What is Social Media and why is it one of the most important marketing tools?

You may well have heard all the hype about Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Ecademy and other 'Social Media' being talked about, but what can they do to help you get more business?

Social Media helps open up doors to people that might not have found you if you only used traditional communication methods.  There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to Social Media because it varies from company to company. Social media is a way of not just getting noticed but also building your online reputation, there are tools now available as part of business social networks that help you take advantage of communities and give you a means to build up a online fan (and potential customer) base.

The reality of the matter is that various social media have different strengths and weaknesses. While it is true the most obvious benefit of social media is branding and traffic, the truth is that social media can also:

• Generate lots of good, quality, relevant links, which we all know can help a site perform better in the search results
• Help to forge relationships. Not necessarily relationships with potential clients, but with those who help to influence potential client decisions i.e. indirect sales
• Generate direct sales
• Build a company's authority in an industry

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