Comments on: Can Social-Networking Sites Help You Build Your Business?

By: Rising Vanlines

Rising Vanlines — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:09:34 +0000

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By: Michael Le

Michael Le — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:51:37 +0000

It is already clear the business world is moving forward and it’s equally important businesses need to learn to follow the movement. Being able to join social netwotks and utilising it effectively could prove vital in the long run. I agree with Kevin, the key is not to invite everyone to your social network but to choose those who can benefit you. I know first hand from the company that I previously worked with where they had hundreds of irrelevant users added to their social network and it didn’t look appealing in terms of the target audience. Twitter is equally as important but please do not just follow anyone to make up the numbers, choose the main players within your market and ask them to follow you. There are many techniques you can find but you have to remember this as a marketer, what can you provide for them and likewise, what can they provide for you?

By: karthik

karthik — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:42:12 +0000

Ofcourse…Social networking sites should be considered as a powerful tool for marketing and improving businesses. Thanx for your great info…

By: Sonja Jefferson

Sonja Jefferson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:52:03 +0000

I think LinkedIn is a particularly useful tool for building a business. Here in the UK, we’ve just reached the 1 million user mark; LinkedIn is by far the most popular online networking tool for business users.

My clients are independent consultants and small professional businesses. They are using LinkedIn in a variety of different ways to build their businesses.

One of my clients, Jane Northcote, has just written her first business book. She has used LinkedIn to promote it through the new ‘what are you working on’ feature. This sends a message to all in her network telling them that her book is now on Amazon. It’s a very powerful and non-intrusive way to market yourself, and spread the word about educational content.

By: Carter F Smith

Carter F Smith — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:29:53 +0000

Copy Blogger has it right, in my opinion, though we have the tendency to think we have the answer to tomorrow’s challenges using yesterday’s solutions. It is about who you know, and we don’t get to know someone simply by connecting with them any more than handing someone a business card makes them our best friend.

We’ve been looking at The Relationship Economy for a while now, and if we learned nothing else, we learned that the social web can be a forgiving space (you can try new things as long as you aren’t too pushy). I shared some ideas bordering on innovative thinking with a group of HR folks in the medical sector — video link (cool new application) here - http://www.goyodeo.com/channel/?c=LAR2F22624, with 16 short segments, or name links to blog entry.