Different Forms of Social Media
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Different Forms of Social Media The Internet has tremendously changed how individuals, businesses and communities communicate and connect. As you may have observed a lot of businesses and companies have taken social media marketing seriously to introduce their products and services. It has been proven that there is a significant increase of sales when a company links its website to different social media sites. When you hear the phrase social media, you often referred to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram. These sites are just under one category of social media. Social media marketing could be done in any of these forms. Just like any marketing strategies and techniques in online marketing, it is necessary that all these forms are managed and handled well. Here are the different forms of social media. Social Networking Sites This category is widely used by people all over the world like Facebook and Twitter. This is the newest way of connecting, communicating and socializing with each other. You can upload pictures, videos, purchase products and learn about different events. Businesses create their own accounts to these social networking sites as a way of social media marketing since they can easily reach out to their customers. These sites instantly forward feedbacks and comments done by customers. Blogs Blogs are commonly done for a certain purpose. Blogs are personal territory where an individual or a group addresses different issues and topics. Some blogs are made to express intimate and personal feelings about anything an individual wants to share. Other blogs are created for more serious campaigns or general issues like health, music, politics and life. It either gives information or basically conversing in a neutral tone. Video Sharing Sites Many companies provide videos about their products and services through multimedia sites like YouTube. Some insert their video advertisements to most-watched videos. Companies create videos and upload to multimedia sites to give their customers a variety of advertisement. Since a lot of people watched YouTube every day, it gives any businesses a great advantage to earn customers.
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Different Forms of Social Media
The Internet has tremendously changed how individuals, businesses and communities communicate and connect. As you may have observed a lot of businesses and companies have taken social media marketing seriously to introduce their products and services. It has been proven that there is a significant increase of sales when a company links its website to different social media sites.
When you hear the phrase social media, you often referred to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram. These sites are just under one category of social media. Social media marketing could be done in any of these forms. Just like any marketing strategies and techniques in online marketing, it is necessary that all these forms are managed and handled well. Here are the different forms of social media.
Social Networking SitesThis category is widely used by people all over the world like Facebook and Twitter. This is the newest way of connecting, communicating and socializing with each other. You can upload pictures, videos, purchase products and learn about different events. Businesses create their own accounts to these social networking sites as a way of social media marketing since they can easily reach out to their customers. These sites instantly forward feedbacks and comments done by customers.
BlogsBlogs are commonly done for a certain purpose. Blogs are personal territory where an individual or a group addresses different issues and topics. Some blogs are made to express intimate and personal feelings about anything an individual wants to share. Other blogs are created for more serious campaigns or general issues like health, music, politics and life. It either gives information or basically conversing in a neutral tone.
Video Sharing SitesMany companies provide videos about their products and services through multimedia sites like YouTube. Some insert their video advertisements to most-watched videos. Companies create videos and upload to multimedia sites to give their customers a variety of advertisement. Since a lot of people watched YouTube every day, it gives any businesses a great advantage to earn customers.
EmailsOne way of social media marketing is email correspondence. Your company sends emails to your target market to let them know about your products and services. You can obtain email addresses through Facebook or when an individual signs up for your news updates. By sending emails, you are giving importance to each of your customers. It may be a general email but receiving an email from a reputable company means something to other people.
