The Best Way to Learn About Social Media Marketing: Ask Your Peers
Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by SNS Research in Application
Almost all polls show that the tendency of sellers marketing plan to invest more in social media marketing.
Bigmouthmedia Econsultancy and showed in their â? Social Media and PR Report Online that 86% of those surveyed over 1,100panies and agencies in Britain have planned to invest more money in social media this year. The surveys conducted in other countries including the U.S., the report came to similar conclusions.
Itâs obvious that the social media revolution will continue to influence all areas of marketing and even sales. So the question is not if you should start looking at social media marketing but where to start.
Many businesses hire experts, visit events, buy books or start following so-called social media marketing experts. However, by doing so, you risk being overwhelmed by information that in the end doesnât help you any further.
The importance of peer advice
As a marketer you probably have very precise questions and concerns, just like any other marketer. Some have more experience than others but everybody learns by trial and error. So why not use the social media themselves and join a goodmunity. Precise answer to your specific questions is what you seek, peer advice is the way to get it.
There are variousmunities that bring together marketers from all over the world to ask questions to their peers and share their ideas and insights. Marketers looking for information about social media marketing can, for instance, subscribe for free to the Social Marketing Forum.
This onlinemunity, which focuses on an international audience is not for social media marketing experts.
It aims to reach both marketers who have experience with social media marketing and want to share their insights with others, and marketers who have questions regarding social media marketing and can count on themunity for free advice.
Members can ask questions in the forum, start discussions, post their social media marketing cases to enable other members to see how social media marketing works, in reality, get to know other marketers from other countries, add events, blog posts, etc.
To take a look and subscribe, here is the URL: http:// socialmarketingforum. eu/
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