Friday, May 8, 2009

Jump on the social media bandwagon

Social Media has become the highest growing mediums for marketing worldwide. Here are some of the increased benefits to integrating a social media plan to your marketing schedule:

- Increase company reach by thousands
- Generate awareness for your firm
- Save time and money by cutting back on travel and making "virtual" connections
- Drive new leads through social promoting
- Develop relationships through adding a personal touch to your blogging/tweets/updates/etc.

If you're new to the world of social media, we find that a great place to start is through linked in, twitter, or facebook. However there are an abundance of other sites that are becoming cluttered and confusing for the new social media explorer. The question of "how much is too much" is constantly being asked as companies continue to try to take a piece of the online social pie.

If you have implemented social media into your world of marketing, you probably have an opinion on what works best. Let's share in our experiences... what social media sites do you find drive the most leads, awareness, and overall reach?

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