Social Media For Small Business

Often as we start a new business or perhaps we're an existing business we get comments from friends, family and/or other business associates such as:-
"You need Social Media for Small Business"
OR
"Are you on Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn?"
OR they're told by the same people
"You should be on Social Media Sites for your Business such as Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn" it is important for your business bla bla bla...
Unfortunately what they don't proceed to do is to help or even just to guide them on the dos and don'ts - or - they don't elaborate on how to use the sites - hence - the drop off rate is phenomenal - because - they use these sites blindly - they get bored because they don't know what they're doing
My Twitter Friends at Gold Coast Social Media - are great at helping businesses with their Social Media Optimising skills - Get you on the right track in using Social Media For Small Business.

A couple of pointers for the new users of Social Media sites
1. It is an idea to look at what other people are saying then comment if you like it or RT if you're on Twitter
2. Do your best to thanks people who @ mention you or RT your Tweets and/or posts which have been shared by them onto their wall etc
3. Take your time maybe install Tweetdeck or People browser or something similar where you can see more if you like to use Twitter
4. Talk to people on a social level not just post your own - buy this - buy that - look at this - look at that -
5. Post some jokes or quotes or something maybe even a link to recipes just to be different to what your business is about.
6. Recommend people to other friends in your network - but be choosy as to who you link with who - don't just send all your friends to each other - you need to read people and see if their personalities match or their businesses match - have common interests - however it is ok to say things like hey check out this awesome person but not direct them to anyone in particular

My recommendation is -Social Media For Small Business - is very important to the Credibility Puzzle - not only of your business - more so - you as a person. If people don';t like you they possibly won;t use your services or products
 I know personally regarding the sites I am on - I do my best to respond to all who take the time to @talk to me on twitter or refer our business - make comments on my Stumble Upon Blog - Gather Posts - Facebook Wall Posts - Of course this is not an easy task - I have time to do this - this is my job/business I take 1 in the morning 1 hour middle of the day and 1-2 hours in the evening - even if you have to get wife/hubby/older kids to just go into your sites and thank people for mentioning or thanks or the RT - comment etc.
It all comes down to building credibility of you then your businesses credibility will follow.

I highly recommend Social Media For Small Business and Lager Businesses too.
If you are needing assistance with Social Media be sure to contact Gold Coast Social Media for your individual social media needs

My name is Urzay G - I am COO of Take The Plunge Coffee.com - Since being online - meeting new people - I found myself learning more and more about the internet, online business - and free targeted traffic to our website at http://taketheplungecoffee.com - where I supply first class coffee to Australian residences and businesses delivered via Australia Post.