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Direct Newsline - U.S. traffic at the 10 leading social networking sites soared in April by 47% over the same period last year and now equates to about 45% of all active Web users, according to marketing research firm Nielsen//NetRatings.

Unique visitors to the leading sites in the social-network category grew from 46.8 million in April 2005 to 68.8 million last month. MySpace led the pack in year-over-year growth, increasing traffic by 367% to reach 38.4 million unique visitors. Blogger.com 18.5 million visitors and 80% growth.

Online Marketing Trends -  To succeed in online marketing you must stay ahead of your competitors by developing new strategies and tactics, here are 10 online. By Jay Berkowitz

1) Search Engine Marketing   2) Contextual Marketing   3) Shopping Sites
4) Blogging   5) Home page is NOT a landing page   6) Usability
7) Get Permission   8) Relevance   9) Social Networking   10) Viral Marketing
Loan Officers Marketing & Mortgage Broker Marketing

Mortgage home loan interest rates are tightening buyers’ pockets. Now to recruit, source, draw and serve home buyers.... Agents are expected to raise the bar on how they make themselves marketable again in order to clearly stand out among the competition.

The Old: Infomercials, Commercials, Remnant Air Time, Cable Pricing and local billboards.

The New: New Digital time-sensitive billboards.