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There’s More to Social Networking than Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook

Sprouter is a networking site for entrepreneurs.

Sprouter is a networking site for entrepreneurs.

Even though the top three sites for networking and business marketing are LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, people can be blinded by these sites because the goal of marketing is getting your message in front of as many people as possible. However, it’s more important to get your message in front of as many people as possible who are interested in what you’re selling.

This is why we also endorse Sprouter.com as a viable way to network, too. Sprouter.com is a networking site made specifically for entrepreneurs. Connect globally with other entrepreneurs and business owners who want to network, collaborate and share business ideas, find out about events and post your own, and get real-time feedback about business issues and ideas.

It’s not a bad site to join if you’re new to social networking – it’s not a shot in the dark when everyone who is networking is networking for the same reasons!

An Easy Way to Succeed in Facebook Marketing

Facebook marketing and bring great results.

Facebook marketing and bring great results.

If Facebook marketing has you lost, keep these two facts in mind: the fastest-growing demographic on Facebook is 35- to 54-year-olds, and the next fastest-growing demographic is the over-55 crowd.

This is great news for people who are trying to market themselves to potential clients – business owners are in these two age groups, and they’re actively using Facebook.

Now that you know that there are potential clients out there on Facebook, here is an easy way to market yourself and your business:

1) Create a Facebook page for your business
2) Share an interesting article on your page to engage your fans, comment on posts on your page to communicate with your fans, update your page to generate a story about it in your fans’ news feeds, create a discussion section on your page to interact directly with fans, create or join a group related to your industry to find more fans and/or create an event related to your business to meet fans.

As long as you maintain and continually update your page, slowly but surely, you’ll gain fans, interact with people who comment on your events you post on your page, and work up to interacting in person.

That’s the end result…but it takes work to get there.

That seems to be where people fall off the Facebook marketing train. They think it will be easier marketing themselves on social media sites. But in reality, it takes just as much work to maintain and update a Facebook page and interact with fans and friends. As long as you keep this in mind, you should be successful in Facebook marketing.

For other marketing strategies for your business, consider a free business coaching session. It’s a great way to figure out what issues in your business might deserve the most focus.

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