Social Media Integration to Build Your Business
Posted on Tue, Jul 28, 2009
Today's blog post reviews blogs talking about how social media integration can help build business:
5 More Things You Do To Get Business On Twitter
Common sense tips from TwiTip on how to use Twitter to build business. Quick summary: 1) value and honor every relationship possible; 2) stop broadcasting and automating; 3) stop begging for love from the big names; 4) get local and 5) don’t follow so many people.
Social Media Won’t Work If You Aren’t Social
Mark Collier in MarketingProfs Daily Fix gives advice that is not too dissimilar to what your mother may have told you when it came to getting along with people in school: 1) promote other people (it’s not about you!), 2) watch your language, 3) show people that you value their opinions (love this one), 4) show people that you care, and 5) say “thank you” early and often.
Should I build an online community to test my product?:
Short video from Tipping Point Labs where Andrew Davis, Chief Strategy Officer gives good advice about how to use Ning and LinkedIn to cost effectively test your products.
3 Steps to Being Productive in Social Media
Step 1 – “Use the 4 Points Model” is very helpful. Blogger Kyle Lacy recommends: “There are 4 points social media applications should touch in regards to your daily life: Business, Local Business Networking, Social, and Information. Choose four main networks where you spend the most of your time.”