Forging Relationships through Social Media Networks can bring you Profit
Before you ever come up with a strategy that you will be following when you decide to extend your marketing efforts to social networks, you first have to make sure that you fully understand this marketing vehicle. This is because more likely than not, the traditional tactics we use may not be applicable to the new marketing platform that you are about to use.
In the tradition of marketing through interruptions, you always had to make sure your materials actually interrupt and shout. Advertisements on television are supposed to appear loud enough to grab the attention of your market and actually interrupt them in whatever it is that they are doing. The moment the Internet dawned on humanity; this behavior has ceased to become applicable. The members of your social networking community will never interact with you if you shout marketing tag lines right at their very faces.
Helping Your Market Prepare before they Take Action
One important advantage that social media networks can give you access to is the ability to help your market get ready before they act on your call for them to take action. This, however, can only happen if and when you have already established a relationship with them. Have you ever heard of the of the sales funnel notion? If you haven’t yet, here’s a little bit of explication. A funnel has a wide top. This wide top represents the people who are able to actually get to know you and your product. They probably became interested with what you are able to offer so they decided to be a part of your community. By simply accepting your friend request or adding you as a friend on Facebook or maybe signing up for the email opt-in list widget on your website, they allow themselves to receive information from you more often. They will only move further into the sales funnel when they are able to fully see the functionality or the beneficiality of the product that you are offering. They do this step by step up until they are ready to make a purchase. Your market’s attitude toward your product would most likely be varied. Some would buy your product or avail of your service right away. Still, some would need some time.
You can only look at your own purchasing practices to see how people actually think of which product to buy even before they enter a shop. Yet, there are always those times when you make quite a couple of decisions and so you ask yourself a string of questions: Is this a need or a want? Do I have enough budget? Is purchasing this product the right thing to do? Communicating with the seller can help you get answers to these. When enough information is given to you, it is only then that you take a step further into the funnel.
There will always be people who would refuse to go all throughout your funnel. That should not be too bad. As a matter of fact, this is a good thing. Those who leave the community are people who have no plans of buying from you. People who are interested in you and your product stay in your funnel. As you can see, you have effortlessly separated the potential buyers from those who wouldn’t buy from you at all. Later on, when people within your community exchange ideas and express opinions, you can be sure that everyone is and will be interested with what you will be saying. What a way to generate leads! You now have one active community of people who are actually potential buyers and they are able to see and read what you have to say about your product every single day! Now, tell me this isn’t the most convenient way of having to move your market to action when you tell them to.
In order for a prospective customer to actually buy your product, they need to know who you are, like you and the product that you are selling, and trust that your product is something that is worth their money. And the only platform that lets you establish all these are social media networks. And the only thin g you need to do is to invite people to join your community, take time to get to know them, and allow them to get to know you. Whether you choose to sign up for Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, you can be assured that you can get access to potential buyers for free! Take time to interact with your market everyday and you’ll see how social media networking can change the way you do business and pump up your profits as a result!
Before you ever come up with a strategy that you will be following when you decide to extend your marketing efforts to social networks, you first have to make sure that you fully understand this marketing vehicle. This is because more likely than not, the traditional tactics we use may not be applicable to the new marketing platfor
m that you are about to use.In the tradition of marketing through interruptions, you always had to make sure your materials actually interrupt and shout. Advertisements on television are supposed to appear loud enough to grab the attention of your market and actually interrupt them in whatever it is that they are doing. The moment the Internet dawned on humanity; this behavior has ceased to become applicable. The members of your social networking community will never interact with you if you shout marketing tag lines right at their very faces.
Helping Your Market Prepare before they Take Action
One important advantage that social media networks can give you access to is the ability to help your market get ready before they act on your call for them to take action. This, however, can only happen if and when you have already established a relationship with them. Have you ever heard of the of the sales funnel notion? If you haven’t yet, here’s a little bit of explication. A funnel has a wide top. This wide top represents the people who are able to actually get to know you and your product. They probably became interested with what you are able to offer so they decided to be a part of your community. By simply accepting your friend request or adding you as a friend on Facebook or maybe signing up for the email opt-in list widget on your website, they allow themselves to receive information from you more often. They will only move further into the sales funnel when they are able to fully see the functionality or the beneficiality of the product that you are offering. They do this step by step up until they are ready to make a purchase. Your market’s attitude toward your product would most likely be varied. Some would buy your product or avail of your service right away. Still, some would need some time.
You can only look at your own purchasing practices to see how people actually think of which product to buy even before they enter a shop. Yet, there are always those times when you make quite a couple of decisions and so you ask yourself a string of questions: Is this a need or a want? Do I have enough budget? Is purchasing this product the right thing to do? Communicating with the seller can help you get answers to these. When enough information is given to you, it is only then that you take a step further into the funnel.
There will always be people who would refuse to go all throughout your funnel. That should not be too bad. As a matter of fact, this is a good thing. Those who leave the community are people who have no plans of buying from you. People who are interested in you and your product stay in your funnel. As you can see, you have effortlessly separated the potential buyers from those who wouldn’t buy from you at all. Later on, when people within your community exchange ideas and express opinions, you can be sure that everyone is and will be interested with what you will be saying. What a way to generate leads! You now have one active community of people who are actually potential buyers and they are able to see and read what you have to say about your product every single day! Now, tell me this isn’t the most convenient way of having to move your market to action when you tell them to.
In order for a prospective customer to actually buy your product, they need to know who you are, like you and the product that you are selling, and trust that your product is something that is worth their money. And the only platform that lets you establish all these are social media networks. And the only thin g you need to do is to invite people to join your community, take time to get to know them, and allow them to get to know you.
Whether you choose to sign up for Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, you can be assured that you can get access to potential buyers for free! Take time to interact with your market everyday and you’ll see how social media networking can change the way you do business and pump up your profits as a result!
I’ve owned three of my own small businesses over the years; a court reporting firm, a hand-dyed wool wholesale business, and now TekkBuzz Internet Marketing. I’ve worked in the corporate world as well. I prefer the world of the entreprenuer. I love getting my hands dirty, working for the success of my own business and, more importantly, the success of your business. I’ve chosen to work with entrepreneurs because they are fast moving, energetic, passtionate and innovative. Entrepreneurs are genuinely excited about what they are doing and where they are going. That enthusiasm is infectious and makes working with you enormously exciting.
My mission is to always keep on top of the latest trends in internet marketing so I can bring them to you. Internet marketing changes quickly. That’s one of the reasons I love this field. I love watching, reading, learning how to best move your business forward.






