How to Make Social Media Work for Your Business
You may wonder what social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn have to do with your website. Don’t just use them to promote your latest sale. Download this guide for videos and demonstrations that show how to integrate social media into your business strategy for transforming prospects into customers.
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Published:
Oct 15, 2010
Type:
White Paper
Length:
3 pages
How to Make Social Media Work for Your
Business
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Table of Contents
Why Is Social Media So Important? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Planning Your Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Say The Right Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Opt For Pre-installed Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Pulling It All Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lessons Learned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About Verio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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Ever wonder what social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube have to do with your online business success? It's not just about brand awareness. Discover below how to leverage these powerful tools to strategies to support them will make implementing transform prospects into customers. social media both easier, and less stressful. To get started, ask yourself these five questions: ? What are you trying to accomplish (goals/objectives)? Why Is Social Media So Important? ? When do you want it to occur? Many businesses have simply adopted social media as a ? Why will anyone care? new and less expensive way to broadcast a one-way ? Who are you trying to reach? conversation about themselves or their offerings. While ? How will you measure (impact-ROI) success? this may increase brand awareness, it doesn't take full advantage of the real power of social media. Next, build a Marketing Communications Plan that integrates existing or traditional strategies with new The truth is that social media venues can bring new social media and Internet marketing tactics. traffic to your website by getting you in front of people who may not find your site otherwise. It can also Once you are armed with this information, it's time to increase repeat visits to your site. However, if you want initiate the next phase of your plan. Discover 7 to fully leverage social media, you must go beyond Planning Steps for Integrating Social Media » tweeting a link to your latest sale or advertising on Facebook. Say The Right Thing Instead, take time to participate in conversations and share information with your target audience. This will With a plan of action ready, it's also important to transform you into an expert and a valuable resource review some "do's and don'ts" for social media instead of just another company trying to sell interaction. While social media is a great forum, it is something. Plus, it can also prompt you to update your not the same as a phone call or even email. Information own website with blog posts, white papers, and videos. that you or your employees post online, and comments The more dynamic content you add to your site, the you receive, are visible to customers, prospects and more the traffic will keep coming back to your site! competitors. So, it's worth spending a little time outlining what type of topics and social media Watch Video: Why Social Media Works for Growing a interaction are appropriate for your business to engage Business in. You might also consider making a specific person in your company responsible for your social media campaigns. View Cheat Sheet: 30 Tips for Using Social Media in Your Business » Planning Your Strategy So it's clear you need social media to reach new prospects and build better relationships with current Opt For Pre-Installed Tools customers. Now what? Before you panic, take the time to develop a plan. Breaking your social media goals Don't be intimidated by technical jargon. It's not difficult down into smaller accomplishments and formulating to add advanced functionality to your website if you have the right tools pre-installed with your hosting solutio... [download for more]