"social Media" Marketing Consultancy Cork ,"online Marketing"

Feb 1st, 2011 by hotelsinireland

"Social Media" is changing the way businesses market their products and services. It is commonly known the new word of mouth . It is viral and very powerful.

"Social Media"

Social Media Marketing is the best tool available for marketing your business. Social Media is useful because by using it you can create great relationships with customers which can lead to your business growing bigger than ever before. We can use Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Youtube in order to market your products in a down to earth manner which customers like. Marketers never really had the technology or the opportunity to market their products in such an effective and direct way before the advent of the internet. All the big companies are now using Social Media marketing in order to connect with their customers and we can help you become one of those companies! We will help you turn your customers into advertisements for your business.

Social Media marketing is super effective mainly due to two big reasons. One, it allows people to recommend your product with their own testimonials and two; it humanizes your company which creates an emotional bond between you and the customer.

Word of Mouth Broadcasting
Why is it important to get recommended by your customers? We all know that good word of mouth is one of the most important things a business can have. You can see thousands of advertisements starring the biggest stars and you will still not bother to try the product but when your friend comes and tells you 'Hey, there's this new burger joint at the corner which makes great burgers, we should try it sometime!' you will immediately want to go to that place. The reason behind this is simple. When you watch advertisements, you know that it has been made and paid for by the company which will obviously only highlight the good parts in order to improve their profits. This barrier reduces the effectiveness of even the best of the advertisements. However when someone you know recommends a product, place or service your interest is immediately piqued because you know they have no personal benefit thus whatever they are saying must be true. You trust them. While word of mouth was always important, it was extremely limited in scope. If someone liked your product they would have talked about it to their family and 2 or 3 of their friends. Now the customer will post it to their facebook and it will be immediately broadcasted to 200-300 people. This kind of marketing is extremely useful. It will get you results.

The second reason is that by humanizing your company social media marketing allows your customers to feel connected to you. They feel like they actually know your company and can identify with it. Once we have a facebook page set up for you, all your customers will be able to post their comments and experiences on the page. You will also be able to post any announcement of reply to any feedback that a customer has provided. Once we are actively interacting with the customers, the customers will become loyal to your product. Whenever someone interacts with your facebook page it will be displayed to all of their friends which will serve as an advertisement for you.

Twitter is also a great tool for businesses that want to post announcements and broadcast them to thousands of people. People can follow you to receive the latest updates about any new offers or products you may have. Youtube allows you to put up videos for free which can be viewed by the whole world. Instead of having to pay millions for television airtime, your advertisement will be available for viewing to everyone all the time!

Social Media Marketing can help elevate your business from being just another company to being the favorite company of your customers.

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