{"id":30,"date":"2010-08-25T12:35:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T12:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalmediatecs.net\/rch\/?p=30"},"modified":"2015-02-19T22:39:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T22:39:20","slug":"social-media-engagement-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rachelhaviland.com\/social-media-engagement-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Engagement! – Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"
So in yesterday\u2019s blog post<\/a>, I talked about the importance of engaging with people online using Social Media websites. Simply adding friends and followers, just for the numbers, defeats the purpose of Social Networking \u2013 the key word here being \u201csocial\u201d.<\/p>\n You wouldn\u2019t go to a party and disappear to the kitchen and quietly eat and drink on your own without chatting to anyone\u2026.well, most of us wouldn\u2019t!<\/p>\n (Side note: If you are the type that prefers to avoid interacting with other people, then you may seriously want to reconsider Social Networking as part of your marketing strategy \u2013 it may not be right for you.)<\/p>\n When marketing your business, you\u2019ve heard the saying before \u201cPeople do business with people they know, like and trust.\u201d<\/p>\n Getting to know your friends and followers is the first part of the equation.<\/p>\n The next critical part of the relationship is getting people to like and trust you.<\/p>\n They march straight into Social Networking with an attitude of \u201cI\u2019m here! Now the party can start!\u201d without realizing that the Social Media conversation has been going on for quite some time without them. They don\u2019t stop to listen to that conversation before delving in and pitching every person they come into contact with.<\/p>\n Being successful in the Social Media world requires a change in approach.<\/p>\n Forget the money you want to make, forget the leads you want to generate and work on developing friendships and helping people. The art to Social Media success is to have a heart for service. Have the attitude that you are there to help people, whether they become your clients or not. This will help establish you as the \u201cgo to\u201d person in your niche and the clients will follow naturally.<\/p>\n Your product or service is designed to solve a problem for someone. Once you ask and answer these questions, you are in a position to interact in a meaningful way in Social Media. If you take the time to do this exercise, you will put yourself ahead of 95% of your competition, most of whom run headlong into Social Media without any thought as to what they should say and how they want to say it.<\/p>\n Let me know what you think. Do you agree? What do you see marketers do online that drives you crazy? Post your comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So in yesterday\u2019s blog post, I talked about the importance of engaging with people online using Social Media websites. Simply adding friends and followers, just for the numbers, defeats the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nClick here for the Engagement! – Part I blog post.<\/a><\/h4>\n
99.99% of marketers are doing it wrong!<\/h4>\n
A Change In Perspective<\/h4>\n
Position Yourself as a Problem Solver<\/h4>\n
\nWho is that target market? Who is your ideal client?
\nWhat are their problems? What do they need help or advice on?
\nHow does your product or service help them solve their problems?<\/p>\n