SEO for a new Social Media website

[janiman]

My company has created a new social media website and they want me to do SEO for it. Its a very big budget project.
Right now i,m totally clueless on what to do.
Till now i did Local SEO and International SEO for products and services and online stores but social media website is totally different.

So what should i do, from where should i start?
After on Page SEO, what Off Resources should i use?
Your help will be highly appreciated. Thanks

[TomClarke]

in my opinion, you should start with Facebook. There you can create your personal profile and page of the product/service. You have to add friends. You should frequently share the contetn on your product page. It can be interesting videos or pictures with your product, some interestinf and informational articles about your product and hot news, etc.
Also I would like to recommend Twitter for your product promotion.  You can also share pictures, videos and articles there. And you have to follow as more people as you can and they will follow you if your content is interesting.

[sudiptasen]

I have a seo company and i want to say that a social media site is very important for provided any seo company. If I want to promote my site then facebook,twitter, are interesting site. These site users its the best start to promote youtr company site as well as reaching on a high hill.

[onehalf]

1. Identify your target audience
 Who are you targeting -- specifically? To help answer this question, think about the target age, gender, interest, and geographic location of who you want to u se your new site.
 Remember, social networkers are already busy on sites like Facebook, MySpace, Digg, and others, so the average person probably won’t add a “general” social networking site to their agenda. So, choose a niche and identify the relevant audience so you can stand out.
Once you know who you are targeting, figure out how many people are in your target audience and might be interested in your site. To do this, think about keyword searches this audience might do to find sites like yours, and then check out keyword search volume on Google and research data on sites like Measuring digital performance for 15 years and the power of competitive intelligence. You should also visit Stumbleupon, go to groups, and find out how many people subscribe to the group or groups related to your topic.
 2. Beta test – thoroughly
 Social networkers have choices, and they definitely don’t have the time or willingness to deal with problems. So before you launch, you need a really strong beta site that’s been tested and tested and tested. And tested one more time for good measure. If you have the budget, consider private or third-party testing – not only will they do a thorough job, but they may notice problems that over time you’ve come to ignore. The easiest way to turn off a potential customer is to deliver a sub-par experience.
 In addition testing the user experience, be sure to include server and load testing: When sites go down, visitors are turned off and leave, most likely for good.
Remember that social media users as a group tend to be more technically savvy, and as a result, more likely to bail on you if they’re unsatisfied. The bottom line is that you’ll want to have your site in top shape before driving traffic to it.

[Intuz]

Add value to the conversation by sharing content that will make your customers' lives easier. Share tips and tricks that help them use your products or services.
Increase engagement with users by responding to users mentions, questions, commentary, etc. 

[Selena Gomez]

Yeah, that is truly a greatly big SEO project. It is a must to have pro-team so that you can get all helpful supports from everybody. In my view, you have to list out all of your site's huge advantages in comparison with others. Then, find out what your targeted audience will be, like Facebook for all people of all classes, Twitter is quite the same, LinkedIn specialized for business people, pinterest, weheartit for pictures sharing.
After that, you should take advantage of all the social networks at the moment, add friends, create fanpage, add groups, sharing and more things you can do to attract more visitors.

Forums are also the best sources for you attract more viewers!

[Victorvictories]

Social media is paramount to increase one's business reach and to connect with their users. One needs to create a business profile, pages and groups that will be of interest a particular niche. It is a nice to try paid social media promotion example the Facebook ads that greatly helps to increase reach and target the specific audience.

[SEO.Ninja]

SEO for a new Social Media website is a challenging work. You only just want to do keyword research for the website and do SMO & Link building for it. Build quality backlinks on high DA sites for rankings. Start share images on social networking sites.