Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, Oh My!
Social media has made it big in the news, and the news is that you can use social media like Facebook and Twitter to built you business and bring in sales. Several time a week I have people asking me to make a Facebook post and bring the business pouring it.
It doesn't quite work like that and I'm finding few people are willing to put in the time required to make it work.
Facebook and Twitter are not marketing silver bullets. They don't magically bring in more business. But, when used with an understanding of how they work, they can make a big difference.
To be effective you must participate. With Facebook you must build your network of friends. With Twitter it is a network of followers. These are people who are listening to what you say. Of course, if you are not saying anything, then no one is going to bother to listen. So building your network requires participating with others, and saying interesting things in your posts... and here's the most important thing: you must say something. Opening a Facebook account and then sitting back waiting for something to happen does not work.
That's what I see people doing. Make two or three posts on Facebook, or in a bog, and expect something to happen. It's not going to happen. That's right. Success takes work, even when you are building your success with the latest tools on the internet. There still is no free ride.
Labels: facebook, Internet Marketing, twitter
posted by SteveH @ 7:24 PM
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Hi,
Actually that is a good point. I ll share my views with many people and gain some information or ideas to do internet marketing.Thanks for your ideas.
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social media plays a big role in the internet trends today..lots of subscriber and user, that dont decrease instead its getting more and more.
Youtube mainly used as a video marketing through which you can present new announcement regarding your business. twitter also used as one line statement. but i prefer mostly linkdin and facebook for marketing my business.
Social media have become the new tool for effective business marketing and sales. Social
Yes, This is an another good way to get traffic and gain publicity, internet marketing can be so effective for this purpose.
Good info thanks.
It is a real pity that so often people end up inadvertently spamming sites simply because they have been told that that these social sites are a big link farm.
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Hi Steve,
You have a good point, but indeed, we can't deny that Social Media like Facebook and Twitter benefits several small businesses or even the newly build businesses to make reputation.
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Nice! Thats right social media site help into promoting the site and social media sites also popular and its a way of meet to each-other on this type site.
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Conducting internet marketing through social media is no more a one shot cure than email marketing. But if you offer the consumer something interesting, amusing or unique through one of the social media platforms it can become a great tool.
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