According to social media statistics published by SlideShare.net, there were 400 million online users on Facebook and 75 million users on Twitter during January 2010. This speaks volumes about the growing popularity of social networking sites in today’s world. Business houses are now effectively using these sites to promote and market their products and services. Many networking sites allow users to upload videos, blogs, documents, journals, forums and classifieds. These sites therefore provide a perfect platform for social media marketing.
Setting Up Your Network for Social Media Marketing
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Flickr and Bebo are some of the popular sites that are being increasingly used for marketing purposes. It is relatively simple to set up your network on social media sites and once you reach the masses, the outcome of any social media marketing campaign is remarkable. Here is a 5-step process to set up your social media marketing campaign:
1.Set up your business page on Facebook and put as much information about your business as possible. Start a forum category and engage in sharing ideas with people.
2.Upload launch video clips and demo videos of your products on YouTube and promote them through other social networking sites.
3.Set up your profile on Twitter and search for the users interested in similar business ideas. Tweet regularly about your business updates and add as many contacts to your profile as you can. You can advertise your business among all these added contacts.
4.Make a new profile on LinkedIn and fill it with complete business related information. Many users conduct LinkedIn searches for individual and business purposes. This will enhance your social media marketing prospects and let the LinkedIn users know what you are about.
5.StumbleUpon is a great place for sharing different websites. Submit your business pages at StumbleUpon. This is one of the largest sources of driving traffic to your website.
Add links to your website pages that enable you to connect with all these social media sites with one click. Similarly, provide back linking in your social networking profiles to your business website home page. This inbound and outbound linking can tremendously boost your social media marketing efforts.
In the face of increasing competition in the business markets today, reaching the masses is mandatory for any entrepreneur.
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