Does the 5-10 Percent Rule Apply to Blogs?

Does the 5-10 percent rule (or 30 percent depending who you ask) applied to Twitter and other social media apply to blogs too?

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Some social marketers and bloggers complain about the signal to noise ratio on sites like Facebook and Twitter.

But no one wants to read a social media feed that links repeatedly to a single site, and most people block this kind of account in social media as overly self promotional.

A second separate issue is the question of whether social media communities like Facebook and Twitter obey the same rules as blogging when it comes to the need to develop a niche in order to build a community.

Still, most bloggers understand the dangers of being overly promotional in the blogosphere and this, at least, is no different when moving to other kinds of more community-based social media.

Whether you are creating a blog for your own business or partnering with a professional blogger who will work with you to create a branding identity for your business online, it's best to ask and answer these questions when deciding on a direction.

For more on the similarities between building a community in the blogosphere and building a following in the evolving universe of social media communities read "22 Terrific Tips On How To Get More Twitter Followers" from Virtuosi Media.