Mediums Socialized. Three quarters of North Americans have Internet access. Six hundred million are online in Asia. The Internet is growing 18% annually.
Social Media has become a viable opportunity in which to weave business and careers.
Big stinkin' deal. What does that mean to you?
If you're a business owner, there are measurable statistics about your industry, offering, products, company and the conversations people are having right now that are worthy of paying attention to or you could be leaving opportunities on the keyboard.
Payoff NOW!
The concern that social media may be a waste of your time, energy, resources and sweat equity seems to be a common one. However, if you could have a better sense of the landscape, wouldn't you want to know about it?
As return on investment and metrics are tossed around like chips at the blackjack table, the finesse and care needed to understand behavior is even more important.
It's a buyer's market. You are a customer and a facilitator. You are in charge of your own online environment. You are not in charge of mine or your customers' experience.
This is not a niche or a boutique.
Social Media has been around since we began carving images on cave walls.
With our technological advancements, these actions have given us the ability to share instantaneously with any one of the 1.6 billion other humans online.
User experience is not just a slick phrase developed by the ICT community. These are the creature comforts we want in order to create the atmosphere best suited for our personal or business needs. We want to be able to create our own surroundings. We can and we do.
Social media is not a campaign or an add-on to your existing business plan, it must be part of it. It is also not simply a collection of websites.
Patience and commitment are required or there is no need to bother. If you are in search of an absolute sure thing that will raise your bottom line with minimal effort, buy a lottery ticket and cross your fingers.
How you can better connect with your customers on their terms on a human level? How have your competitors already done so?
@knealemann
marketing and social media strategy
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