Social Media Examiner | How is Social Networking working for your business | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/feed/ How is Social Networking working for your business - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Mon, 20 May 2013 02:42:16 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-46050<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-46050 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:11:34 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business Hi Ian @iancampbell  
Yes - I would certainly say that - social media is just like "word of mouth" used to be  - It's the new word of mouth. :D
Eileen  
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45992<![CDATA[kumphu replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45992 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:05:01 +0000 kumphu replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business Now I'm trying to promote my product which is called in thai ชุดนอนซีทรู, which mean sexy sleepwear. Nowadays, social networking and social bookmark are very important.  It can connect my site to customers […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45942<![CDATA[Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45942 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:59:35 +0000 Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @supereb Would you say that Social Media is like :Word Of Mouth" recommendations but on steroids? I remember when I first started out in business, somewhat before Social Networks were so easy to use, that most of […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45937<![CDATA[Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45937 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:52:25 +0000 Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business My customers often ask me how to measure their ROI on Social Networking sites, but usually they are asking the wrong questions about it. For some reason I have found that a lot of businesses, even those that are […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45931<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45931 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:35:24 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business Here is another thing - Lots of niches out there have dried up as technology marches forward.  With every step we take, mobile phones and the like are replacing jobs that people used to do.  Seriously.  For […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45929<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45929 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:17:58 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @jeff-molander --- really nice article about generating sales at FB (re: Amanda). First Class. :D

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45928<![CDATA[Laurel Moring replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45928 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:17:13 +0000 Laurel Moring replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business Jeff Molander We are trying to determine how our social efforts are converting to sales. There is no way of knowing, except with the use of an exclusive discount code, where each sale is coming from. Thanks for […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45926<![CDATA[Jeff Molander replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45926 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:48:25 +0000 Jeff Molander replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business Hi, @laurel-moring What's wrong with measuring sales as ROI? This seems pretty straight forward to measure. Here's the rub: Most marketers seem to be engaging with social media. Instead, I encourage people (and […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45925<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45925 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:36:34 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business What a great question to post, Ian. I think you got some great responses, especially from EB and Rich. @iancampbell @supereb @rich-brooks
Jeff and Ann also had beneficial information.  @jeff-molander <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/annfurnivall/&#039; […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45912<![CDATA[Laurel Moring replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45912 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:00:34 +0000 Laurel Moring replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business Hi there!
I'm new here and would love to get into this discussion! I am the Digital Marketing and Media Manager for a small ecommerce business with 3 different brands, and my main project right now is social […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45697<![CDATA[Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45697 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:50:32 +0000 Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @iancampbell probably   my facebook  group   works  because its  people/women store owners  who are   very  comfortable  on  facebook and  already on it....and  some of us   were already   kind of   cyber  […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45614<![CDATA[Jeff Molander replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45614 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:30:28 +0000 Jeff Molander replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @iancampbell Well said and agreed. Facebook *can be* rather passive in nature. That said, I know businesses (like http://www.jandofabrics.com/) where Facebook has proven to be far more beneficial (and a hotbed for […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45612<![CDATA[Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45612 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:06:42 +0000 Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @jeffreymolander Sorry Jeff, perhaps I did not say that in the right way.... I have found personally that people seem to lose interest, but then I have not tried this technique on LinkedIn as yet, only Facebook […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45608<![CDATA[Jeff Molander replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45608 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:17:54 +0000 Jeff Molander replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @iancampbell Not sure that I agree with the premise behind your statement---that people don't want to respond. People DO want to respond when provoked in a way that is relative to a pain they're experiencing or […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45607<![CDATA[Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45607 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:27:34 +0000 Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @jeff-molander Response is one of the hardest parts of social networking I think. It is easy enough to create content that should be engaging, but it seems people do not want to take the time to respond. I do like […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45603<![CDATA[Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45603 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:12:39 +0000 Ian Campbell replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @annfurnivall I agree with the fact that Forums are difficult to get engagement from for all but the most passionate of subjects. I too have been down that pathway and whilst it is easy enough to get members, it […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45464<![CDATA[Claire Broadley replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45464 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:17:29 +0000 Claire Broadley replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @supereb I agree that social media should be considered an add-on. We get most of our clients via word of mouth, but it's still important for us to be contactable and visible.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45440<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45440 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:43:40 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business Hi @iancampbell
Because I've been on the web for a very long time (since 1992) I figured out early on, as the search engines began to take hold, what worked and what didn't for organic/natural search.  And I've […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45376<![CDATA[Jeff Molander replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45376 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 02:13:29 +0000 Jeff Molander replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business @iancampbell what you're getting at (re: what most brands fail at... creating response) is what inspired me to research and write a book on how SMB owners are creating leads and sales w/ social marketing. I give […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45360<![CDATA[Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-is-social-networking-working-for-your-business/#post-45360 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:43:37 +0000 Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic How is Social Networking working for your business in the club Small Business and  one more thing....give  a great   product  that is  worth their money   so they  will  come  back  and or  give  your  thing  good  buzz..... and  make  enough  money  to   remain in  business....drop the […]

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