Reno Business & Reno Social Media…
Friend or Foe?
Is Social Media important to your customers?
Then use it (wisely)!
Social Media: Marketers love it, social butterflies love it, the cool and the hip love it, young people love it and traditional business models are experimenting with it, and trying to figure how, and if, they should love it.
As you can imagine, Social Media is not everything to everyone and there are definitely naysayers out there. But if you listen to the ongoing buzz of Social Media, it pretty clear there are a lots of reasons to embrace it and its not going away anytime soon. But like all things that are new, it is best to approach with patience, common sense, an attitude for learning and maybe a sense of adventure.
And if you have a tight calendar with lots of tasks and activities, then limit your time for engaging and be clear about your reasons for being involved. Otherwise you will drown in a seemingly endless sea of tweets, posts, tips, rants, links, “What I had for lunch” (Like I care), and thinly veiled self-promotional hype.
No Question… Social Media is here to stay
There are thousands of people, noted experts, self-proclaimed experts and social media minions, who endlessly preach and glorify social media while basking in its endless surge… yes endless.. (as long as we have electricity and the internet I guess).
But what about the rest of us?Does it really matter? Are customers listening? Well I think Social Media just a new way of delivering info and connecting with people? Just a larger scale of older technologies. that used to be the realm of real face-to-face interactions?
My Advise: Keep it Real, Honest, Inclusive, Enjoyable, and Value-Rich. And remember to get, or keep, you life intact… There is more to living than being online.
Social Media Basics: Tremendous and helpful information from Mashable.com
Start here for the basics on how and why your business should be implementing a social media campaign.
Sign up, stay on message, and utilize some leading sites and apps that can give your business a social edge.
These posts have real-world advice and examples of how businesses have succeeded on social networks. From Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn and beyond, here are the resources you’ll need to get started.
– Social Media 101: How to Avoid Alienating Your Customers
– Why Should Traditional Businesses Care about Social Media?
– 10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs
– Putting Social Media in Real Life Context for SMBs
– Why Your Business Needs to Be on Facebook
– Making Social Media a Tool, Not a Distraction
– How to Use Twitter Hashtags for Business
– 5 Mistakes to Never Make on Twitter
– 5 Small Businesses Successfully Using Social Media
– 3 Great Social Media Policies to Steal From
