Facebook Optimization Guide: Boost Your Business with Social Media

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As marketing enthusiasts, we are always on the lookout for the latest trends and tips to help businesses create a powerful message. Recently, I had a conversation with a business owner friend of mine who is an integrator of Office 365 Suite and other similar products and services. We talked about marketing and how it can be used to benefit businesses.

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This really amazed me because his thinking was so dated and he was so committed to marketing his business in a very traditional way. He was using print advertising, cold calling, and some very expensive traditional outlets to spread the word about his business. What also floored me is that he believed that social media sites like Facebook were not good places to promote business. As he put it, “social media sites are just for play.”

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I was really surprised by how old-fashioned his thinking was and how much he was relying on traditional marketing methods like print ads and cold calling. It’s funny that he thought social media sites were “just for play” because nowadays so many businesses are promoting themselves on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I guess he was just stuck in his ways and didn’t want to change with the times.

There’s no denying that Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms out there. With over 2 billion active users, it’s definitely a platform that business owners and marketers need to be aware of. Having a strong social media strategy is just as important as having a strong telemarketing strategy back in the 1950s. So if you’re not using Facebook to promote your business, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity.

The evolution of marketing is something that has been on the minds of marketers for a while now. With the advent of new technology and changes in the marketplace, it is clear that marketers must change their strategies in order to stay ahead of the curve.

One of the biggest challenges facing marketers today is how to keep up with the ever-changing landscape. Technology has made it possible for consumers to be more connected than ever before, and this has changed the way they interact with brands. As a result, marketers must adapt their strategies in order to remain relevant and engage customers in a meaningful way.

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The evolution of marketing is an ongoing journey, and one that requires a constant effort to stay ahead of the curve. By understanding the latest trends.

 
 
To make a point, I sent the below information to my friend to try to get him to think about marketing in another light.  Only time will tell if this information helps him rethink his strategy.
  • 1450 Gutenberg’s metal movable type, leading to mass-production of flyers and brochures
  • 1836 first paid advertising in a newspaper (in France)
  • 1864 earliest recorded use of the telegraph for mass unsolicited spam
  • 1880 earliest examples of trademarks and branding
  • 1922 radio advertising commences
  • 1941, the first recorded use of television advertising
  • 1980 development of database marketing as precursor to CRM
  • 1980s emergence of computer-oriented spam
  • 1984 introduction of guerrilla marketing
  • 1995-2001, the Dot-com bubble temporarily redefines the future of marketing
  • 1996 identification of viral marketing
  • 2000’s integrated marketing gains acceptance and, in 2002, its first dedicated academic research entry
And most recently, the emergence of social media marketing, concepts that usually center on efforts to create content that attract attention and encourage readers to share it with their social networks.
 
Brain child - facebook optimization guide: boost your business with social mediaThat is an important concept.  This is where most companies get it wrong in the beginning (including ours), as you can see, nowhere in the bold statement above do we state that social media marketing concepts should be centered on your products and services.  It does not because it should not.  Social media, blogs, and viral marketing are about creating sharable content that attracts people to your site, not promoting your products and services.  Understanding this is the first step to social media success.
 
As you can see, as communication technologies have changed, so has marketing.  It seems that marketing tracks the most popular form of communication.  When phones, radios, or TVs were the most popular forms of communication, the marketing efforts surrounded those communication technologies.  So, the real question is, how are people consuming information and communicating? Answer that and you will have the key to marketing your business.
 
Brain child - facebook optimization guide: boost your business with social mediaThis does give you some great things to think about, remember there is no right or wrong answer, just results for your business. While you think about it, you can review this great guide published by Facebook about optimizing your Facebook ads.  If you enjoyed this article, please leave your comments below and share with your network.  Join the conversation @ Twitter Friend us on Facebook – JRz

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