Too busy to Tweet? Does your Facebook status update still read, “TGIF!” even though it’s Tuesday? Do you have a folder full of images of your new product but no time to upload them to Flickr? We understand that staying connected via the multitude of social networking sites can be overwhelming, but they’ve become an integral part of marketing oneself and ones business. The problem is that with the remarkable success and monumental growth of social networking sites, keeping oneself current on all of them has become a full-time job in itself.
Do you realize that it has been less than five years since Facebook was a site limited to undergraduates at Harvard? Within their first two years, this social networking giant opened their virtual doors to anyone over 13 with a valid email address and changed the avenues of world communication forever. Shortly after Facebook went global, Twitter came onto the scene and now everyone from Anderson Cooper to your grandmother is in constant contact. So, why aren’t you?
“Member Communities” are experiencing exponential growth and are changing the way people connect with each other. More important, it is changing the way businesses connect with consumers. Nielsen recently reported that between March 2008 and March 2009, Facebook membership grew by 228% while Twitter shot up an extraordinary 1382%! Today Internet users spend more time on Member Community sites than they do on personal email. Just imagine the marketing potential; and, on top of it, both membership and communication are free. How about that for economic resourcefulness?
The thing is, as simple and as user friendly as these social networking sites are, it takes work to set up an account, acquire friends and followers, generate interest, and maintain status. You’d love to reach out to all of your current and potential clients but there’s that small matter of running the business you’re trying to promote.
What’s the solution? Hire a Virtual Assistant to take care of all of your social networking for you. (We’re sure that’s how Anderson Cooper does it.) Focus on your business and let a Virtual Assistant take care of the rest!
Is your LinkedIn profile still at 70% although you’ve had your account for over a year? Handover your old resume and let a VA fill in the blanks. Are you still using MySpace or, (ahem) Friendster? Have a VA create your Facebook page and then transfer your contacts. And, when they’re done, your Virtual Assitant will take of the Twitter account, organize it all through Bebo or TweetDeck and bring you and your business up-to-date with the most current, wide-ranging, marketing techniques out there.
I know, I know. You’re asking yourself: what is a TweetDeck? Don’t worry, they’ll explain that too!