Do you remember when businesses, small and large, focused a lot of time and energy on advertising in order to market their company or products? When nearly all businesses placed an ad in the local Yellow Pages? Well, social media is the Yellow Pages on steroids! Through social media, you can market your business and services worldwide, educate consumers, receive feedback from customers, run special promotions, provide coupons to targeted audiences, and much more. AND YOU CAN DO SO EASILY AND AFFORDABLY. The power of social media is almost limitless for both small and large businesses.
There are dozens of social media sites all of which have unique features, users and possibilities for marketing your business. Over the next few blog posts, we will provide an overview of the top social media sites and ways that you can use each site to promote your business. The social media sites included are:
In our next post, we'll introduce you to Twitter and how you can best use it to benefit your business. In the meantime, give some serious consideration to the questions asked above. Your answers will influence which social media platforms you choose, how you use them and what results you will achieve.
There are dozens of social media sites all of which have unique features, users and possibilities for marketing your business. Over the next few blog posts, we will provide an overview of the top social media sites and ways that you can use each site to promote your business. The social media sites included are:
- YouTube
- Who is your target market? Which of the social media sites are they hanging out at?
- What products and/or services do you want to promote?
- How much time do you have to spend on social media marketing? Do you have staff that can assist you with your social media efforts?
- What do you hope to accomplish through your social media efforts?
In our next post, we'll introduce you to Twitter and how you can best use it to benefit your business. In the meantime, give some serious consideration to the questions asked above. Your answers will influence which social media platforms you choose, how you use them and what results you will achieve.