This morning at my referral group, I presented an impromptu social media overview to members. A good number of members have personal facebook pages. Several had facebook business pages and three had twitter accounts.
There were some who are just learning about the conversational aspects of how to use social media and those who were already savvy. All were interested in the opportunity to increase their business using social media.
How can you use social media to grow your business? Here are some excellent ideas from David Hale on Examiner.com.
They are as varied as the businesses represented and all feature some great ideas for inspiration.
Establish a social media account if you don’t have one. Find others with similar interests, follow or friend them and read their tweets and posts to facebook. Add your own in response to theirs. Get a feeling for what interests them. When you are comfortable, you can begin to initiate conversation about subjects of interest to you. As you continue to find followers, you will gain followers. Then you can find opportunities that will allow for the right opening for inquiries about doing business together.
Just remember, the emphasis is on social, not media and you’ll be on the right track.
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