Friday, January 21, 2011

Advantages of Social Marketing

There are advantages to social marketing make it a vital tool to any marketing campaign. Here they are:

1. Better Targeting. Social marketing can draw a highly targeted segment of Internet users to visit your business or Website if carried out properly. This can be done by using the various marketing tools on social media websites for you to increase visibility of your content on both a local and global level. Many small business cannot only benefit from this global audience, but increase their brand by bringing in a more select local audience.

2. High ROI is one of the most important criteria of most marketing campaigns. For small businesses with low budgets, the marketing ROI(Return on Investment) needs to be good for it to work. Social marketing is one of the cheapest ways of marketing. And practically all the social media you can use to market your business either costs nothing or costs a very small amount. This low investment means low risk to even the smallest business. Considering that most businesses gain customers and income in visibility after using social networking tools, the advantage is ultimately getting good publicity for free.

3. Does not require specialization or vast technical skills. One of the best advantages of social marketing is that anyone can take advantage of it, even from their own home. Most social networking sites are visually oriented and pretty straightforward, which means that anyone who understands how to use the Internet can use social networking tools.


4. Works better than online ad campaigns. Banners and even link ads are losing their charm because many people do not trust an online advertising campaign backed by money. With social marketing, you can provide a more human touch to attract potential customers.

5. Increased visibility. Social marketing, like blogging, can help to spread information. This information can then be correlated to your site, increasing your site's popularity. Create new content that people really need.

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