How can social media help my webpage grow?

Q: "Traffic Generation: Social Media" - How can social media help my webpage grow?

A: Simply put, social media is the hot hand right now. The social media craze has been sweeping the Internet for a couple of years now, building to the point where it's become the phenomenon that it is now. Look at the Alexa rankings for the following social media sites as of the time of this writing:

The traffic that is generated by these social media sites is absolutely mind-blowing. By using these sites, you're able to get your message, thoughts, video, or whatever out to millions of people, completely free of charge. Whenever you post a link to your site on one of those sites, you're getting a link pointing to you from one of the most visited, influential sites on the internet.

Now, couple those benefits with the benefit of interacting with new people and encouraging them to become new visitors to your site. Sites like Facebook and Twitter are bringing people together with their audiences in ways that have never been possible before, and they're a great entryway to making people regular consumers of what you have to offer on the Internet.

Also, to mention once again, all these things are free and easy. You could go set up a Facebook account, create a YouTube account, set up a Twitter account, and start a blog today. You'd probably spend about thirty minutes of your time and exactly zero dollars. If you're not taking advantage of these social media services to build traffic to your own website, you're missing out.