[POLL]: How Powerful Is Social Media For Your Business?
Are you on social media trying to promote your business? Have you tried creative campaigns? Have you paid for ads? How have your efforts paid off for your business? Let us know by taking our quick, 3-minute poll. Thanks in advance for your input.
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28 years in the Transpotation industry and it only keep getting better. Well I promote my business 100% by customer service and job performance. When a customer see how dedicated you are and how hard you work they appreciate that more than anything. Social Media work for some people and that's good but, I am old school. You don't have to be the loudest to be heard or seen and sometime silence get more attention.
Reputation and word of mouth is still the best advertising in my book . However, social media has become a close second and must be employed as well .
WE GOTCHA BACK is a great product that has been endorsed by over 300 chiropractors, doctors, former professional athletes, dancers, models, and professional movie stunt people. We are on a mission to try and help people manage pain in their body without the use of so much pain killer pills and other drugs. We sell over 260 of our WE GOTCHA BACK therapeutic kit.
We are offering our product as a therapeutic kit because we have included a HOT/COLD Reusable gel pack to add additional therapy to the user if needed. Our product is sold in minimum bulks of 50 and above primarily to chiropractors, doctors, former professional athletes, or anyone who can afford to make the purchase. We are EXTREMELY proud because starting next month, we will have a celebrity modeling our product and hopefully we will be bringing onboard a female HALL of FAMER professional boxer who has 11 world champion titles. Stay tone for more from our endorsers of our WE GOTCHA BACK product (therapeutic kit)
Glenn Gordon
Vietnam Era Disabled Veteran
Inventor
An established reputation and word of mouth is time tested and is still the best. You never know what kind of clients and customers you may get from social media. Caveat emptur or buyer beware. Amirali Haidri
I have a Facebook profile and of course I use Alignable. Besides my regular clients most of new clients have come from word of mouth by my clients I have had for years. I obviously think social media is great for businesses but in my line of word being uncollaterlized Business advances, loans, business lines of credit I have found that referrals are the best way for me.
Social Media is a learning curve ! I do believe that a degree in social media is necessary...lol
I use Facebook to promote to run Ad once. However, social media there is a negative impact. Bad comments are viciously killing business reputation and the value proposition I am building on.
So far, the only real sales effort is to push your participants to upgrade. Disappointing
Successful Internet Promotion (Facebook. Twitter. Linkedin etc) depends on finding sites within these places that have people interested in what you are offering. For me, that would be people looking for books, or wanting to write for kids aged 4 to 14 years.
My internet promotions take the form of fun and catchy Logos I design myself. They feature my terrific covers + a few powerful and well-chosen words, that along with my cover, draw attention. Some offer several covers with a similar theme, it one really striking cover. I rotate and change these Logos often, and also design new ones whenever a cool or catchy idea hits me. The words I use and the shape of the Logo are important. Show something different every day. Competition is fierce, so think out-of-the-box when designing logos.
Logos will work for a range of different promotions - from Jewelry to Landscaping and lots in-between. Just be sure to RESEARCH and TARGET the Online BYERS you wish to impress.
I can also help with LOGO DESIGN! eMail me and we can chat about LOGOS that ROCK! (mfinke(@)frontier.com)
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Social media marketing is important for name recognition. It also helps you and your business stay top of mind when someone is ready to make a purchase or use your service. It’s also important to be consistent & use eye catching graphics. You have 3 seconds at best to capture your readers attention. Social media becomes your digital footprint and provides social proof as to why someone should do business with you. Many people will Google you or your business to educate themselves ahead of time to see what they can learn. I do believe social media marketing is important.
Social media can be a huge time stealer so it’s important to allocate a specific time allotment specific for social media & then move on to your next task.
Word of mouth advertising is by far the best and it is also the slowest way to build a business. The majority of my business comes from referrals many of which I remain top of mind due to my social media presence.