Integrate Social Media Into Your Website
In today's world, millions of people across all age groups are getting involved in social media such as Facebook, twitter and YouTube. It is vital to take advantage of these mediums to present yourself or your business, and one of the best things is that most of these mediums are free. So we are here to make sure that you use these to there best potential and help you stand above and beyond the competition.
What it is?:
The easiest way to define social media is to break it down. Media is an instrument on communication, like a newspaper or a radio, so social media would be a social instrument of communication. In web terms, this would be a website that doesn't just give you information, but interacts with you while giving you that information. This interaction can be as simple as asking for your comments or letting you vote on an article, or it can be as complex as Facebook allowing you to have a complete online portfolio containing a variety of information about yourself as well as a way to keep in contact with friends, family and co-workers anywhere in the world.
Why you need it?:
Social media is becoming vital for people's daily lives, and there are multiple of social media sites which are used by millions of people, all potential customers for your business. What we do is make sure your business has a presence in these social medial sites, so that friends and others can promote your site, see what your currently doing, and recommend to their friends. As social media continue to grow, the ability to reach more consumers globally has also increased.
Items we can offer in this category:
Twitter Account
Twitter is a tool for "micro-blogging" or posting very short updates, comments or thoughts. Since Twitter was designed to be very compatible with mobile phones through text messages, each update is limited to 140 characters. Truly, a micro-blog. We can create a custom designed Twitter page for your business, so customers and potential customers can discuss anything about your business, products or services. Twitter is a great way to keep up to date with your customers thoughts and needs.
Facebook Business accounts and Fanpages
Facebook is a social networking website with more than 500 million active users, 50% of these log in on any given day, and people spend more time on Facebook than Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Wikipedia any YouTube combined. Facebook continues to grow at 1 million new users a week, it allows users can add people as friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by workplace, school, or college. Leveraging Facebook business options can provide a new channel for you to interact with your customers At the same time these pages, called Public Profiles, can also help you acquire new customers as your Facebook fans spread the word about your business to their friends. As each Facebook user has an average of 130 friends, Facebook is a vital marketing medium to utilise.We can create a custom designed Facebook business page for you, which will not look like a generic Facebook page, but will stand out from your competitors and match your companies theme and colours.
Facebook Customised Applications
This option is more complex than creating a Facebook account. We can offer more integration between the Facebook page and your website. Facebook applications include games, quizzes, giveaways, coupons, competitions, gifts and charitable fundraising. We can also help you connect your facebook page to your website, allowing your website to list followers, recent activity, discussions etc.
YouTube channel
Producing an engaging video for YouTube is just the first step in launching a successful marketing campaign on YouTube. With 20 million viewers a month and literally millions of videos to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the crowd. We can create a custom designed YouTube page for your business which will get you noticed.
Podcasting
This is used to publish audio content on a variety of topics. Interested listeners can then subscribe to the podcast so they are informed when a new one is posted. Podcasts provide a regular form of communication that can increase marketing reach and visibility, as well as build customer loyalty. We can set this up for you, so your users can easily sign up and listen to your available podcasts.
MySpace personal page
MySpace is another social media site, which offers similar, but not as many features as Facebook. MySpace is still a leader when it comes to Music and movie promotion, most bands have a myspace page, which is customised to match their branding and website.
Digg Account
Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best content as voted on by our users. This is invaluable in your marketing campaign, once your site is ready and promoting your business.
Flickr photo account integrated to your website
Flickr is a web site that offers photo sharing and a host of related services for users of any level, beginners to professionals. Using Flickr would involve uploading a photo, adding the photo to a photo album , and then sharing the photo in whatever appropriate groups the person has joined. Posting to groups is the main way your photos get exposure. These photos can gather a lot of coverage for your business. We can integrate Flickr with your webpage
Interactive Blog
starting a blog could be a low-cost method of boosting your profile with potential customers and the media and even helping your Web site's ranking in "organic" search results. It could also be a time-consuming effort that yields relatively little benefit to your bottom line. It all depends on the commitment you're willing to make to your blog and its content. Blogs that are merely transparent marketing vehicles and carry only ad copy or promotional messages are probably destined to fail.You should really see your blog as a way to make people aware of your products and services rather than as a source of direct sales.
Interactive Forum
An Internet forum, or message board, offers the ability to have online discussion on your site. This is great to offer your customers the ability to create topics of discussion and leave their thoughts, and generally discuss together. It allows you to highlight any news, or special offers you might have. Using a Forum, is similar to a Blog, but more precise on the topics which are being discussed.