The Social Media Bandwagon

Good Morning all. Let me begin by thanking you for your comments and remarks on my last post, it was much appreciated.

We have seen the vast amount of benefits, social media has had on businesses throughout the world. Today we will be discussing just some of the major advantages that social media has had on the business world.

1.  Social media can be used to grow sales. This is because it allow for open discussion, customer reviews and it drives awareness of new products and services offered by the particular company. Once a business owner has established an online community, traffic will be increased to the main website, as a result, sales will increase.
2. Social Media has the potential to strengthen relationships with clients. This is because it enables more interactive sessions as thoughts, ideas and comments can be shared via this medium.
3. By using social media, customers will be more engaged. Business owners can have online giveaways, a business that does this is the telecommunications company "Digicel". This deepens relationships between businesses and clients and endorses loyalty between them as well.

The pictures below show some businesses Facebook and Twitter pages respectively.

As we can see here a lot of businesses have saw the benefit of using social media to promote there products. They are all jumping on "The Social Media Bandwagon".

The picture above shows some of the businesses that has "jumped on the social media bandwagon".

Leave your comments and tune in next week as we will be talking about how celebrities make use of social media. Goodbye for now :)

The Impact Social Media has in Conducting your Business

Good Morning all. This week we will be discussing how social media has evolved the way a business is conducted.

If you visit business sites, you will notice that the majority makes use of social media to promote and conduct their business. Why do they do this? They have realized the convenience of using this medium.

Gone are the days where you have to go to work to efficiently run a business. Social Media has enabled us to work from home and that is one of the major advantages of using social media to manage your business.

Social Media is very suitable for Independent Business Owners (IBO). Just for clarification, an IBO is a distributor for a company. Examples of this are for people who sell products distributed by Avon and Amway.

These companies have been referred to as "a way out" for a lot of people as it has enabled them to make money to support themselves and their family.

I can personally attest to this fact because I am an Independent Business Owner for the Amway Global Business and it has truly been beneficial to my well being. When I just started out, sales were pretty slow, but after using Facebook and my website to promote my business, sales significantly increased. My Facebook Business Page and my website for my American clients are shown below. This goes to show the impact that social media has on a business being successful in this day and age.

 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whyte-Enterprises/110041609057909

   http://www.amway.com/whyteenterprises?

I will conclude this segment by reiterating the fact that social media has enabled business owners to successfully manage their business. 

Please leave your comments as i really want to hear what you have to say on this topic. Thanks in Advance.

The Social Media Spectrum Pic

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Social Media

Social media is mainly used for social interaction. Social Media has become a part of our everyday lives. This is mainly because it enables us to perform tasks in a shorter space of time. It has become such a popular medium. Can you imagine your life without social media?