Yikes! I just realized that I didn’t have a new TOTW posted! 

In my defense, I was at Comic Con in San Diego helping a friend build awareness for a new video game he’s releasing this fall and taking pictures of people in full costume.

So, a quick question this week: what’s more important to generating business for you…search engine optimization or social media? And why?!?

I would have to say SEO does more for us right now, but I have been working on that longer than Social Media, so who knows?  I am getting more engagement on my Social Media lines lately, so only time will tell.

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Didn’t do any panels. I can’t imagine waiting in 3 – 12 hour lines to see interviews that will be on YouTube by the time I get home!

My buddy is releasing a game for the iOS and droid later this year, and I was helping him get the word out. 

I think SEO is the basis and social media builds on it.

I’m sure that most of us will find that a well optimized site is still bringing in more leads than social media. In our case, organic search drives nearly 50% of our traffic and more than 60% of our leads. That said, social media is growing fast and will become a more potent and valuable source because of its interactive nature. Mike and Carl (that’s what their group is called) on LinkedIn are generating fantastic content and I recommend that you check them out.

we   benefit  from   both  for sure…..but i  guess social is  the  best , since  we have   so many   actual customers  connected with us…. the  facebook   posting   keeps us  connected in a   wonderful and  easy  way….and  they   seem to r eally like it…..we get about  7000  views a week….. or more if the  posts are  better….

i watch the website   for sure…..   we  are normally   in the top 7 or  at least on the  first page  on  google   for our main key  words..[antiques indiana]..so i  dont want   to   fall off  of  there…

i try to keep in mind that the website is  OURS  and  the  facebook isnt…..  but i hope  facebook   stays  so  good  for us  for a long  time… 

to me its all intertwined…… and now with pinterest!!! who  knows…

also , for us,   seo is  probably  better  for  finding new   customers   but  facebook is   huge  for  keeping   in touch    with   actual customers….

SEO is still top dog in my book, with social media mixed in for client contact and feedback. 

Social media can work both ways – good for business or bad for business, depending on the feedback.  I have a client that has some pretty bad feedback out there but overall their services are still rated 95% good to best. That 5% however can be found on page one of Google for certain keywords and this can hurt business when those items are found. AND those items are there through social media. 

SO I still rank SEO above social media.  Pinterest however, has some fantastic potential and have been trying it out for myself before plunging in for clients.

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I’m thinking SEO will be the most important for me as I build. Need to find my “tribe” by having them find me. Then I will work on using social. (At least that’s where I’m headed..only time will tell.)@rich-brooks

SEO and social media are becoming so intertwined it is sometimes difficult to tell where one begins and the other leaves off!  Either discipline is far less effective on it’s own than it would be as part of a blend of both disciplines working toward the same end result.

Social Media Without SEO Is A Glass Half Full