1. Why and How to
Incorporate Social
Networking into your
Business
Cheyenne and Amanda
Company
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2. Four Reasons Why
You Can Enhance Your Business on Social Networks
1. It’s Free- The benefits of having a social network vs. an internet ad will exceed
the cost that it takes to buy tons of links. Social media has given you the
opportunity to experience potentially enhancing your business.. For free.
2. It’s
Safe – Your business can be exposed to thousands of people daily
without having to pay for advertising on TV.
3. It Creates Bonds – Social Media enables productive and useful relationships to develop
between business owners and their target audiences. It gives an environment where they can
communicate and interact over a long period of time and that allows loyalty to develop.
4. It’s Reliable- By promoting your business online, you are almost guaranteed the
safety of knowing customers are seeing your ads and promotions. You will have your
typical customers (your target audience), and then you’ll also have those who find
your business by a search engine such as Google®.

3. Typical Social Networks
LinkedIn
Upload Pictures Twitter
Facebook
Google
YouTube

4. How to Start Diagram
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
• Have an idea • Get signed up • Use the site’s
with the site advantages of
of how you having free
want to use you’ve chosen advertising.
the social (i.e. Promote your
media for your Facebook, Twitt business by
er, Youtube, etc) adding sales,
business, then spreading the
, and provide
propose a plan word about
your business’s
(i.e. prepare information and
product and
sale items, provide photos
contact and videos to
decide which information. enhance creativity.
site to use etc)

5. Tips for Successfully using
Social Media
Don't pretend Make
Don’t promote Be candid amends with
and interact to be someone
to aggressively else dissatisfied
customers
People aren’t Transparency Thanks to IP
This can
going to goes a long way address tracking,
towards readers may be help create
social media
attracting able to quickly loyal
to hear a tell when
customers and customers,
sales pitch so not participating companies adopt
and spread
don’t have in comments is fake identities for
the sake of good word
your page a surefire way to
kill a community
making a name of mouth
read like an for themselves
ad

6. Social Media Usage
Only 1% of people have
no experience on social
media sites!
44% of surveyed
applicants have been
using social media sites
for a months!

7. Comparison of Social Media
Usage 2009-2010
networksolutions.com

8. Are you convinced it enhances business?
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9. Bibliography
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