Minimum Social Media Tools You Should be Using for Your Business

Minimum Social Media Tools You Should be Using for Your Business

At New Media, New Marketing, Inc., we use social media tools daily to improve our ranking among competitors. We use these tools whether they are for creating a simple event using email marketing or to marketing through social media accounts such as Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. As a result, we’ve had a successful past and present with using social media tools daily. These are the social media tools you should be using for your business:

Blog: Level one tool that can bring a lot traffic and business to you. If you blog every day you will see amazing changes to your business, as long as you optimize your content, and provide valuable content.

Social Networking: Social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Myspace (great SEO tool).

Micro-blog: Twitter is one of the best micro-blogs out there.

Email Marketing: Email marketing is a great way of providing valuable experience for your business. It works well when combined with social media, for example: Constant Contact’s Social Share tool.

What is the number one social media photo sharing site that can make a difference to your business? Pinterest! Although Instagram has many users and it’s owned by Facebook, you can engage with Pinterest and with Instagram you can’t.

Local Business Directories: Sometimes you don’t know where to start listing your business. Posting in local business directories is a must. You can get started by posting on these Top 20 listings:

1. Google
2. Bing
3. Yahoo!
4. Yelp
5. MerchantCircle
6. YellowPages
7. WhitePages
8. SuperPages
9. YellowBook
10. Manta
11. CitySearch
12. MapQuest
13. Local.com
14. Foursquare
15. Angie’s List
16. Judzu
17. Facebook
18. Biznik
19. CitySlick
20. AmericanTowns

When dealing with these types of listings, you want to include at least your Business name, address phone number, website address, business category, and tags/labels.

Video sharing: Video tools such as Youtube, Vimeo.

Presentation Sharing: Slideshare.net is a simple presentation sharing social media tool. You can use videos and info graphics. Social media press release: One of the most important Press Release tool is PR Log. The reason why PR Log is important is because it shows on searches.

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Top Social Sites & Top Networking Sites You Must Have for Business Success

Top Social Sites & Top Networking Sites You Must Have for Business Success

Social Networking and Using the Top 5 Tools

The most common question I'm asked when teaching Social Media is "Which Social Media Sites are the Most Important for My Business".  The answer may surprise you. While many people think that Facebook is a must for business, it is a site you could theoretically do without.

There are three elements to look for when choosing social media sites to engage in.

First, the social networking, social bookmarking, video, or other social media site must have plenty of active users. These are users who visit the site on a daily basis. 

Second, the sites must include the persons in your target market and/or professionals

Third, the sites must be SEO friendly, which means that these social media sites appear on the search engine results pages, such as Google, Bing and Yahoo, often.

These are the Top 5 Social Media Sites that meet the required criteria and you must use to have greater success in your business. Lets count them down:

5. Facebook  AlthoughIt almost didn't make my Top 5. Facebook is intrusive, not very professional, but it has over a billion members. The key to using Facebook for business is creating a Business Page, formerly called a Fan Page, with an interactive and engaging iframe. Other than that, Facebook is a useless tool for business since no one is listening and those are are speaking are speaking nonsense. The tool I find most useful on Facebook is events.

4. Twitter  This Social Networking / Microblog site is growing and becoming more practical. It still lack engagement for most, but it can be a useful tool for business.

3. Foursquare  I'm still waiting for businesses to jump on the Foursquare bandwagon. This is a great tool for business owners because you can proactively engage and attract new customers to your brick and mortar locations by offering check-in specials and mayorship offers.

2. Google+  The fact that Google+ Plus is closely related and interact with the Google Search Engine, and with Google Places, makes it a must-have for all businesses. As business owners realize the importance of being on Google+, this awesome Social Media tool will explode in members.  Be sure to add a +1 button to your website and watch engagement grow.

1. LinkedIn  By far the most important Social Media and Social Networking tool, LinkedIn has enough members to fit out criteria, and these members are, for the most part, the professionals you need to engage with to create more business and increase your sales.

These Top 5 Social Media sites are just a small portion of what a great social media strategy should. Social media network, social media bookmarking, social photo sharing and other social networking sites are opened constantly.

Keep your eyes and ears opened when you are on Google for the next, "big" or "greatest" site. If a site pops up often when you are researching your company, industry or competition, then that is the site you need to create a keyword-rich profile on. And don't forget to add your professional picture or logo to the profile.

Manny Sarmiento - President / CEO
New Media, New Marketing, Inc. http://www.nmx2.com / manny@nmx2.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mannysarmiento