What Social Networking Services do you still value?

[AtlCPU]

I ask because I have really only seen true business from Facebook, however lately the quality responses have definitely fell off.

I do see the need for a strong Social Networking presence but have only seen business from the one mentioned above. I am curious which services you currently see actual business from? We all know all of them take time to build up, so which do you value enough to put time into?

As always I look forward to your response. Thank You!

 

[Sky-Knight]

Facebook certainly owns the advertisement space. But yes the quality is in decline and it will continue to be so as the global economy sinks.

 

[britechguy]

I'm the contrarian who sees little value in social media, period.

In addition to economic conditions having an impact, things like the Twitter debacle do, too. There is a "halo effect" and these days the halos are getting very tarnished.

 

[nlinecomputers]

I don’t find any value in promoting my business via any social media. It has not helped me ever. I do USE Facebook for the various groups I am members of for tech support, much like this forum. I follow Twitter for breaking news from politics, sports, and tech. LinkedIn is worthless. I don’t do Instagram, Tik-Tok, or snapchat.

 

[HCHTech]

Although I don't have an account, and have never used the service, we have gotten a fairly steady stream of customers from NextDoor in the past few months.

 

[callthatgirl]

I have found that LinkedIn is the best for me, clients use the search engine to find me. I'm also a niche service.

I had a FB page, had a lot of followers, killed it off a few years ago due to lack of responses. I don't like focusing on things that don't work.

Oddly, I got a new client who googled Rackspace, found a link on Down Dectector, which lead them to my Twitter where I posted about the outage.

 

[AtlCPU]

Thanks again for all the feedback.

 

[Fred Claus]

I ask because I have really only seen true business from Facebook, however lately the quality responses have definitely fell off.

I do see the need for a strong Social Networking presence but have only seen business from the one mentioned above. I am curious which services you currently see actual business from? We all know all of them take time to build up, so which do you value enough to put time into?

As always I look forward to your response. Thank You!

Personally for business, I use LinkedIn.

 

[Kerrya]

The only benefit I think social media can bring us is brand awareness. Any contacts by potential clients will come from Google, but often it will be because of them recognizing the brand and choosing to click on our listing simply because they already know our name.

In the days of Yellow pages I used to have an add that cost me about $100/mth. and it worked well. But those days are gone replaced by Google searches. So Instead I choose to spend $100.mth on Facebook ads as part of a multi year strategy simple to build brand recognition. I never expect to get a call from anyone saying the saw my ad on Facebook.

Just my 2 cents

Kerry

 

[InHomeComputerHelp.com]

I've gotten business directly from LinkedIn. Twitter's fast so I used that as well. Most of my posts and my clients' are automated on topic monetized news from a program I wrote and a service I pay for. Still maintains a presence and gets clicks and calls.

Rick

 

[frase]

Facebook equates to cheap clients who want things done as low as they can get, I avoid it.
As @callthatgirl stated Linkedln is the only true professional social media site to use and market from.

 

[InHomeComputerHelp.com]

The only benefit I think social media can bring us is brand awareness. Any contacts by potential clients will come from Google, but often it will be because of them recognizing the brand and choosing to click on our listing simply because they already know our name.

In the days of Yellow pages I used to have an add that cost me about $100/mth. and it worked well. But those days are gone replaced by Google searches. So Instead I choose to spend $100.mth on Facebook ads as part of a multi year strategy simple to build brand recognition. I never expect to get a call from anyone saying the saw my ad on Facebook.

Just my 2 cents

Kerry

Okay so if Google replaced Yellow Pages why aren't you using Google Ads?

 

[britechguy]

why aren't you using Google Ads?

Do a quick search of this site on "Google Ads" and you'll have your answer.

It infuriates me that Google tries to get me to take out ads that they then refuse. (And the reasons for that have been oft discussed here, too).

 

[InHomeComputerHelp.com]

Facebook equates to cheap clients who want things done as low as they can get, I avoid it.
As @callthatgirl stated Linkedln is the only true professional social media site to use and market from.

Even if I didn't hate Facebook I would agree that LinkedIn is a better place to get a presence.

 

[Blues]

Just a note too I have heard as a comment from many people when a business doesn't have a website and instead works off Facebook they wish there was a website to go to as FB does a terrible job of displaying important information unless the owner of the account has designed around FB mechanisms.

What social medias work best are going to depend on the type of clients you target and the preferences of people in your area.

 

[InHomeComputerHelp.com]

Just a note too I have heard as a comment from many people when a business doesn't have a website and instead works off Facebook they wish there was a website to go to as FB does a terrible job of displaying important information unless the owner of the account has designed around FB mechanisms.

What social medias work best are going to depend on the type of clients you target and the preferences of people in your area.

Using FB as a landing page instead of having your own domain and website is a disaster waiting to happen. If someone sneezes wrong at Facebook your account could be suspended. Not that I hate Facebook or anything. Oh wait, I do.

 

[Blues]

I hate all social media not that I don't use it at all being a necessary evil for business.

 

[chehida]

I don't think social media is that powerful for my business. I have a Facebook and Instagram account which I like to mention in order to increase my visibility but I don't invest much in them. However, I am wondering if TikTok is worth the hype.

 

[InHomeComputerHelp.com]

I don't think social media is that powerful for my business. I have a Facebook and Instagram account which I like to mention in order to increase my visibility but I don't invest much in them. However, I am wondering if TikTok is worth the hype.

Check your demographics. Especially age. Probably easiest just to ask Bard about TickTok demographics.

Rick

 

[frase]

I don't think social media is that powerful for my business. I have a Facebook and Instagram account which I like to mention in order to increase my visibility but I don't invest much in them. However, I am wondering if TikTok is worth the hype.

Unless you plan on doing stupid "Challenges" like "Awesome MACHACK!" - working removing a new Mac Display Panel, with only a candle..sure go ahead