You are reading Social Media Guide For Beginners Read more from this series of articles.
- There Are Only 5 Reasons Why You Should Use Social Media
- First Step To Get Started With Social Media - Educate Yourself
- How To Use Social Media As A Device To Gather Market Research
- How To Find Your Social Media Bearings and Get Traction
- The Key To Social Media Marketing Success Is How You Define Social Media Marketing Success
- Participation - The Final Step Toward Social Media Marketing Success
Why This Is Important
The same reason that you need a license before you can drive. You have to learn the rules of the road. Immersing yourself in practical knowledge is important to having real world perspective about what works and what doesn’t. It’s not about theory. It’s about implementation.
Here are a few blogs I’m going to recommend that have all implemented.
How Social Media Can Fit With Your Plan
You should already be doing marketing anyway. You should always be learning about marketing. These blogs represent the best of the best. Dedicate 25 minutes per day to learn more about social media within the boundaries of these blogs.
Ways To Get Started
Social media is the talk of the planet. But where do you go to learn the best tips and tactics?
Look no further…
If you’re looking to reap the rewards of social media, these rich blogs need to be at the top of your reading list.
Social Media Examiner: Social Media Examiner is a free online magazine designed to help businesses discover how to best use social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to find leads, increase sales and generate more brand awareness.
Smart Blog on Social Media: The premise behind SmartBrief is simple: there’s too much information out there and too little time in the day to read it all. Smart Blog editors hand-pick the most relevant and important news from all over, summarize it, link to the original sources and publish it on one blog.
Kikolani: Looking for great “getting started” social media guidance? Then frequent this blog.
Chris Brogan: The Elvis of social media and the king of common sense, Chris Brogan is a league of his own.
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Hello Eric,
Thank you for the great resources on social media. I have added them to my list of subscriptions. I am also enjoying this series of posts. There is so much information out there on this topic. The guide you are posting is extremely helpful. I really do appreciate how you present this in such a succinct and informative manner.
Thanks Again!
Cheryl
Thanks Eric
The the nuts and bolts of actually getting my Fan Page up and going has been a learning curve in itself….and handing out all this pertinent information right now is a miracle!
Am so glad that I am fortunate enough to be on this team!
Crystal