Every day, millions of people use Twitter to create, discover and share ideas with others. Now, people are turning to Twitter as an effective way to reach out to businesses, too. From local stores to big brands, and from brick-and-mortar to internet-based or service sector, people are finding great value in the connections they make with businesses on Twitter.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Why your firm should be using social networking
Social networking sites offer free advertising, a direct method of communication with customers and a way to increase the hits on your company's website
In the last decade the internet has become ubiquitous with business. It is now unheard of for any small company that wants to taken seriously to not have a professional looking website. All indications are that this is the way that social networking is going - that in ten years it will be as common for SMEs to have a presence on social networking sites as well as their own internet site.
Social networking is a way for small companies to raise their profile, directly communicate with clients and potential clients, create natural weblinks back to their site and engage in free marketing.
The most common social networking sites are Facebook, Bebo and Twitter. Social networking is a relatively new phenomenon and can be defined as the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like a community.
According to a recent O2 survey, an estimated 700,000 small businesses are using the social networking site Twitter with 6,000 more joining every day. The poll of 500 small firms found that 17% are already using Twitter, with 25% of these SMEs signing up to the social networking site in the last month.
Nearly a third of those surveyed said they had saved up to £1,000 since signing up and 16% claimed that they had been able to save up to £5,000.
Read more: http://www.newbusiness.co.uk/articles/internet-advice/why-your-firm-should-be-using-social-networking
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In the last decade the internet has become ubiquitous with business. It is now unheard of for any small company that wants to taken seriously to not have a professional looking website. All indications are that this is the way that social networking is going - that in ten years it will be as common for SMEs to have a presence on social networking sites as well as their own internet site.
Social networking is a way for small companies to raise their profile, directly communicate with clients and potential clients, create natural weblinks back to their site and engage in free marketing.
The most common social networking sites are Facebook, Bebo and Twitter. Social networking is a relatively new phenomenon and can be defined as the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like a community.
According to a recent O2 survey, an estimated 700,000 small businesses are using the social networking site Twitter with 6,000 more joining every day. The poll of 500 small firms found that 17% are already using Twitter, with 25% of these SMEs signing up to the social networking site in the last month.
Nearly a third of those surveyed said they had saved up to £1,000 since signing up and 16% claimed that they had been able to save up to £5,000.
Read more: http://www.newbusiness.co.uk/articles/internet-advice/why-your-firm-should-be-using-social-networking
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009
700,000 businesses on Twitter - 6,000 per day joining!
According to a recent O2 survey, small and medium-sized businesses are looking to Twitter as a way to cut marketing costs and directly communicate with clients and potential clients.
The poll of 500 small firms found that 17% are already using Twitter, with 25% of these SMEs signing up to the social networking site in the last month.
Nearly a third of those surveyed said they had saved up to £1,000 since signing up and 16% claimed that they had been able to save up to £5,000.
"The increase in small businesses using converged devices such as smartphones combined with the simplicity of Twitter represents a fantastic opportunity to further raise their profiles and increase efficiency," said Simon Devonshire, head of small business marketing at O2.
The poll of 500 small firms found that 17% are already using Twitter, with 25% of these SMEs signing up to the social networking site in the last month.
Nearly a third of those surveyed said they had saved up to £1,000 since signing up and 16% claimed that they had been able to save up to £5,000.
"The increase in small businesses using converged devices such as smartphones combined with the simplicity of Twitter represents a fantastic opportunity to further raise their profiles and increase efficiency," said Simon Devonshire, head of small business marketing at O2.
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