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Posted on October 27, 2009 by mdsarch86 | Posted under Internet and Businesses Online
Why Should You Care About Social Media And Your Online Business
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96% of the "Y Generation" have joined a social networking site and they will surpass the number of Baby Boomers by the year 2010. Social Media has overtaken porn as the number 1 activity on the web. 1 out of 8 couples married in the US last year met using Social Media How did it take othe forms of technology to cath on and gain over 50 million consumers: o Radio 38 years o TV 13 years o Internet 4 years o iPod 3 years o Facebook - 100 million users in 9 months Ashton Kutcher and Ellen Degeneres have more twitter followers that the entire population of Ireland, Norway & Panama. Bad experience? 80% of tweets come from cells phones and other devices so you are connected to your followers all the time. Google is the largest search engine but did you know that YouTube is the 2nd largest? Original content is being posted everyday on 54% of the over 200 million blogs. YouTube get over 1 Billion views from users. Users of Facebook pass over 1,500,000 photos, recommendations and blog posts everyday. A whole lot of traffic is passing you by if you are not part of it. It is no longer for the younger generation. Email a lead in India and Skype another in Indonesia while you sare your profile with someone else in the UK. Your lead will come from a social media site after they have Googled you or your business opportunity and check the forums for others experiences. People do not trust advertisement (14%) but will trust a recommendation from a peer (78%). You need to join Social Media sites so you are branding yourself and connecting with others. Pick one or two types and start posting. Look at the obligation needed for each one before you start. This is a long-term commitment you are making. How would you feel if you started building a friendship with somebody and one day they were gone. A great way to build that connection is by providing value through original content. You need to create new content every few days and post it and that is the hard part. Use multiple sites for your posts or videos. Create a blog post that you can use as an article on other directories and promote it with a video that you upload. Patience is critical with Social Media and the value you bring to your group is top priority. Why should they invest their time and eventually money in you. You do not do that by selling them from the very first post. You do it by showing them that you care about what they want and need. The content you deliver demonstrates to them that you know what you are doing. If you don’t establish trust you won’t get a thing. It’s a brave new world and if you are a Baby Boomer you better start getting involved in it before it runs you over. It is a connected world that is not going anywhere, so join in. About The Author: Michael's client have read his article Why Should You care About Social Media And Your Online Business. and have increased their focus and success in their business. Learn more at: Michael Smith's Millionaire's Game Plan . |
Tags: SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE, ONLINE MARKETING, NETWORK MARKETING, MARKETING
