by U.S. Market Share of Visits (%), March 2011
Source: Experian Hitwise
Facebook 64.2%
YouTube 19.6%
MySpace 1.4%
Yahoo! Answers 1.2%
Twitter 1.1%
Tagged 0.8%
myYearbook 0.4%
Linkedin 0.4%
Mylife 0.4%
Club Penguin 0.3%
Take a look on the difference between YouTube and Twitter and Linkedin
Don’t get me wrong. We think Facebook is great for business when you know how to do it right. Remember, there is a big difference between using social media for social purposes and using social media marketing for business, and most businesses don’t get it.
but the point here is that some companies and service professionals put all their coins on Facebook thinking that will be enough as a marketing strategy.
Well, here is some data that will get you thinking:
Gallup data indicates men (42%) are about as likely as women (45%) to have a Facebook page. However, men (63%) are 12.5% more likely than women (56%) to say they visit Google in a given week.
Overall, 40% more US adults say they use Google in a typical week (60%) than have a Facebook page (43%).
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As you probably know, online videos is one of the best tools when thinking of social media marketing and all businesses should take advantage of videos.
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This is a question we get everyday with some variations.
How often should I put a video on YouTube?
How often should I blog?
How often should I Tweet?
How often should I update my status on Facebook?
I can tell you how often you should post on social media environments when you are doing it for business. There is no rule on this topic but some tests have been done for optimum results.
The world is not going to end if you cannot follow one of them.
Remember social media marketing is a process and you have to set your goals to get attention from your market, not only visibility.
Also take into consideration that you have to provide good content most of the time and 2% of the time have a call to action. Your audience needs to be educated on the fact that you are doing this for business and they should not expect everything for free.
i know this is a touchy point but remember you are marketing a business and businesses need to have sales in order to have profits. Lead with good content but remind them of your business.
Here it goes:
Twitter: 8 to 18 posts a day. Twitter has a short shelf life.
Facebook: No more than 3 posts.
YouTube: 3 a week (for generic videos, not a Web Show)
Blogs: Once a day.
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We have been talking about the potential of QR codes for small business marketing for quite a while now.
Here are some previous posts we did on QR codes.
This week. Reel seo blog talks about the next wave of QR codes and their debut on Tv and online videos.
Read the post here: QR codes and Online videos
Branding is great but social media marketing can and should be used to generate sales. Yes, social media for businesses need to generate sales and leads.
Here are a few tips on how to use Twitter to generate sales.
It is all about the approach you have while using this social media tool.
Your approach should be to talk in ways that could generate questions that your services answer and to find which conversations happening on Twitter are worth having from a business perspective.
You are looking to discover customers evolving needs.
Ask questions that would reveal details about their need.
Don’t forget to have a call to action to connect prospects with your sales funnel. Do CTA’s only 2% of the time.
Provide a stream of useful content.
Send them to different, useful destinations but include your service among them every now and then.
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