve been creating for how many months now? I’m sure you don’t need to be told that you can earn from those MySpace layouts. Like WordPress themes, MySpace layouts are one of the most searchable site skins and anything highly searchable deserves attention from those who’d like to make money online using a website serving ads.

LinkedIN

It won’t be dubbed as the world’s largest professional network for nothing. One way that I notice to be of good use to get people to notice you and hire you is use the question and answer feature. Ask a question related to your job and you just might find potential clients inquiring about your services any time soon.

Do you know of any other social network site that’s home to innumerable headhunters or busy entrepreneurs looking for contract workers? Please let us know about these social network sites so we can all be merry finding landing more projects.

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Social Network Sites that Can Help You Find Clients