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30 Days to Social Media Success
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30 Days to Social Media Success

The 30 Day Results Guide to Making the Most of Twitter, Blogging, LinkedIN, and Facebook

Gail Z. Martin
Career Press, 2010
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Summary

The 30-Minutes-for-30-Days Approach

If you are an entrepreneur or a professional with your own practice, you can put social media to work promoting your activities. It’s not complicated. With 30 days of sustained effort – a minimum of 30 minutes daily, seven days a week – you can create a notable online presence for your business or professional activities.

Then maintain your focus after the first month, so the benefits of your hard work don’t go down the drain. Marketing via social media websites is not magic, but with dedication and effort you will find that it’s an ideal way to stay in front of your current and prospective customers or clients.

Use your online presence to “touch” them in a low-pressure or no-pressure soft sale. The best way to sell is to have meaningful conversations about your products or services; social media enables that discussion on a broad scale.

To plunge in, spend the first week of your 30 days making “sure your marketing is reflecting your true business goals.” For the second and third weeks, get to know popular websites and start using them. For the last week, “tie your business goals and social media strategy together with...

About the Author

Gail Z. Martin owns DreamSpinner Communications, which specializes in small-business and solo-practice marketing. She is also an expert on using social media for book marketing.

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