Archive for category Facebook
Put your latest updates in your RSS feed
Posted by Rob Brideson in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter, YouTube on May 4, 2010
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Save time and automate
Posted by Rob Brideson in Blogging, Facebook, Internet Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Twitter on April 29, 2010
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Don’t live in fear of making mistakes
Posted by Rob Brideson in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter on April 28, 2010
One common theme that paralyses social media campaigns is the fear of making mistakes. Often, businesses do not even bother to create a Facebook fan page, a Twitter account, or a blog simply because they believe they may make an embarrassing mistake that reflects poorly on the business. When it comes to social media, it [...]
Let customers contribute
Posted by Rob Brideson in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter on April 27, 2010
One of the most important functions of social media is that it allows businesses and organisations to receive feedback from customers and visitors, which they can then respond to through the various social media services they are using. You should think of doing this with any of the social media interfaces that you use on [...]
Link your Twitter and Facebook accounts
Posted by Rob Brideson in Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter on April 23, 2010
One way to save some time while maintaining your presence on both Facebook and Twitter is to link the two accounts. This will allow you to have Facebook automatically update your status using your Tweets. Doing this is pretty simple; and can save you the hassle of moving between the two accounts and re-posting the [...]
Social media marketing is still marketing
Posted by Rob Brideson in Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter on April 22, 2010
Your goal for all social media projects will inevitably be to earn some type of return on the investment that you have poured into this medium, whether your input is financial, or time consumed putting copy together to achieve sales, brand awareness or simply establishing yourself as an expert on any particular subject. This return [...]
Integrate your social media marketing efforts with everything else
Posted by Rob Brideson in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter, YouTube on April 21, 2010
Rather than using your Twitter and Facebook fan pages in total isolation from the rest of your business, think about using them as complements. For instance, if you participate in print advertising, you might consider using it to channel traffic to your social networking sites. For instance, it has become common on news channels to [...]
Encourage existing customers to use your Facebook fan page
Posted by Rob Brideson in Facebook, Social Media Marketing on April 16, 2010
There are two benefits to encouraging existing customers to become a fan of your business on Facebook. The first is that you can slowly move away from paid mediums such as reliance on bulk mail and autoresponders to disseminate important information to customers. The second major benefit is that you can market new products and [...]
Lure in followers by posting free, useful information
Posted by Rob Brideson in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter, YouTube on April 9, 2010
One of the best approaches you can take to social media marketing is to attract potential followers by providing something truly useful. For instance, you could provide free information about something related to your niche. You could provide: Links to important news related to your niche Commentaries on important happenings within your niche Links to [...]
Put a thumbnail photo in your social networking site profiles
Posted by Rob Brideson in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter, YouTube on April 8, 2010
No matter what social network you are using, it’s always a good idea to place a thumbnail photo of yourself (or at least your business’s logo) where possible. In general, people will be hesitant to interact with profiles that don’t have faces attached to them. Of course, this is a personal decision and is ultimately [...]
