Social selling is salespeople + social media + interaction with prospects = helping social buyers become customers.
How do you feel about your current social media marketing plan? Like many, you may focus most of your time on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. While these three services put you in position to drive a lot of traffic, there is another you may be overlooking: Pinterest.
With Halloween quickly approaching, you may have been caught off-guard when it comes to taking advantage of the marketing opportunities in the year's spookiest holiday. No need to be afraid, though - there are still a few things you can do this week to capture the attention of your audience (and hopefully not scare them away!).
Facebook and Twitter are always there. You can pop in and check your accounts, disappear for a couple of weeks, and when you come back, everything is just how you left it, people carrying on the global conversation without you. What you're not seeing, however, is what your silence is costing you in followers and potential customers. Here are some reasons why it's important to stay consistently active on your social media accounts.
The concept of a social media crisis is nothing new. Tales of people saying regretful things on the internet are nearly as old as the internet itself. The snag with online foot-in-mouth syndrome, however, is that unlike in real life, the things you say online continue to live on forever. Even if you delete the text in question, if someone has already drawn attention to it and reposted it, that text can still be spread around and read by countless numbers of people, long after you unsuccessfully tried to take back what you said.
Pinterest is one of those growing social networks that's still somehow elusive to many people. Sometimes, if the nature of your product or service isn't particularly visual, it can be difficult to see how to create boards with compelling content, and to build a following for those boards. If you've been having trouble getting your pinterest account to grow, here are five ways you can help get the ball rolling.
We all know the importance of periodic website redesign. Over time, you'll find that your site has outdated contact information, old photos that need updates, or design features that do not reflect current standards. However, though most of us keep up with our websites, often we don't give the same attention to our social media accounts.
There are a lot of fun aspects to using Pinterest, and if you're using your account to promote your business, there are even more ways to reach your audience in an effective way. Sometimes even small tweaks to your social media use can yield major results - here are some Pinterest tricks that can help give your marketing efforts a boost.
If your company deals mostly in business-to-business (b2b) transactions, you may not think that there's anything a site like Pinterest can offer you. After all, on the surface it can appear that Pinterest is more like a turbo site for the Etsy crowd - perfect for artistic types who are selling handbags or home decor items. But if you're looking to up your b2b marketing game, Pinterest has a lot to offer you, too.