Social Media

[purpledragon]

So ive just decided i really should up my game as respects to social media , Now facebook is a given and can be straight forward (ish) i still managed to create differnt pages mainly because i couldnt decide what is and what isnt a suitable page for business, is it just a like page a group page where you can add friends ??? think i got it sorted but bloody hell !
Twitter .... what a mine field half the time i have no idea what part of twitter im on i send regular inain tweets but its not as easy as youd think to think of something short to say and what the bloody hell is a #tag anyway well i think i know but for the life of me i cant see how it helps .
so then i put google anylitics on my site now that was scary i thought i had more visitors than that !!! what on earth half the info on their means god only knows but that then led me to google+ and i find myself once again sayin what the hell!! so in short my days are spent facebooking then tweeting then googling then anylising not sure if i should be proud or go see a doctor!! and at some point i might even get some work done
For those of you just getting into this good luck you'll need it and if anyone has any tips they can convey in lay mans terms please feel free to let me know

[RogerC]

That there social meeeeeeja 'aint for anyone over 21 eye rekens 'cuz it skrews yur ablitie 2 spl proper like init..........anyway just what is feckbook or twatter all about? Do your 'friends' (haha) really want ot know you just had a pint in the bar at gatwick or just ordered a pizza or 'whatever'? 'cuz thts wot seams 2 b on their init like.

[ArtyGamer]

Can't speak for everyone, obviously, but I'll tell you my thoughts on social media both from a personal perspective and from the point of view of a guy who has hundreds of web clients.

Personally... I run a website which has close to 200,000 uniques per month, every month. The site has twitter and Facebook 'join' buttons in a prominent position, and every article has 'share' options so there's really no way that anyone who participates in social media could miss the opportunity to share. We've had our twitter account for more than four years, and a Facebook page for more than three years. We post several times every day on twitter and once on Facebook (unless there's something else that needs said) but we always time our posts/tweets to catch people who are just about to start work in the UK so that they're likely at their desk meandering around rather than working. Even if we're giving away something amazing like an exclusive video game box set, we'll likely only get 50-100 interactions on twitter and on Facebook we'll likely get none whatsoever. In my personal experience, Facebook is for personal stuff and twitter CAN work for business but it's mostly just a global chatroom full of idiots who want to tell you that they've just farted.

From a client perspective, it's not that much different. I have clients making in excess of £200,000 per month through the stores that I've built for them, so they've got MILLIONS of registered customers... yet their twitter accounts maybe have 5000 followers if they're lucky, and their Facebook pages are usually half that. The interactions are practically nil, and when they run promotions through twitter or Facebook they tend to actually LOSE followers rather than gain new ones. They've asked me what they're doing wrong, and the only thing I can really say to them is that a) they're not a celebrity and b) they're not buying enough interactions... so if they were giving away a car, they'd get a LOT of interactions, but giving away the chance to win a £50 voucher generally has folk not caring too much.

I've been in the web industry for just shy of eighteen years and still don't understand the best way to approach social media. It's a minefield. Sometimes it'll work, sometimes it won't. It never has for me.

[socialgiraffe]

I have two comments but will precede those comments with the fact that a) I do not have a website and b) I do not know anything about Social Media....

Firstly, I think you can now get apps or programs that will upload your social media content to all the places you are registered with in one go. This should save you a bit of time because you only need to type and upload once (you forgot Pinterest LOL)!

Secondly, there are social media experts out there who will run your sites for you, personally I would choose the small independent freelancer as you are less likely to fall fowl of the paid for likes, as Artygamer says, there are specific times to target a specific audience and the specialists will know this, the same way some demographics use Twitter more than FB and vice versa.

Lastly, I do know that Universal Music Group were looking for a social media specialist not long ago, starting salary was 70k so it is a fair assumption its quite a specialist job.

[purpledragon]

Pintrest !!! agghhh ive just had an email syaing that now im a pintrest expert !!!! EXPERT! i didnt even know i had a pintrest account i musta signed up for it in my sleep . Just what is the best way to get people though your site (having a site would be a good start i suppose ...socialgiraffe!!) i thought about ad words but would it be chucking good money after bad ? its certainly hard to know whats best to do , i cant see the point of spending a grand to rarn £500

[purpledragon]

ok as ive just had a trade enquiry through twitter i suppose i have to back peddle a bit

[socialgiraffe]

ok as ive just had a trade enquiry through twitter i suppose i have to back peddle a bit

hah!



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[purpledragon]

from a celebraty too oh dear i need a cloth to wipe this egg off my face

[joeyr69]

What about Instagram too? *Runs off

[purpledragon]

What about Instagram too? *Runs off
Aiming a sniper rifle in your general direction youd better run fast !!!

[NikGrey]

I have great success with Facebook, not my business page so much but with my personal page.

Most of the 638 friends I have on there I actually know, I spent Ten years on Corfu - went to a few different schools, have done a few long term courses, was a sound engineer, ran a bike club etc so I have done a lot of things which exposed me to a lot of people - they found me and befriended me on Facebook.

So, that way I have a list of potential customers who all WANT to be on my list - all I do is post images of things I have done and they share them ! it's perfect, THEY do the promotion for me and I get work from it.

What I would recommend avoiding though is putting all your eggs in this online basket as you will end up spending ALL of your time online - I was in that situation a few years ago with a Lottery Business I was promoting and I certainly do not want to be in that situation again.

It is working for me, and I dont try really - just want to show my friends what I have made as they are genuinely interested.

[ArtyGamer]

I'm the opposite. Whenever my 'friends' list gets beyond fifty, I start to go through them all and decide who I want to get rid of. I've never had more than fifty friends for more than a few days. I have a very strict criteria for who goes and who stays, and anyone who does any of the following will disappear:

Post up racist stuff
Post up sexist stuff
Use 'weather' instead of 'whether'
Use 'text speak'
Spoil TV shows without warning
Post up nothing but photos of their children or their pets, or 'witty' stories about them
Boast about how drunk they got the night before, or how drunk they're planning to get that night
Complain about being skint and then talk about how much money they spent on drink/cigs/prostitutes (ok, maybe not the last one)
Constantly beg for money for whatever charities they're doing that week and try to make you feel guilty for not supporting 'save the flea' no matter how much you actually donate to something worthwhile
Wear flip flops

[JMugs]

Artygamer
I wear flip flops, shorts and T-shirt, lurk on the beach, and I am always skint.....I blame the beach for that bit! So I guess I'll never be on your friends list!

I try using Facebook, and Twitter, but I don't find it fantastic.

Jannners

[James990]

Counts me out to. Mind you I don't wear flip flops, but sandles, with socks 365 days of the year! Oh and in case you are daft enough to ask why with socks, if it is good enough for the Romans, look up what they were wearing, when they came to the UK, then it is good enough for me!!

[NikGrey]

Has anyone got anything against Croc's ? I love them !

[Quinsfan]

Only my sole :biggrin:

[DANNYD]

Has anyone used promoted page on Facebook? have started here with slow but good results so far, but would just like to try it once to see the outcome before my website gets started

[Angloman]

I tried one post, lowest price but it's a con, I wanted to say a statement about some shit I was getting on face book, it worked but you don't get any likes or anything else. As long as you want to say something if works


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[pisquee]

We often boost posts, or pay for adverts, usually with a budget of £10 a day, at most for 2 or 3 days. This is usually if we're having a special offer or sale. It hugely increases the reach of the post, and does bring in new likes to the page, and sales.

[WePrintForYou]

We have found for this type of work Instagram works extremely well for us.

Have a look at our page: http://instagram.com/weprintforyou

[James990]

I couldn't get it to load, just a blank page!