Having a good Social Networking Strategy for yourself is massively helpful if you want to be successful in SEO and consequently be able to develop truly complex SEO strategies.

Its incredibly important that you develop a real verifiable presence on all the key SEO networking sites and all the major business networking sites.

A lot of people spend so much time ego networking trying to become known by everyone that they actually rarely leverage there position and don't get to know anyone well enough to actual transact any business.

If you think of your social presence as having a Social Rank (SR) the same way as your site has a Google PR except this one your stuck with for life at least if your want to create a serious presence in the SEO world.

To get an in-depth understanding of Social Networking and how to use it for business you should take the time to read some of the blogs by Rory Murray a true Business Social Networking expert.

So spend some time deciding on your strategy, define exactly what you want to become known for and then start networking.

Tips for improving SR

1. Create a real profile on all the major networks
2. Create a full detailed profile on each, not the usual crap profiles you use for your SEO work
3. Keep profiles consistent but remember that each network is different and reflect this in your profile
4. Interlink all your profiles, not for PR, but for making it easy for people to verify you
5. Use the same picture on each
6. Make sure you have your own personal site thats linked from all the profiles, this gives you freedom to publish more comprehensive information
7. Set aside a an amount of time for each site to build up your reputation
8. Join Groups on each that are relevant to SEO
9. Respond to messages on each until you know who to ignore
10. Frequently update your profiles
11. Its always better to socially network in person at conferences etc. when you have the opportunity, this will massively boost your online credibility
12. Remember dont get confused with doing this for Google, this is for real people who do real business with people they trust