Have you ever gotten an e-mail from a friend or colleague asking you to join xx.com but didn't know what it was or why they were asking you to join ?
Did you know that Facebook and MySpace are more than just websites that high school and college kids spend their time on ?
Are you looking for new ways to find clients and customers, improve your brand name, and get more referrals for ZERO cost ?
Welcome to the world of Social Networking.
Today more than ever, consumers trust referrals from friends more than they trust advertising. In this case, friends are those they've met and built a "relationship"with using social networking.
Most business owners have heard of these sites and know they should be doing something, but many just don't know what to do, which social sites to join and how to start.
A social marketing strategy is an integrated mixture of various tools, components and tips. The good use of this mixture will help you configure a successful marketing plan that will go a long way in effectively and advantageously promoting your products and services.
1. ) Learning the Ropes
It's important that you learn all the rules of social marketing. If not all, enough to keep you going in the hunt ! Make sure that you know the ins and outs of the social networking sites and their workings. More importantly you must also learn how to use a collection of social networking sites together. This will help you configure an effective strategy.
2. ) Network Participation
This is an important social marketing strategy tip that you have to keep in mind. In order to become a part of social marketing network, you must first become a part of it. It's important to get involved and not just have fly on the wall approach. Trust and relationship is only established through interaction and hence network participation is of great importance.
3. ) Reviewing the Competition
This is another social marketing strategy tip that needs to be followed. You must continuously keep a watch on your competition and it's important to note that many a times this competition will also be a part of your social marketing network. Therefore, this is something that you must do also.
Try becoming an integral part of the social marketing network of your competitors. In a business it's important to understand your competition better, in order to steal a march over them.
To Your Success
Wingcent Ning
Success-Biz Marketing
wingcent@gmail.com
http://mysignaturebusiness.blogspot.com
Singapore
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