Social Networking
Social networking is a key ingredient to social media. In fact, it’s hard to do social media with out it. On this page you will find information about some of the main social networking sites as well as tricks and tactics for automation and what, when and how to post and add value to your profiles. Tools to help make the process run at an efficient level so as to leave you time to work on your business, not just in your business. You will find updates with videos and content showing how to set up sites, automate, use tools, secret tricks and more starting with the most well known sites. Click on any of the icons to join my profile and pages for each website.
Facebook:
Overview
This site is great for connecting with friends, family, coworkers, and other acquaintances you know or meet along the way. A good way for people to get to know who you are, what your interests are and see the value you add.
Signing up is free and takes little time to get going. You can add friends using your email address(s) or by using the search feature. In addition, you can join fanpages and groups for just about any subject, business or person you can think of as well as create your own fanpage or group.
(On a side note, FB is a great place to do PPC (pay-per-click) advertising with very specific targeting and low CPC (cost per click). Click here for more PPC advertising information.)
I will ad a video in the next few days to show you how to set up a group/fanpage.
Tactics:
- Seek out groups/fanpages and friends that are part of your target market often and join/fan/friend them.
- Add 30-50 new friends from other profiles/pages weekly or semiweekly
- Promote your blog post to 20 friends using a note or a link weekly or semiweekly
- Comment on other pages/groups/profiles daily after reading enough to get a grasp of how the group runs and communicates
- Update your profile (and/or page) 2-3x daily (1-2 personal 1 business)
- Add long (400-600 words) content 2x/week (can be same as what you post on your blog)
- Add short (100 words) content 2x per week (can be same as what you post on your blog)
- Provide education and entertainment as well as enabling communication and collaboration
Fast Pitch!
Social Media Category: Social Networking
Social Media Tool: Fast Pitch
URL: www.fastpitchnetworking.com
Fee: Subscription
What is Fast Pitch?
Fast Pitch is a social networking site that instead of focusing on being social with friends and family is mainly for business professionals. A great way for professionals to enhance their online presence to market their business.
The Fast Pitch profile displays:
* What you do
* What you sell
* What makes your company unique
You can embed video, photos, blogs and podcasts.
You can network with individuals based on:
* Industry
* Education
* Location
* Affiliations
* and more
Fast Pitch also have virtual trade shows where members can also connect.
You can deliver content via:
* Press Releases
* Newsletters,
* Event Announcements,
* Videos,
* Classifieds,
* Live Chat Feature
* Podcasts
* Email Campaigns
One really cool thing that Fast Pitch also has is the ability to target specifically the market you want to see your content and the ability to track the statistics on:
* Profile views
* Advertisements
* Press Releases
* Events
The type of people using Fast Pitch are:
* Small Business Professionals
* Sales and Marketing Executives
* Business Owners who promote their own business (using networking and marketing)
* Individuals looking for career opportunity
One thing to know before you start is that they monitor the inactive accounts and delete them. This means that anyone on there is an active member who can be contacted.