Use Social Networking to Promote Your Business

Feb 2, 2011



The goal of business owners is to make money, Right?
However, to sell the product or service that you provide you need a way to get your message to your potential
prospects. After all customers can't buy from you if they
don't know that you exist.

When it comes to advertising there are many business owners who literally cringe because advertising can cost big bucks. And as
a business owner you want to make money not spend it!

Although you may have to spend money to make your business what
you want it to be, there are ways to promote your business and
the products or services that you sell without having to spend
any money on advertising.

In comes social networking.....

Did you know that a large number of Internet users, in fact
millions of them, belong to at least one social networking
site if not more.

Many of them are using social networks for business. In fact,
that was originally how social networking got started. If you
are a small business owner, especially one that operates an
online business, there is a way that you can use social
networking to your advantage.

Although social networking sites are traditionally focused
on those that would like to make online friends or develop
online relationships, there are networking sites that are
designed just for business owners.

If you have a website that is selling products or services, you
may find it pretty easy to use social networking sites to
your advantage. This is because, if you wish, you could do
product or service spotlights. Each day, week, or month, you
could showcase one of the products or services that your website
sells. This could either be done right on your profile page or
on a blog page, which is provided by most social networking
websites.

When it comes to promoting your blog on social networking
websites, you have a number of different options. Your first
option is to include a link to your blog in your community
profile or profile page. This will allow other community
members to checkout your blog, only if they wish to do so.

The other way is to inform your online friends of your blog
through private messages. Once you join a social networking
website and create or join a network of friends, you should
easily be able to communicate with those friends. Sending
each of your friends a private message with information and a
link to your blog tends to be more effective than just placing
a link in your profile or on your profile page.

As you can easily see, there are a number of different ways that
you can promote your online website, no matter what type of
website you have or what you use it for. By keeping the above
mentioned points in mind, you should be able to see an increase
in your page views, in no time at all.

64 comments:

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Hi Norel, I agree on the point that social networking a good and cheap way to develop your new business, nevertheless, you need to have a strong and large network already. If it is not the case yet, any tips to expand your network ?

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My computer guy just was explaining this to me. Seems like the new thing. Very interesting.

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... just started to advertise my small business on social networks 10 days ago and already i can see large improvment in page traffic , but i cant see much difference in sale :(

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Keep up the good work.

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If you already use social networks with friends and family, it's worth setting up new accounts just for your business.

Nothing worse than trying to sell to your family and friends.

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I still spend most of my time focusing on search engine marketing rather than social networking to be honest. But I'm starting to see it's going to have an ongoing role in online business in the future.

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never been a big fan of using social media just because when I personally am on Facebook or Twitter I would NEVER waste my time going to like... an oil change companies website or soemthing. Why would I? Obviously people go to social media for fun. Business is not fun.

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