Comments on: How Marketers are Using Social Media to Grow Their Business

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Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:43:05 +0000

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By: Louellen Coker

Louellen Coker — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:56:27 +0000

Thanks for the comments. I’m about 6 months behind you in adopting and using Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin as a marketing tool for my company and for my clients. I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts about adjusting marketing approaches and strategies. Specifically, and from the CIC’s perspective that works with small businesses in an “old school” industry, how to convince clients that this is a direction they want to go.

By: Scott Abel

Scott Abel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:12:15 +0000

Great article. Just the type of stuff that needs to be coming from STCers in the marketing space.

I’ve been using Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and my own social network, The Content Wrangler Community for the past year to raise my profile and attract new business. While it’s been a learning experience (and I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned here and elsewhere in the coming months) it has been well worth the effort.

Social media technologies may most often be stand-alone applications today, but my crystal ball says it won’t be long until all software products build social networking components into their architectures. This is good news for end-users!

However, it should be noted that because it’s so new and so very misunderstood, many marketers (and PR people) are trying to use services like Twitter as glorified fax machines (just another way to send out the same old drivel to the masses). “Here, this is what we’re offering….want some?” is the typical — very old school approach. So, while social media tools are coming of age and becoming very useful to marketers who understand them, there’s a long way to go before most professional marketers adjust their marketing approaches and strategies to accommodate social media.