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How Much Is Too Much? Promoting Your Channels (TOTW: 11.11.2012) (6 posts)

Topic tags: social media channels, totw

Rich Brooks said
6 months, 2 weeks ago:
Have you ever seen those email signature files with 15 places you could connect with someone?
Or websites that promote a dozen places you can “connect” with the company online. (Not including their website where you are RIGHT NOW!)
What do you think is the right approach to this? Share every social media profile where you can be found, or just where you’re active?
Or take a page from Derek Halpern’s (Social Triggers) book and only promote your website?
If you do limit your social media channels you promote, how do you prioritize them?
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Kristy C. Cartier said
6 months, 2 weeks ago:
@rich-brooks I only promote our active platforms. That said, they can reach our lesser known sites via our website. For my “business” I only promote Twitter and LinkedIn as I don’t use Facebook professionally at this point. You don’t want to overwhelm but whet their appetite. And isn’t the ultimate goal to drive them back to your website where you have more control of the information and setting? Be interested in hearing what others have to say.
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Lynn Gilbride said
6 months, 2 weeks ago:
When we began our social media marketing ‘campaign’ we focused primarily on Facebook with a bit of Twitter.
As we realized the value in Social Networking, we aborted any outside advertising i.e. print, radio, television.
We now utilize many Social Media sites…FB, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube etc. For our business (restaurant) it’s about building a strong sense of community.
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Jon Cardwell said
6 months, 1 week ago:
@rich-brooks
That’s a great question, Rich. I used to have everything up on my primary business website, but I’ve been scaling back recently; mostly because I’m spreading myself too thin in trying to keep up with them all.
I’m using YouTube more and more, however. Short videos have helped out my web presence since the Penguin hit Google.
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Louise Douglas said
6 months, 1 week ago:
can anyone tell me how i can promote my video on youtube?
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Ann at greenoak said
6 months, 1 week ago:
i only put on   the main 3….website and facebook and pinterest… they interact   well, show different sides of   the busness and facebook and pinterest show   an active base of fans/community…….
no reason to bother wit h the ones that havent worked out…like yelp and google+ and linked in and you tube…. not saying those arent good…but they arent good for us at this time…. we have   signed up and dropped them …
…. i dont think more is better…i wouldnt want someone to see us in a   place connected with us that hasnt had a post or action for   weeks….
.. mainly i want folks to see the best   places where the action is and with current   info
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