This document provides social media marketing tips for small businesses, including starting a Facebook page, Twitter account, company blog, participating in other industry blogs, sharing videos and media, using bookmarking sites, and more. It outlines the advantages of each tactic and gives steps to get started. The overall recommendations are to engage customers through multiple social platforms, share valuable industry information and insights, and build relationships and credibility within the target community.
2. Start a Business Fan Page On FaceBook
Advantages
• Low cost marketing platform
• More than 400 million active users
• Facility to advertise
• Allows use of applications to engage visitors
• Enables direct interaction with fans
How to begin
• Set your objectives for participation
• Decide how much time/resources you'll devote
• Study your competitor's presence and that of
other businesses
• Provide value to your target audience
• Engage with your fans as equals
3. Set up a twitter account
Advantages
• Allows you to network
• Share, Communicate, Keep in touch
• Seek answer and post questions
• Listen into the conversations of your target
audience
How to begin
• Start a twitter account & learn its features
• Review top twitter profiles, and customize yours
• Learn basic twitter commands e.g. retweet
• Follow relevant profiles, and build relationships
• Use search.twitter.com to track conversations
4. Start a Company Blog
Advantages
• Can be used for building a community
• A fast and easy publishing solution
• Can help you with SEO
• Get insight in your customers
• Use it for brand building
How to begin
• Register blog domain & install wordpress
• Or do it free at blogspot.com, or wordpress.com,
• Choose a good design/template
• Post relevant and interesting news, stories,
pictures, videos, etc
5. Participating On Other Relevant Blogs
Advantages
• Build relationships with experts in your field
• Establish your thought leadership, and authority
• Position yourself as an active industry voice
• Create awarenesses for your business
• Get traffic to your blog and website
How to begin
• Search and find 3-4 quality and relevant blogs
from your industry
• Share your insights, opinion
• Add value to blog posts, but don't criticize
• Ask bloggers to allow you to post as a guest
• Ask others to be guest contributors to your blog
6. Share Videos and Other Media
Advantages
• Communicate better with videos and images
• Demonstrate your product benefits in full detail
• Post videos to help customers buy with ease
• Free promotion with YouTube, MetaCafe, etc
How to begin
• Try to make your videos entertaining
• Produce & Post low-cost, but good quality videos
• Keep your videos focused on one topic at a time
• Share a single video on multiple sharing services
• Share product, company events, conference,
pictures on flickr etc.
7. Use Bookmarking Sites
Advantages
• Establish yourself as an expert on a niche
• Get exposure, Network and build relationships
• Gain credibility by bookmarking quality stuff
• Improve your search engine ranking
How to begin
• Choose relevant bookmarking sites for your niche
• Use proper tagging, description, & reviews
• Bookmark other's posts, and make relevant
friends
• At times, bookmark some of your relevant
content
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