Think About Your Goals Before You Delve Into the Social Networks

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18 commentsWednesday, November 11, 2009

20 Goals for Business Social Media Use

Think About Your Goals Before You Delve Into the Social Networks

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By Jackie Park (WPN reader) - Thu, 11/26/2009 - 16:31

20 Goals for Business Social Media Use

Great Stuff, I discover something new and tactics. thanks for this! Kentucky SEO

By http://webnethosting.net (WPN reader) - Thu, 11/12/2009 - 15:02

Social Media Definitely Has a Place

Great list of goals ... this really helps me focus on how time and energy should spent in regards to social media marketing.

I think social media, specifically facebook, should be an active part of a company's marketing strategy. Since so many people spend a significant amount of time on facebook in particular, they can be easily reached and having profiles and links coming from such a high authority site can only help your business with SEO. Although it can be difficult to figure out exactly HOW to utilize social media to your best interest, it is becoming vital. This is where people hang out and spend tons of their free time so in order to be effective as a business, you need to be where the people are and in their face. I don't see how using social media as a marketing tool can hurt a business if played properly so why NOT take advantage of it?

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Also use of the fan box is great ... see how we have incorporated it into our blog: http://blog.webnethosting.net ...

Thanks for the great article!

By Muthu (WPN reader) - Thu, 11/12/2009 - 02:37

Social media website

Its great. but

I need more info to promote my product.

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By Gin (WPN reader) - Mon, 11/09/2009 - 05:19

I would suggest business

I would suggest business managers consider hiring somebody part-time to work with the manager and handle this specific function only, if they are overly concerned with their own staff. Building and maintaining business awareness should be part of any marketing and promotional strategy.

By .exe. (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 20:26

My Social Media is For

nice list of what social media is for, so far i am using social media to promote my sites and drive more traffic to it, sometimes it's really helpfully

By Guestmaps4pets (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 19:34

Traffic Generation & Affiliation

Been reading your comments for a while now and like what I read. If only we could get some super social meadia types to big our animal/charity rescue link affiliation programme/program http://www.maps4pets.com/members.asp

Get in contact on Twitter http://twitter.com/maps4pets

Julia

By Siskiyou Web Design (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 19:20

Social Media Goal

For sole proprietors like myself, becoming an authority figure in the Internet world at large is the goal. Grouping things together like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can drive traffic to your Websites and provide an area where you can gain knowledge or provide tips regarding your areas of expertise.

By h1n1virusfacts.com (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 17:05

Has Not Worked for Us

We have tried several "social sites" and it has not panned out.

By Susan Grisanti Guitarist (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 11:31

Social Media

The problem is Social Media on the Web has
literally endless applications~
if you're a business you can start by
using social media like bait on a fish hook~
for example in my own field:
'Check out the Concert I videoed today'
with a LINK to YouTube' or something like that~
The point isn't always so much about What you
post is that you consistenly post Something
relevant to what you're working on, people WILL
notice.
The only limit is your own creativity of coming up
with short ideas as in the case of Twitter that will
get people's attention.

By Tomas (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 11:31

Thank`s

4. I want to promote my product.

13. I want to directly sell a product.

16. I want to drive traffic to my site.

This about me... great story.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 11:10

Great article I can see at

Great article

I can see at least 15 out of 20 points to benefit me, where can I find a list of social media sites?

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 10:47

Social Media

I have become overwhelmed with social networking sites. And I do receive hits from these sites and get exposure but, being female, I end up posting pics of myself to personalize the page and NOT look like a spammer. Then I end up getting bombarded with dating, and other non business offers. I really go back and forth with how much time I end up spending deflecting dates, versus trying somthing else to promote my sites.

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By Andrew | Web Design Belfast (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 10:30

Too hard to see....

I think the reason most businesses don't know what to do with social media is because they can't see the ROI. SEO / SEM yields almost instantaneous, or at least measurable results, but social media is something you have to work at and build on constantly, and it's results are largely intangible. When fighting over the last dollar of investment, small / medium sized businesses don't do intangibles.

By Consignment Pal Resale Directory (WPN reader) - Mon, 11/09/2009 - 18:25