Recently I've been getting a lot of questions from co-workers and friends about Facebook & Twitter and other social media and how it can be used to promote their websites and online business. I work in the media business and the newspapers are looking to grow readership and ultimately drive traffic to their websites. In these lean times people are also looking for ways to self promote in non traditional methods and emerging trends without spending any money. Here are some basic social media sites and tips to driving traffic and readership on your website: 1. Start a Blog - In the fast paced world of micro-blogging, traditional blogs are still a relevant form of social media. Blogs that inform and help people are worth reading. And Opinion based witting is perhaps the most popular form of blogging today. With everything you do you should try and keep you Blog on topic and with a general purpose. Of course with Blogging the hardest thing is to keep it going, so set some re...