<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Contacting potential clients | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/feed/</link> <description>Contacting potential clients - Forum Topic in the Group Facebook</description> <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:53:21 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-34100</guid><title><![CDATA[Eddy Sleiman replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-34100</link> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:12:03 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/eddysleiman/" title="Eddy Sleiman" rel="nofollow">Eddy Sleiman</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow">@comamy</a>&#160;<div>Do not approach them through Facebook. do your Research and try to locate the person in charge then try to meet in person to pitch your services without interacting to what their page currently looks [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33801</guid><title><![CDATA[Ravi Shukle replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33801</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:29:59 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/ravishukle/" title="Ravi Shukle" rel="nofollow">Ravi Shukle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow">@comamy</a>&#160;&#160;Yeah fully agree with the majority above, if you can develop that relationship with them through commenting and helping out then the trust factor increases and with trust increased this leads to overall [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33585</guid><title><![CDATA[Ben replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33585</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:09:42 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/webhostingreviews/" title="Ben" rel="nofollow">Ben</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <span class="Apple-style-span"><a class="mention" href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/" title="Mention Amy" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow">@comamy</a><span>&#160;&#160;</span></span>You have mentioned that they already have a presence on social networks, so my suggestion is first to friend them, then build a relation with them thru their social network pages, comments, then a [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33581</guid><title><![CDATA[Daniel McKean replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33581</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:28:48 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/danielmckean/" title="Daniel McKean" rel="nofollow">Daniel McKean</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a class="mention" href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/" title="Mention Amy" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow">@comamy</a><span>&#160;</span>&#160;I would encourage you to never be hesitant to reach out to prospects when you've identified a need you could fulfill. I would think you could easily avoid the perception of spam by using emails from the [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33577</guid><title><![CDATA[Ann at  greenoak replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33577</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:47:55 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/annfurnivall/" title="Ann at  greenoak" rel="nofollow">Ann at  greenoak</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> i would think there&#160; could be a way&#160; that wouldnt&#160; feel like&#160; &#160; spam.....maybe&#160; an actual snail mail flyer ....with some tempting&#160; info....i wouldnt&#160; mind&#160; getting that&#160; from&#160; a company.....hey i get unsolicited&#160; [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33572</guid><title><![CDATA[Michael Goes replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33572</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:32:08 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mgoes/" title="Michael Goes" rel="nofollow">Michael Goes</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href="http://" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://" rel="nofollow"><span><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow">@comamy</a></span></a>Ditto <a href="http://" rel="nofollow"><span><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/russellallert/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/russellallert/' rel="nofollow">@russellallert</a></span></a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33569</guid><title><![CDATA[Russell Allert replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33569</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:41:48 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/russellallert/" title="Russell Allert" rel="nofollow">Russell Allert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow">@comamy</a> Any unsolicited mail for business purposes is SPAM. That's the definition. And I think you would be wasting your time any way. Instead, start thinking of ways you can use your talents to help people. [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33566</guid><title><![CDATA[Alexandra Briggs replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33566</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:25:29 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/alexandrabriggs/" title="Alexandra Briggs" rel="nofollow">Alexandra Briggs</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow">@comamy</a> I agree with&#160; <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/asearfoss/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/asearfoss/' rel="nofollow">@asearfoss</a> that sending messaging or emails seem a little too much like SPAM. I have&#160;targeted&#160;small businesses in my area or ones I have a customer relationship with. In instances where I [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33550</guid><title><![CDATA[Alicia Searfoss replied to the forum topic Contacting potential clients in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/#post-33550</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:45:40 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/asearfoss/" title="Alicia Searfoss" rel="nofollow">Alicia Searfoss</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/contacting-potential-clients/" rel="nofollow">Contacting potential clients</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> &#160;Sorry, <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/comamy/' rel="nofollow">@comamy</a>, but I would not follow through with anyone who did this.&#160; It's too close to spam and wouldn't be able to trust them.&#160;&#160; What about doing a Facebook or Google ad instead?</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>