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Being an optimist, helps you to do wonders!

Social media can offer a low-cost way to make relevant connections, access buyers and reach a wide customer base, find out how,

• Identify which social media platforms your target customers are using
• Use search engines and search functions within different social media to target specific business people and locate their social media profiles.
• Research how your customers are using social media — consider if they use them to make contacts, find out about industry developments, research products and services, or sell to their own customers.
• Devise a strategy for using social media in your business — set measurable and realistic objectives and goals for your marketing.
• Create a profile/page on your chosen platform/s, including brief essential details about who you are and what you do, and add a link to your website.
• Engage potential customers by stressing how your offer can help their business.
• Apply your branding guidelines to your profiles to maintain consistency and establish your visual identity quickly.
• Engage with customers in a way that is appropriate to the platform — for example, the way you engage on LinkedIn is likely to be more professional by comparison with Facebook. For businesses active across many social networking platforms, it's worth finding a consistent tone of voice that matches your own brand objectives and is appropriate for your audience on each site.
• Find out how you can use your chosen platform to make a connection with target individuals. With LinkedIn, for example, this is likely to mean researching their profile to find out which discussion groups they belong to and joining these.
• Use groups, forums and blogs to demonstrate relevant expertise and knowledge, and to pose and answer questions about your industry.
• Don’t force your product or service on potential customers, but show them that you are a credible supplier by sharing your knowledge and helping others.
• Make it easy for people to find you — so when posting in forums or commenting on blogs include a link to your website, your blog, your social media profile/s, and so on.
• Use relevant keywords about your sector, product or service. These will be picked up by search engines and make it easier for potential customers to find you.
• Be active on your chosen platform — show customers you are engaged, so update your profile and check and respond to your messages regularly.
• Measure your progress against objectives — many social media platforms have tools that will tell you how you are doing.

Principal Rules
Do:
Find out where your target customers congregate online
Make sure your profile is up to date
Convert online connections into offline meetings
Don’t:
Broadcast, instead engage with potential customers
Expect instantaneous results
Substitute existing traditional practices for social media – incorporate them
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