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Use Social Networking to Grow Your Small Business

Started by smedia · 9 months ago

Have you gotten a Twitter account & added a bunch of friends? Or maybe you signed up for LinkedIn or Facebook & aren’t sure how it’s going to help your business?
There are so many networks that you can join! Each has it’s idiosyncracies but ... Continue reading »

7 comments

  • Kara Krautter

    11 months ago

    Great tips Connie. Social networking provides a great market research opportunity (tips 1 and 4) for small businesses with small or non-existent research budgets. Online brainstorming and pilot testing may not be 'scientifically' sound methods, but they are a great way to engage with your customers and others in your industry.

    Kara Krautter
    Dell Small Business Community Manager
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  • Konnects

    11 months ago

    Great post. I've seen many small business and organizations develop networks on http://www.konnects.com. Many of them use the network pool not only to grow/expand but also to market different products and services.
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  • Eric Miltsch

    11 months ago

    Hi Kara,

    Great post (nice example from Connie)

    Twitter is also an element of our online brand expansion and exposure. I try to reach out to my followers in an attempt to get to know them, hear their feedback and share ideas.

    One example can be seen here: www.TweetandGreet.com - the response has been very positive.

    Eric
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  • cbensen

    11 months ago

    Thanks Kara for your input. Dell has certainly been leading by example in this! I know many from Dell are on Twitter.

    Konnects.com looks interesting. I was looking at it last night.

    Eric, you are doing interesting things on Twitter too!
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  • SWillemsen

    10 months ago

    I use Konnects to promote my small nonprofit. With their community piece and interest groups it has really helped me to network amongst other like minded people.
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  • Josh Aronowitz

    10 months ago

    I see the current trend increasingly leading towards free online CRM systems, instead of large software expenditures that can end up costing a fortune and way more than a company intended. A good option for small business that want something more along the lines of ACT or Goldmine but cost-effective is www.octopuscity.com. They offer a FREE!!! web-based crm system / contact manager that’s taking quite a different route from the large and costly CRM software systems. In addition to the crm system Octopuscity.com has a business network as well, which offers other great business services like free teleconferencing. Definitely worth taking a look at!!!
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  • romeo

    7 months ago

    very informative and helps me to get an idea how to expand our business.
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