Have you heard of Tweets and Fans but not got a clue what they mean? If so NMBS can help.
Social Media is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life, and affects how a business needs to think. You may have heard the names Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube but not know what they can do. All of these can help you run your business in separate ways and this post will help you get the most out of them.
Facebook gives you the ability to set up a group and get Fans to follow your posts – you can post status updates, photos and general information on here to keep everyone informed. Twitter offers 140 character updates or ‘Tweets’ this should be snippets of information that ideally lead the follower to an external site with more information, or it could be used to raise awareness to offers etc. LinkedIn is a business orientated social networking site, used for professional networking. YouTube differs from other forms of social media in that it is used predominantly for uploading and sharing videos.
The main benefits of Social Media are:
• You can raise awareness for your business
• Improve traffic to your website
• Hit a wide audience – there are approximately 500m active users on Facebook, and over 50% of these login on a daily basis.
So how can you benefit from this? Firstly you need to get set up on the Social Media platforms that you feel you can utilise to the best of your advantage. NMBS use all 4 main Social Media outlets, Facebook is a great way to distribute photos to Fans, Twitter is better for links to current news or event sign up pages, LinkedIn is a way to connect with other professionals and YouTube enables us to have our own TV channel and upload and share our corporate and event videos.
As a Builders Merchant or Supplier you may ask how Social Media can help you and how you can get started in this often confusing online world. So we have compiled some useful links below to articles that will assist you with this:
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Twitter Pages:
LinkedIn Profile:
YouTube Account:
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