Social Bookmarking Sites for Business - Click here http://bit.ly/hto22I for full article.

Written by : Martin Stein

In today's online business world, word-of-mouth has been replaced by the social bookmarking site. Proper use and knowledge of these sites can greatly add to a business' reputation and revenues.

According to recent surveys, 44 percent of sharing activity is done on Facebook. One out of four clicks in the United States is on Facebook, making Facebook the 800-pound gorilla in the world of social bookmarking. What makes Facebook unique is that a site can be bookmarked as many times as there are members, with the "like" rating scales and links allowing every single person who likes a product or service to recommend a business.

BizSugar is possibly the most important social bookmarking site in the world of small- and medium-sized business, as it is focused on these areas. With BizSugar's sectioning of the most important disciplines of today, people can quickly find and bookmark a business with high visibility.

Tip'd is also an increasingly important site for small- and medium-sized businesses. Tip'd has a focus on matters of monetary concern, and so is especially important for the financial and investing community.

Both of these sites are connected to Twitter, which is fast becoming one of the Internet's new backbones. Many social bookmarking sites, including BizSugar and Tip'd, are making sure to become compatible with Twitter, which provides businesses the opportunity for unprecedented real-time, low-cost analytics.

Along with Twitter, other social bookmarking sites of note are LinkedIn, Google Buzz, Delicious, StumbleUpon and RSS. Each of these sites continues to make its mark on various subsets of the online community and are increasingly important to business franchises and start-ups.

The BizSugar and Tip'd websites are also especially important to businesses because of their communities, in which many online entrepreneurs have been vetted and put through their paces. You never know who is lurking or publishing on a BizSugar or Tip'd website, and businesses, especially those small start-ups in the financial and technology sectors, would do well to check both on a regular basis.

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