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Should I Be Using Social Networking to Promote My Business?

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The aim of most business owners is to make money. This often results with the selling of a particular product or service. However, to sell that product or service, business owners need to get customers in the door, or at least to their web page. If you don’t let people know that you are there, how can you sell them anything? As a dear friend of mine used to say, ‘ You can’t sell a secret’ Customers cannot buy a product or a service if they don’t know it even exists.

Although social networking websites are commonly thought of as ones that people only make online friends or share what they had for lunch, there are networking sites that are designed for business owners. These websites (such as LinkedIn) will not only allow you to share your business information with other business owners, but will also allow you to develop close relationships with those that share an interest that is similar to yours. These days, the traditional ‘friends only’ websites (Facebook, twitter and MySpace) are now becoming big fish in the world of business marketing Essentially, this means that you could not only learn valuable business information, but you could also walk away with a new business partner or several new loyal customers.

Social networking sites that are not created to target business owners can be leveraged successfully because of the simple fact that large numbers of people visit these sites each day, and people love to buy stuff! By large numbers, I mean that Facebook now has over 200million active users, predicted to be 500 million by 2011 and Twitter is growing at an alarming rate. It alone grew by 640% in 2008!

So should you be using social networking to promote my business? It’s all really a simple matter of just getting involved and attracting to you the people who have an interest in the information, products, or services you want to share with them. If you haven’t already done so, take the very simple and easy step and sign up today…

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Posted in Academics, Business, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter, Youtube

What the Hell is Social Networking?

Social Networking is basically the regular interaction of people with a common outlook or purpose. These days there is really nothing new about this phenomenon, and it’s something many of us have been doing everyday since we could speak, especially in schools or in the workplace. But as a marketing concept, this trend is growing more and more popular online everyday.

Unlike most high Schools, Universities, or Workplaces, the Internet is filled with millions of people who are searching to meet other online users and develop business and personal contacts and relationships.

There are many ways to conduct social networking on the web. Social networking websites are pretty much groups of Internet users that can range from tiny and closely focused portals to massive groups of people who all have different interests and varying backgrounds.

So a social networking site can be prominent on the basis of topics from hobbies, common interests, education, Business Ideas, or Political standpoints. And the reason behind getting involved in these websites is to meet new people who fit into one of two categories:

•    People who have something you need.

•    People who need something you have.

Of course  there is a lot more to it than this simple idea but the above two categories basically wrap up the entire purpose of joining in on the social networking craze. You might be looking for someone with the missing coin in your rare coin collection, or you could be searching for new business contacts to grow your business to the next level.

The aim of my website and Blog is to introduce you to new and FUN ways to utilize some of the tools to grow your business using Social media , in an easy and relaxed way without the heavy jargon. There will be plenty of ‘how to’ videos and heaps of cool tips for all levels of experience.

Whatever your reasons are, the most important thing to do is to just get started and join in. Sign up to some free social websites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube and begin finding out what it all about. Anyone can become a member, no matter what their hobbies, beliefs, or views are. However, once you are inside these online communities, you can begin to create your own network of friends.

Check out the profiles or profile pages of other members, and even start contacting the people who share common interests and aspirations as you. Since networking sites exist for the sole purpose of meeting and communicating with people from all walks of life, the majority of folks who visit these sites are more than happy to meet and communicate with you! You can always start with me……( click on links at top of page)

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Posted in Business, Computers, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter, Youtube