Social media find niches among local businesses

posted on May 15 by Tim Conley in the Uncategorized category

A source of buzz among marketing professionals since last summer, social networking Web sites are beginning to find varied uses among local businesses.

Those uses vary even more widely than the sites themselves, which include explosively growing newcomers such as Facebook and Twitter, and the older sites MySpace and LinkedIn. While some companies use social media to advertise specific promotions, marketing professionals say the sites are especially effective in allowing customers to interact and to develop a sense of participation.

Facebook has proven particularly popular for catalyzing word-of-”mouth” advertising.

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In a world of connections, if you aren’t trying to stay connected to your customers, your competitors will be able to connect with them.  Break out of your old way of thinking.  Business has changed.  Customers want to be connected to the people who run the companies they patronize.  If you aren’t willing to connect with them in a meaningful way and in the manner they want to be connected, they will go somewhere else.

Read the article to see how some local businesses are using social media to grow their businesses.

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