Whether you are an internet marketer, an affiliate business owner or a virtual assistant, social networking is a must! You might said ‘I have worked my social networking by joining my local business associations and participating in meetings and gatherings’. You have done it right, yes, and I’m pretty sure that you have got your clients from those events. But when you are internet/virtual business people, offline social networking activities are not enough. If you want to get more and more clients, you can rely on the social media networking, thank’s to the Web 2.0!
Yes, we are now the generation of Web 2.0, where blogs and social media become the most effective marketing tools for any products. You can start your virtual business by having a website. But if you just stop right there, who will visit your website, while there are millions of other websites out there that offer the same products that you sell? How will you get the audience that will get you your business? Social Media like Wordpress, Facebook, Myspace, Digg are the answer! Because when there are a lot of people with the same interest that related to your product, are connected in one media, you can automatically improve your brand or product awareness.
Compared to offline networking such as meetings and gatherings, social media networking is more simple, as you don’t need to travel or meet and speak with so many people you don’t quite know (for some people – just like me, it’s not comfortable). However, working on social media networking can be time consuming too. Just take look at some of these jobs you have to do :
Whew....so many tasks, and you still have to think and develop the business itself! That’s where the presence of a Virtual Assistant is important for you. You can outsource your social media tasks to a VA that posses the related skill and experience. The VA will do all the daily tasks for you, and will provide a detailed report about it. That way, you can focused your time and mind to your business, while keep reaching your targeted audiences.
Yes, we are now the generation of Web 2.0, where blogs and social media become the most effective marketing tools for any products. You can start your virtual business by having a website. But if you just stop right there, who will visit your website, while there are millions of other websites out there that offer the same products that you sell? How will you get the audience that will get you your business? Social Media like Wordpress, Facebook, Myspace, Digg are the answer! Because when there are a lot of people with the same interest that related to your product, are connected in one media, you can automatically improve your brand or product awareness.
Compared to offline networking such as meetings and gatherings, social media networking is more simple, as you don’t need to travel or meet and speak with so many people you don’t quite know (for some people – just like me, it’s not comfortable). However, working on social media networking can be time consuming too. Just take look at some of these jobs you have to do :
- Topic research for your blog
- Write content for your blog
- Submit your blog to many blogs search engines and news sites
- Reading and leaving comments on other blogs
- Write articles/press releases periodically
- Article submission to social news sites
- Join conversation in forums or news sites
- While at the same time trying to promote your product in a natural way through your blog posts, comments or articles.
Whew....so many tasks, and you still have to think and develop the business itself! That’s where the presence of a Virtual Assistant is important for you. You can outsource your social media tasks to a VA that posses the related skill and experience. The VA will do all the daily tasks for you, and will provide a detailed report about it. That way, you can focused your time and mind to your business, while keep reaching your targeted audiences.
