The Social Media Race: Get Ahead of the Pack
<< by Renee Revetta on September 17th, 2009
If as a brand you haven’t joined social networking sites to claim your brand – do so!
Image via WikipediaMonitor and listen
Once you’re registered, take some time to test out the site and listen to the conversations taking place. There are probably conversations going on about your brand that you don’t even realize. You can use free tools like socialmention.com, collecta.com and search.peoplebrowsr.com to check out the scene.
Plan to succeed
A social media strategy is a requirement for social media success. Chris Brogan wrote some guidelines on starting a social media strategy. Also, Seth Godin suggests in his post to focus more on the strategy and less on the tactics.
Join your community
Image by Matt Hamm via Flickr
Even though you may have just joined 5 social networks, refer to the results of your online listening. For starters, just participate in the community where people are discussing your brand the most. You can easily expand and become active on more social sites later. At least be active in the social network of choice by correcting untrue posts and responding to questions or concerns. Customers will love the feedback and attention coming directly from the brand.
