Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts

Monday, January 16, 2012

Business Quick Tip #9

Quick Tip #9
Have a Plan

Whether it's your social media plan or any other business marketing, it is vital to have a planned direction for your project. Many times businesses will drift in many directions, not truly realizing the damage they are causing because they are not truly on a path. Goals are what centers us and allows us to progress. So what's your plan for the next three months? That is the question that needs to be answered...

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Business Quick Tip #8

Quick Tip #8
Seek Partners on your Social Media Strategy

I think the old Western Union Commercial said it best when it channeled Dean Martin... "Everybody needs somebody sometime"... It's not different with your businesses social media strategy. There are a few different ways to boost your social media if you are not adept at marketing through the web.

1st, There is the option of delegating the duty to an employee who is more versed in social media. The only issue with this approach is the fact that you will still have to learn and monitor the situation so that you can monitor the direction of the plan.

2nd, You could hire an ad agency to handle your social media plan. The drawback of this is the sheer cost of working with an ad agency on this topic.

3rd, You can hire a virtual assistant to help you with the process. This is like the best of both worlds. A virtual assistant should be considerably less than an ad agency, and also should approach your project from a strategic standpoint to work with your organization. Virtual assistants can be surpisingly affordable. Here is the website of a great one that our company partners with. www.hireshai.com

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Business Quick Tip #6

Quick Tip #6
Use a landing page and e-mail capture to find your warm market

With your facebook fan page, design a landing page, (e.g http://www.facebook.com/EpiphanyConsultingLLC ), to give your fans a little bit of information about your company. You can include an e-mail capture form, so that people who are extremely interested in your organization can sign up for your newsletters and updates.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Business Quick Tip #1

Alright! It's 2012. Time to make all these resolutions and make it happen. Doesn't that sound like 2011? And 2010? And ....? So how do we make this one THE year? It all starts with a simple step. Here with Epiphany, we have targeted this as a year of change. So we will start this year with some quick tips to for success in your business. Remember, when we are talking about business tips, that many of these can be expanded into work life mixes and it be great for your personal life. A UCLA study shows that it takes 21-30 days of performing an activity for it to have a chance of becoming a habit. We must practice to achieve our goals.

Quick Tip #1
Spend 30 Minutes a Day on your Business Social Media Presence

Because the social media atmosphere is low or no cost, there is no excuse for every business not to have a social media platform. Whether its Google +, facebook, Twitter, or another platform. Your business needs a space there. This thirty minutes should be spent primarily finding great content on the web, because Content is King. Where do we find this content? We will discuss this in a later tip...