Certainly with so many Internet news sites, and with print newspapers' subscription numbers dwindling, newspaper advertisements must be following the same trend as television. This means that you should at least be considering what the Internet and social media can do for you.
For clubs such as rotary, social media reach can be invaluable. Although each club may focus their work primarily in their own areas, having sister clubs all over the world can bring people together.
Social Sonar recently held a mixer for local business owners to discuss how social media affects them. The feeling in the room seemed to be somewhat uniform: with the hard times brought on by this economy, being creative and building your own business has become the only way some families can put food on their table.
There are really three options for you once you decide to put your business on Facebook. Each method has positives and negatives.
Whether you have a shoe store, restaurant, day spa or flower shop, you probably have competition out there. If your customers can give you a leg up by recommending your store via the check-in, you should encourage them to do it.
Next time you have a bad experience with a company, maybe a call to the owner or manager will get you the results you were hoping for. This way you aren't sitting behind your computer with your negative Yelp review and nothing to show for it.
Group deal websites can be a good experience for your company. They also have the capacity to create a huge headache. Fortunately there are some things you can do to ensure things work out well for you and your new customers.
If you've noticed duplicate "fan" pages for businesses on Facebook in the last year or so, you aren't the only one. Facebook created "places," which appears to be the entire…
Cold Calling Concierge provides lead generation for the hospitality industry. Today we talk to owner Heather Yesko about social media in her industry and attitudes toward social media in general.
A Facebook fan page can be beneficial to the internet-savvy professional, as long as it is managed properly. You want to make sure that your personal Facebook page has some distinguishing factor to keep it from being linked to your professional page.