Don’t you hate it when you miss the boat? Seems like new social sites launch in abundance and unless you are one of the first – its hard to get to the top. Well I got a Private Invitation for you to a new social network Qassia that not only gives an interaction but rewards you with links to your blog or blogs…

Interesting concept based on “funny” dollars that determine your position but seem to work. You get a chance to earn the “dollars” by either referring other people like I do right here or by providing and rating intel. Get a jump start – join the Qassia and let’s see how it plays out …

Social networks are great and useful to bloggers in more ways then just driving traffic. Idea exchange, getting to know other like-minded people and strike relationships that can pay huge dividends for you.

One problem with social networks is that they attract people with many different interests and are not very targeted. I personally see more and more networks that are very targeted to specific topic and people who join it directly interested in interaction. These type of networks makes the most sense and provides some of the biggest benefits to its members. And here is one for you that is brand new and absolutely FREE…

Social networks are great for establishing a relationships and communications with people within your interest and not only. Taking advantage of the options presented by social networks is no longer optional as Rich defined in his latest report “The Attention Age Doctrine” and Facebook is one the best of the breed.

I have to admit that I perhaps don’t spend enough time on it socializing as my business and regularly scheduled life pulls me away from “online world” (shame on me!) but I do pay attention to what I receive and if you become my friend I do pay attention to your messages and here is why …

When few month ago my Newsvine account was shut down because someone reported me as spaming network I just swallowed it and continue to work with others even though I didn’t think I was guilty of any offense. Yes, I have shared my own posts in addition to other sites but only sparingly and as far as I was concerned – I contributed Content.

Well interestingly enough I see more and more bloggers get attacked by zealots who seem to dominate social sharing networks and to avoid being flamed here are some examples …

Nothing gets me more excited the a simple way to bring more targeted traffic to my blog without doing my work and perhaps turn some of the visitors into regular readers, subscribers and even customers. While there are multiple ways to go about it – I like the simplicity that accompanied by quality.

[tag-tec]Sphinn[/tag-tec] service similar in PlugIM in its target audience and provides a great way to generate some traffic for blogs oriented toward blogging, SEO, marketing, money making. One feature that makes it greatly differ from PlugIM is that it requires having a valid login (user account) in order to Sphinn the post.