Oct 7, 2010

Social Media Marketing: Get Traffi And Results

By Tony Ferraro

Social media marketing is a great tool for online businesses of today. It is a method to reach many persons in a friendly, yet informal manner; and the best thing is that it is free! Let us take a look at Face book, for example. A business can register and begin with just a few friends who are acquainted with the owner and employees of this company. After inviting these individuals to join the company as FB friends, this business can keep these persons up to date on the new and innovative items pertaining to this online enterprise. Of course, even if the number of individuals who have befriended the company as FB friends is small, the total will quickly domino, due to the friends of these friends, and their friends, etc. In a short period of time, the FB friends of the online business registered will be quite large and this is totally "free" for the company. It is important for this business to keep current and introduce all new items and policies that will help to entice potential consumers to become customers. Face book, such as other social networking systems, connects individuals in a convenient and cordial way. With these sites more personal connections can be obtained, which attract more customers, and the communication that revolves as a result of these social networking systems can be 24/7; however this is totally left up to the discretion of those persons involved. Questions can be answered with a "click of the mouse" and items can be marketed instantly. It is just amazing the affects that these networking media sites can have upon the success of any online business.

Twitter is a excellent and popular social networking site that attracts many followers and is used by many individuals today, not only with individuals, but also companies. One of the first companies to really become popular in "Twitter" on a large scale was Martha Stewart (MSLO). Since Martha Stewart is a household name, her access on "Twitter" even exploded and, thus maximized her traffic and popularity. It is just unreal the traffic that these social networking sites can bring to a on-line business, however the results also depend upon the amount of time that the business accesses and posts, thus communicating with its fans. Keeping current is very crucial, so that the fans and customers will not lose interest.

There are a lot of great ways that an online business can take advantage and market their company by using social media:

* Promoting the business' name and products
* Answering questions and concerns of customers or potential consumers * Directing individuals to the company's website
* Posting a calendar of events and happenings

With these social networking sites, a company that is promoting its merchandise can market to large masses of individuals that might not otherwise be included in a marketing campaign. Of course, the main reason of this type of advertising is that the business gets the best of both worlds; extensive advertisement for no financial investment and traffic. However, there is one investment that is needed and that is, time. Although time is valuable, in the end, it is sure worth its weight in gold, especially when the online business sees profits growing by large amounts! - 42255

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