Social media is becoming a popular and indispensible tool for today’s small businesses. Through websites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, business owners can promote products, communicate new information, and engage customers in a new, easily accessible way. However, using social media effectively to grow your business can be tricky, requiring strategy, research and planning.
Tell us:
Which social media websites have you had the most success with?
How do you use social media to engage and communicate with your customers?
How do you integrate social media with other online mediums you may offer, like your website or blog?
My One Call | Window Shopper |
11/14/2012 - 11:06 am
As a Internet Marketing firm we see a great deal of time wasted on Social
Media. Lets face it, it's called "Social" for a reason. If you are a B2B
company, a linked in profile is enough in my opinion. If you are a B2C there
are some valid opportunities, but only if you have Mass appeal and a large
customer base.
What we sometimes do is blog about any news so we can give more information
about it and then post a link to it on our social media profiles in hopes
that they click on it.
I think the only one I have had any real success with is Facebook. They offer
a free $50 credit to new business users and the fact people openly give up
all there personal information on there its a gold mine :)
creativemediaweb | Window Shopper |
7/14/2012 - 4:02 am
Facebook seems to be the trend today, so we use it as one of our marketing
methods. Basically, we find others in the same niche and gain an audience.
Then we use it to leverage our products and services to those friends. We
have the buttons on our homepage and blogs for FB so others can intereact and
"like" our website page in FB. This has been done on all our projects.
Of course there are other social media websites that you can also look into.
We know they are out there but we are mainly concentrating on the big daddy,
FB where everybody seems to be on.
We use pretty much every social media outlet, but spend the most time on
Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest. I'm especially fond of Pinterest, as it's a
great place for business owners that are "content challenged". Winepine.com
offers wine crates. Not wine. It's easy to talk about wines. You have tasting
notes, specific vintages, grape types etc. Wine crates and wine boxes are a
little different, and people aren't too interested in the history of the
winery it's from. They're only interested in how it looks for the most part.
This is where Pinterest and the pictures come in. I often take the pictures
of the wine crates and apply them to our Twitter and Facebook pages. This
seems to work well with attracting new customers.
My One Call | Window Shopper | 11/14/2012 - 11:06 am
Media. Lets face it, it's called "Social" for a reason. If you are a B2B
company, a linked in profile is enough in my opinion. If you are a B2C there
are some valid opportunities, but only if you have Mass appeal and a large
customer base.
investologic | Window Shopper | 11/11/2012 - 6:05 am
connect with your potential stake holders!
car66 | Window Shopper | 10/5/2012 - 7:56 pm
about it and then post a link to it on our social media profiles in hopes
that they click on it.
onecm | Window Shopper | 9/13/2012 - 12:40 am
Facebook, anyone had any experiences with them?
maalik | Window Shopper | 9/13/2012 - 12:23 am
easy to control and manage my bussines.
"eyes always hungry"
uberseo | Window Shopper | 9/12/2012 - 11:54 pm
a free $50 credit to new business users and the fact people openly give up
all there personal information on there its a gold mine :)
mrjay | Window Shopper | 9/10/2012 - 10:07 am
site by sharing your posts and latest news on them.
I have tried this also and the result was superb.
oyun | Window Shopper | 7/16/2012 - 8:03 am
creativemediaweb | Window Shopper | 7/14/2012 - 4:02 am
methods. Basically, we find others in the same niche and gain an audience.
Then we use it to leverage our products and services to those friends. We
have the buttons on our homepage and blogs for FB so others can intereact and
"like" our website page in FB. This has been done on all our projects.
Of course there are other social media websites that you can also look into.
We know they are out there but we are mainly concentrating on the big daddy,
FB where everybody seems to be on.
Winepine | Window Shopper | 6/15/2012 - 10:44 pm
Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest. I'm especially fond of Pinterest, as it's a
great place for business owners that are "content challenged". Winepine.com
offers wine crates. Not wine. It's easy to talk about wines. You have tasting
notes, specific vintages, grape types etc. Wine crates and wine boxes are a
little different, and people aren't too interested in the history of the
winery it's from. They're only interested in how it looks for the most part.
This is where Pinterest and the pictures come in. I often take the pictures
of the wine crates and apply them to our Twitter and Facebook pages. This
seems to work well with attracting new customers.
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