Top 7 Social Media Sites for Small Business

Internet is full of social media websites both local social media sites and global social media sites; these sites are available categories wise. This article is about Top Social Media website those every young and old likes for sharing daily routine, chatting with friends, sharing files and media content.

Facebook: Everyone, young, old, geeky, nerdy, professionals and home stay moms like to be there on Facebook. The website allows chatting with friends, creating communities, publishing pages, pressing a like button for each other content, putting comments on friends’ likes posts, play games, share audio, video and other media files. Now, it’s easy to tell all your buddies in one go that you are not coming for a football game this evening or who was invited for dinner last night. With huge customer base, Facebook is one of the top social media website for promoting your small business and multiply profits.

Twitter: Chirp, Chirp, Chirp…. When I see a twitter logo (a bird), this sound automatically reproduces (inaudible). It’s a beautiful website to say more in less. Unlike other website, you can write tweets (messages) 140 characters long only. Say more in less is the mantra. People like to be on twitter for sharing every rolling moment and many of those are potential customer. In addition, those who want to share more via twitter can attach files and media which will be delivered rightly in your likes’ mailbox. Using twitter is just simple, sign up, search for your friends and say ‘Hi’, tell them, your shop will sell diet coke for 10% less this evening; rest your friends will do by re-tweeting your messages among their likes and your offer will go viral within few minutes. Also twitter is full of communities of professionals and businesses. Press Follow button for some of them in your niche, put comments on tweets, re-tweet good tweets and you will be known outside your friends’ group too.

LinkedIn: In principle, LinkedIn is best website for displaying online resume, hence best suited for job seekers and working professionals. Wait, Sign Up for this great social media website for free; write your resume and your high school friends will find you, who are away from years. Soon, you and your small business will be known in distant places too. May be a friend can give you good business and recommend you. Yes, recommendation makes Linkedin even greater, mention in your profile, where you worked previously, search for ex-coworkers / managers / CEOs and ask them for endorsement.

You Tube: Have a Google Account? You can sign in for You Tube using your Google account. You Tube is video sharing website and called its categories as “Channels”. Sign up, build your profile, search for channels, like your favorites, watch, and put generous comments. Search for your friends using your Gmail account or another, invite them in your group. 

Next, just pick your phone, set in auto recording mode, and do work in your office space, save the media in your phone and share via You Tube. Your friends, likes, and followers will know how you work. Publish interesting videos; how your Cat plays is just good enough to give a smile to your friends. Share, how you do pack a gift box; the unique packing material that will attract you new customers and get recommendations. Show your creative instinct.  

Pinterest: Pin Everything Here. Signing up and making friends, following, liking and commenting is quite common like any other website discussed above. But Pinterest is different and great choice for Print Based Business. Can you create a great book cover / design a great website theme or your company makes beautiful greeting cards? If yes, this is right place for you to share your creativity. Especially good for design professionals, anyone can use Pinterest if has the capabilities to write great Infographics. If you can not write one, hire an Infographic writer (who have eyes for designs) and order 20 Infographics per week / 100 Infographics a month. 

Instagram: Can your Cat laugh like a Lioness and say Thank you, after she gets big meat breakfast? Well, no cat does that in real, if not trained. Instragram loves creations. If you can add great creativity in simple text, images and media, Istagram is the right place to connect to the online world, say ‘hi’ and boost business. Sign Up / Share and Commenting / Finding Friends and Likes are quite common like any other social media website. However, it’s a person’s imagination that makes sharing a different experience via Instagram.

Google Plus: Have a Goggle Account? Good. Now show to the world who you are? Sign up for Google Plus, make your profile visible to the world or selected friends only. Now inside Google Plus along the left had rail look for pages, click on it. Create a page for your business and share to the world. Post regularly something on your business page, if people will like your ideas /product, they will +1 it. More +1 for your post means more popularity and chances of getting more customers. Having a Google Plus Profile is important today. Google is one of biggest market player in web based business. You can find both local and global partners via Google Plus. 

So many social media, so many choices, however, you need only 30 minutes per day to prepare what to share. Sharing is easy. You can sign up for Free Social Media Promotion Websites like zeddes. Share posts, exchange likes and followers across different social media from one single platform. Social Media is like a traffic point where most of the time you met unknown faces. Represent well yourself and people will wait for your next post to come.