Top 5 Uses of Social Media for Small Businesses
Sep 30, 2010 SMO
Guilty of spending too much time on facebook and twitter?
You could have seen some of the facebook adverts that some companies are willing to pay you off hard cash just by using facebook. It might sound like a scam, but it actually isn’t. These companies will actually pay you real money once you complete specific tasks. And how possibly could they benefit from your internet activity? Read more to find out…
In our current situation, where advertising is no longer an option since those large billboards are pretty much filled with advertisements, and not to mention the skyrocketing advertising fees, small businesses need a place where they can possibly go head to head with these large companies, and the internet is the only possible location where you can do it for free.
So, as I mentioned on the title, here are the top uses of social media:
1. To promote a business’ products.
2. To reach out a business’ targeted audience without spending too much.
3. To spy on other business’ clients, and get prospects.
4. To find out what customers have to say about a a business’ product.
5. To get online reputation, since offline advertising is no longer an option.
As you can see, social media has a great marketing potential just like any other advertising method. Though a bit complicated for the non-internet savvy, it is actually a more practical alternative since it is free, or cheap if you are planning to have somebody else to do the social media marketing for you.
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A Guide to Viral Video Creation
Sep 28, 2010 SMO
Viral videos are on the loose, and they are spreading like a disease. If you are one of the people who have ingenious minds, or just so happened to catch a really great moment accidentally, then you might as well put it on the tube channels to get it earning dollars for your blog.
A viral video need not to always be planned, sometimes, the greatest of accidents, or improptu scenes can be a great material for your aim of getting tons of traffic for your website.
If you for example happen to attend a social gathering, and something awkward or out of the extraordinaire happened, you may want to get it up on youtube or viddler and get some people to see the fruit of your labor, or should we call the fruit of a supposedly misfortunate event.
As a sample for this concept, here is a post from traffic increased that shows how an 11 year old girl can be the image model of a company. This video was found by Janet, the owner of Traffic Increased, and made by her daugher, Jazmine.
Facebook Search? Social Media SEO?
Aug 28, 2010 SMO
With the growing popularity of facebook, it is undeniable that it has become one of the most powerful free internet marketing tools. Through the use of creative designing and interaction, you can get an enormous amount of prospect clients; thus increasing your chances of making sales.
If you are aware of facebook pages, some of them are usually spammy in nature, and virtually useless, but they gain fans no matter what. And how do they do this? Through creative promotion and facebook search results.
I do believe the fact that facebook searches can be optimized just like normal search engines. “Links” come from the number of people that are following a specific page, therefore optimizing them for search results. Also, I think it is important to make a complete and accurate profile that has a well-written and optimized content.
Just like Google and other search engines, I bet facebook has its own search algorithms too. And it is up for us to find these out. I am researching on effective social media tactics, and Social Media SEO is one of the topics that I am greatly looking into.
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