Is Social Network Marketing the way to go to build an Online Business…..?
Social network portal like facebook, twitter, myspace, linkedIn. Digg.. have been gaining traction recently, and more and more business owners or internet marketers and network marketers are ultilising this high touch social media to advertise their business. Facebook alone has more than 300 Million registered members. And to many Internet Marketers , it a gold-mine..
No doubt, it has been one of the best way for business owners to get their business across to the large groups of population and also one of the best methods of advertising, simply because its Free.
However, there are drawback in social media marketing. If you are not careful, you may get banned or
people will get annoyed by your continuous pitching.. Social media marketing takes time, you will not be able to see results overnight, with consistency and advanced marketing tactic used, you can make great success as well in the long run…
Before you jump into social network portal as a marketing platform, these are what you need to know:
- You need to know why people join social networking? What is their purpose and why?
- You need to know how to position yourself, before adding friends with this group of people.
- You need to know the background of your friends or New friends before you start to talk about your business…
There are many useful social media Techniques which you could adopt, the most basic is to offer some great information on a specific topics of interest. Some people have alots of friends in their social network portal, but they do not know how to connect with this people even they are added into their list. Connect with people whom you are comfortable or you feel you want to know him/her better, go through their profile before adding them. You might not want to add someone who do not even show a picture of herself/ himeself. That shows they are not an active member of that social media.
The basic and most important step is to chat with your newly added friends, send a ‘Hello’ message or email to break the ice. Chat with them if they are online… Do not offer your business on your first encounter, i got many of this, and i simply get annoyed!
Social media is also a good way to add friends who are interested in your business. If visitors visited your website online, you could have a link to your social network profile and invite your visitors to add you as friends, this create another level of trust, and for the visitors to know you better, before they purchase or join your business…
Hope these tips helps you in your social network marketing…
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Great article and so very accurate. Thanks for sharing.
The power of a database of interested prospect has always worked in my favour over the years. It’s like being a planter instead of a hunter or forager.
Social Network is another modern means to tap into this power which has existed long ago. The rich has always been tapping into this. Only recently it became more available to everybody.