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The first time I heard this word- a few years ago- Iwas like-
“What in the world?” 
I did not know much about it- but since then, have seen the concept take aholdand really rock the
social media zone.
But the strangest thing happens.Whenever I mention this powerful and traffic blasting tool/software to peoplethey just laugh and say, “I prefer blogs”or “I prefer facebook.” Ok. But they are missing on what search engines are LOVING and RSS feedsare cranking out.The Super Powerful Secret of: The Wiki.Follow Doug on Twitter Now i know that wikis may not excite you.But probably because you have never really connected with the idea and theconcept of what it can do for your social media efforts. once you understand thePOWER behind wikis, you will start including them in your social efforts.Blogs are great as I have several- 2 main ones- and then numerous other onesfor traffic purposes. But I have found lately that i am getting as much traffic fromthe wikis we have out there as the blogs. And that stunned me! That is why youneed to revisit the concept of what i call
‘The Super Wiki”- faster than a
 
speeding blog- more powerful than an article- and able to leap tall searchesin a single bound! 
SUPER WIKI!
Now we are all familiar with “wikipedia.” This is the biggest wiki that is out there.And it has become amazingly popular because of the love that google gives it inmost searches. And if you look anything up- if it is in wikipedia, it usuallyis on thefirst page. there are literally thousands of people that are helping out withwikipedia.What exactly IS a wiki?let’s explain it this way. imagine that you were going to do a painting. You got acanvass, and put it up, got your paint and brushes, and then started. imaginethough that a few friends dropped by that night to see you, and then joined in thecreative process- and suddenly you had 5 people helping you with your painting.And it really started to rock with everyone’s input and efforts. It was a JOINTeffort- not just yours.That is much like a wiki. It is part blog, part social site, part article post, partwebsite, and part forum. It is rocking hot.In your 
social marketing
efforts, a wiki can start to get a buzz about it just withthe people that are helping with it. You may have to invite some to start, butothers will show up once the word gets out. It is still very underused andunderated in social media, but of you start using one now- you will be well aheadof the coming wiki tidal wave.And there are five main parts to a wiki:
1) The Title Banner.
This is where the title of your wiki is located- what it is called-and is at the top of the wiki. It the “header” and is first thing you see. 
 
 
2) The Side bar.
This is where you have the different pages of your wiki housed, and can thenconnect each page to the main page and jump from one page to another- muchlike a website. here you can add pages to the wiki as well.
3) The Posting Area.
This is where the creative part flows. Here you can write, post, upload pictures,upload videos, and many other cool things that will enhance your wiki as well asencourage involvement from others. you can also leave a note for others in aspecial section for others to see.
4) The Settings Area.
Here is where you can design and set your wiki to how you want the look andfeel of it to be. Most settings area is very user friendly.
5) The Task bar.
This is the bar, usually down at the bottom or at the top, and it says, :Home,Discussion, What’s new, Photos, Members, To Dos’ etc. This is to keep you insync with what needs to be included in the super Wiki. And also this includesyour tags for eachpage you add to your wiki.
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