Thursday, September 29, 2011

Why and how to market ourselves in the Social Media ?



Why must we market ourselves?

          A website is an important component of any promotional venture, but it is not enough anymore. We must build our own reputation so that people will trust us. In this society, people are more and more reluctant to trust others, and often for very good reasons. So it is why it is very important to market ourselves in the internet, and especially on social media. 

          It is also important to share with people and to know what they are up to. By build a network of influential people we can learn from them. And what will make the difference is the quality and not the quantity of our circle of followers.


How can we market ourselves?

        We are all good at something. Whether it is social media or Facebook marketing, there is room for all of us on the Internet. Writing frequent articles or blog posts related to your area of expertise is the best way to build a solid reputation online. If we can provide content that answers people’s most pressing questions, they will flock to our products and services.

        If people see us as an expert, they will be eager to learn our “secrets.” Thousands of webinars are hosted online everyday; a lot of them are free. The biggest benefit of organizing appointment will allows us to connect directly with them and we become a real presence.   

Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Social Media Marketing

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Facebook, 
LinkeIn, Twitter...

Nowadays those names recall something for everybody.
Unless you have live in a desert island for the past four year it is indeed impossible not to have faced this new way to communicate : 
                                                     
                                                            The Social Media

This new way of communication is like you are able to find everything on everyone. That is why there can be risks if you use social media in a dangerous way, by revealing some private information about you. The social media has to be well managed to get profit of it and that is why its marketing has to be considered.

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As everyone, I used to use the social media through Facebook Profiles and Blogs. Apart its entertaining use I wonder how I can gain advantage from it. I hope that taking part in the Social Media Marketing course will answer this question. Setting up my own personel blog page and my business facebook profile will help me to understand what are the interactions between all these website and the ways to discuss all around the world. I would love to share new experience by this way, meet people from foreign countries, and finally use it as professional tools.

This course will be the opportunity to improve my skills in social media governance and use it as communication plans for other courses in the Extension Center.

For further information please visit my facebook account Perrine Izabelle UCR and do not hesitate inviting me as friends.