There is never a great social media strategy for business when you need one...

I'm constantly amazed at people who are looking for ideas on how to grow their business with social media and don't bother ask the most fundamentally important questions, about "What they want to achieve?" and "Who they're trying to engage with?" 
  
Before you go down the path of marketing your business in the social sphere you need to ask yourself some basic practical questions.


What do I want to achieve with social media?
Are my customers using social media to search or interact with my products or services?
What social networks are my customers using?
What are my customers looking for when it comes to my products and services?
What sites do they visit?
What problems do the need solved?
What pleasure or pain are they trying to gain or avoid?
I have put together a presentation on how to develop a simple Social Media Plan  and compiled 6 of the best FREE social media business guides that have an abundance of strategies and ideas on how to successfully implement social media for your business.

Mashable's Social Media Guide For Business

Google +: The Complete Guide

Facebook 101 For Business Your Complete Guide

Twitter For Business Guide

LinkedIn Guide For Business

The Ultimate Guide To LinkedIn Marketing 

If you have any more great links that will help people with ideas on social media please attach them to your comments below.

John  Logar

Niche Marketing Specialist

http://johnlogar.blogspot.com/p/social-media.html

Facebook for Business Pays Off With Extreme Customer Interaction

Robert Scoble Shared  a viral video with me from GoPro HD Camera today. Which is a cool water proof and shock proof camera that takes HD and 3D video action shots that you can strap to anything that moves.
As part of their marketing they use Facebook to interact with their customers and they invite their customers to post their GoPro videos on their fan page. http://www.facebook.com/goprocamera?sk=wall
What happens is when people post their videos on the page all their friends are referred to GoPros' page thereby creating a buzz around the product and some addictive viewing content.




3 Fast Facebook Social Media Marketing Strategies

Social Media Revolution Update 2011

Part of the world's most watched Social Media video series; "Social Media Revolution" by Erik Qualman. Based on #1 International Best Selling Book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman. This is a shorter version that includes new social media statistics for 2011.

A simple Social Media Plan

This is a basic guide to creating a simple social media plan.


A Simple Social Media Plan

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Worlds First All Time Viewed Social Media Marketing Video Wall

I created this video wall in Cooliris it represents the all time most viewed videos on social media marketing
Click on the expand icon use, the arrows to scan the videos and click on them to play them in the screen

Shake up your marketing

We need a mindset shift from telling and selling to building relationships.

"Any brand or business that hasn't at least STARTED to adapt their marketing strategy in response to the dramatic and accelerative impact of search engines, social media, and mobile technology is not long for this world."

Marta Kagan 

Transform Your Marketing

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The Facebook Marketing Guide

Ask yourself some simple questions...

1. Why am I doing this?

2. What do I want out of it?

3. Who do I want to connect with?

4. What do i want to say to engage connection and feedback

Do some simple things

1. Be interactive

2. Nurture your relationships
3. Have fun

4. Keep Learning