sábado, 2 de abril de 2011

Is Social Media Networking a Fad?


Social media networking plays a significant role in bringing people closer and creating a sense of belonging among the users. People find it a great way of interacting, voicing their opinions and even sharing their moments with others. Any new technology or development has its share of supporters and opposers and social media is no exception. Many feel that this is a fad among the youngsters and tech savvy individuals. The new age marketing people who strongly believe in the untapped potential of social media as a marketing tool feel otherwise. More and more companies have adopted this type of marketing as an integral part of their marketing strategy.

No fad but a novel marketing trend:

Advertisement through interactions via social media has found many takers, these days. You get the ultimate business momentum by signing up with a social networking site and that too, at no cost. Social media allows you to meet up with numerous people across the globe belonging all kinds of profession. You can create a large network of people who are the renowned in the industry to expand your professional and personal horizons. Posting links for videos, audio files, webinars, regular updates, first-rate blog articles, quality content, newsletters, et al on social media can increase your site traffic. Increased site traffic apparently results in increased advertising, popularity, exposure, online reputation, brand visibility, business and finally profit.

Benefits of social media networking:

Networking:

A prominent reason for joining a social networking site is widening one's network of friends and acquaintances. Social media allows one to form an interest specific group from your industry. Your group/network can help you to a great extend in finding new jobs, promoting your business, etc.

Advertising:

Advertising normally incurs greater costs but now social media allows you to advertise free of cost. You can post the links to your company's site, excellent contents, etc. Compelling content posted by you improves your site traffic through editorial links, bookmarking, sharing and so on. Even quality responses to questions posted in the forums belonging to your community can fetch you more following. So you get advertised instantly, through social media networking.

Guidance:

In your network/group/community in the social media, you might stumble across people who are experts in the industry. The experts can help you during a crisis with their wisdom and experience.

Profit:

We advertise to get more profit and social media helps you to do it in many ways through networking, interacting, communicating, responding, engaging and following the members/users. The visitors to your site can be converted into customers/clients/business partners/associates with a bit of extra effort and inventive thought.








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