"In Business I Don't Have Time For Silly Social Media" This is such a common phrase in businesses throughout the UK and the rest of the world. Why bother with social media when all we hear is of cyber-bullying in schools and celebrities having “slanging matches” on social feeds. Social Media has been given a bad press over the last few years but does the hype have any substance to it? In business, should we still bother about social media?why-bother-with-social-media-blog-post People-buy-from-people is the age old mantra of business and social media is another avenue by which we can meet people. It’s not as random as it looks and with a little bit of learning can become a well targeted tool to communicate within your identified marketplace. Above all else the bulk of activity on Social Media is free, other than costing for your time and it need not take as long as many people would have you think. Whilst the youth of today and social gossips seem to live within social media, business-people can’t spare that level of commitment to seemingly “play” and thus we recommend they learn how to “play the game” of social media. Why bother with social media, why do I bother? I make money from the contacts I make via social media who then become my clients and although I teach people how to benefit from social media, this is not my main business activity. My main business is commercial photography for marketing/advertising and the creation of websites for business (www.cameraclix.com), but it’s still worth my while to bother with social media and make it work for my business. Do you understand what and where social media is? Do you understand the pro’s and con’s for business of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest to name but a few. Do you understand the benefit of social media, on the ease of your website being found by an enquirer looking for your services on the web?
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