Twitter Fest Friday!
The question today was a simple yet important one, and focused on getting a sense of how businesses were using social media, or whether their business had embraced social media at all. I was not surprised to find the overwhelming response was “Yes we’ve embraced social media, and here’s how”, since that is what I would expect from users on a social media site.
A more interesting question is why aren’t some businesses leveraging social media outlets? I think a lot has to do with the adoption period one goes through when beginning to use something new, it just takes time. Also, for some businesses I’m sure there’s a learning curve, so while they know social media is important they don’t know where to start. And lastly for some businesses, sad but true, they still see social media as a “kids toy”, which means they’re completely missing out on the multitude of opportunities social media presents. As any Twitter Follower of SmallBizBee knows social media has allowed us to grow our business in ways impossible only a few short years ago.
Friday November 7, 2008
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How has your biz embraced social media? If it hasn’t why not?
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jenngivler: My biz has embraced social media as the #1 I connect with and build relationships with clients and partners. con’t…-
jenngivler:Social media is like a big, world-wide networking party that makes connecting easy. http://www.createathrivingbusiness.com/===
debbiemahler: We jumped in full body mode! Facebook, LI, MySpace, etc. It has really helped expand our sphere of influence & new prospects!-
debbiemahler: Oh yes! I’ve had to tweak my organizational & time management skills! http://mice.org/blog/===
giazzpet: I’m learning very quickly to embrace it and use it wisely http://www.giazzworld.blogspot.com/
Eric_Brantner: Definitely. For those of us w/limited marketing funds, social media is a great way to make valuable connections. Business Copywriter/
James Wallace for the enterprise and SMBs!! social search, content aggregation and submission of all media files, userprofile and business profile collaboration and much much more!! wait, did I say ranking with ratings, comments, and voting all inclusive?? http://www.imvivo.com/
rdjwilliams: We have corporate blogs for 2 of our companies, but that’s about it, for now. Would like to be on facebook. http://intellistickoilcondition.wordpress.com/
- Which social media sites do you use the most?
fuzznfeathers: Twitter for business. Facebook for local community. http://www.tmdcreative.com/
ChrisFerdinandi: My blog (obviously), followed by Facebook, followed by Twitter http://managerssandbox.com/
jenngivler:Twitter, and FB is a close second… Then Savor the Success, Gaia http://www.createathrivingbusiness.com/
Lori_NetSuccess: Our Biz Dev Team uses LinkedIn the most, our Developers use Twitter the most, I use them all equally. http://www.netsuccess.com/
stallfinder: Facebook & Twitter http://www.stallfinder.com/
Bob Thompson mostly facebook and linkedin for the network connections. but i do love taking a break to watch videos online on youtube 
For my brand new business, I use Twitter, Squidoo, StumbleUpon and LinkedIn. I am still getting the hang of how to use theses tools for my business though.
I’m yet to fully use Twitter to market my blog. In most cases, I just use it to connect with other bloggers and that’s about it.
Yan
@Yan
That’s a perfect way to use Twitter! Keep doing that, and then when you have a new blog entry tweet it to your followers and you’ll be on your way to driving quality traffic.
@Carla
It can be hard to juggle more than two social networks…how do you do it?