Thursday, March 27, 2014

Social Media Questions


Social Media Use is Soaring—Tine to Reconsider Your 2013 Strategy

1. What I learned about the growing trends in the use of social media is that more people are using their mobile phones to use the Internet and the use of mobile apps is increasing. Everyone that is on social media now is using it on the go on their phones because that’s where the can access it the most because they always have their phones on them. The social network that is becoming more and more popular is Pinterest especially to the females. I also learned that Twitter is the major drive of social TV interaction.

2.Some major takeaways from this data are that social media will always be in our lives and that’s where ads and TV should try and attract customers. Promotions and ads should always be on mobile access as well because that’s where all the consumers are and where you will get the most feedback.

Technology & Internet:  10 Social Media Tips Every Business Needs to Know

1. Businesses use social media to build relationships with their consumers and customers. They use it as a marketing tool to reach out to people and show them their promotion and make them into customers. It is a mean of communication between the people and the business. Social media helps expose business to a large amount of people by having posts on Facebook and having people see their blogs and links that people like and reach out to. It is also a way to interact and connect with people who are interested in your business. The business owners need to know that to have growth in their business they need to be on social media because that is how they will target their audience.

2.I was surprised of how many older people are on Facebook now and not just the younger crowd. It seemed shocking how the population of most college kids on Facebook is shrinking and older adults are the ones on it more frequently.

3.Social Media is the fastest growing site on the Internet and is the biggest exposer to businesses and their audience. It is the best way to connect with people fast. For example, by being on Facebook someone can “like” your businesses post and then another friend sees that post because it came up on their newsfeed and they look into your business and then it just continues and multiple of people will see your business. It is the fastest and best way to interact with your target audience. Another great thing about social media is that it is free and a powerful marketing resource for any business.

4.The takeaway from this article is that businesses need to know that customers want to connect with businesses through the Internet because it is the easiest way to do it. The customers are the key to a growth in any business so if you want your business to grow you must meet the needs of the customer and understand they are all on social media so that’s where your business should be as well.  Social media is the key to success in connecting with customers so all business that are on social media are doing it right.