Social Media - Virtual Buzz Assistant Required

June 14, 2008

There is a variety of problems with social media.  I have identified the 7 mistakes that really make you look like a rookie that just learned about the Internet.  Don’t worry if you are making some of these mistakes, you are not alone.

The biggest reason you need a Virtual Buzz Assistant to help you with this, is that success takes persistance and time - and business owners seldom have it to spare for socializing on the web.  You can request an assistant to help you by clicking here.

  1. Trying to participate in too many tools
    If you are siging up and building a profile on every new tool that comes out, you better be a writer for Mashable.  No one can keep up with all the new things.  Find some you like and do a good job in them.  Doing a good job in 2-3 is still so hard that you may need an assistant.
     
  2. Expect that just setting up accounts will yield results
    Guess what - you have to do more than just set up an account on a social media site to get results.  If I had a dollar for every person that has told me they set up a LinkedIn account and nothing happened, I’d be rich.
     
  3. Not using the tools to connect with people
    Nearly every site makes it possible to connect with other people (I think that is why they call is SOCIAL media).  If you are not connecting, no one is finding you.  Your Virtual Buzz Assistant can help you grow your networks in these tools.
     
  4. Giving up after a short time
    Social media is about making and sustaining connections.  The only way you can grow your influence is long term.  Do I see a few hours a month with a Virtual Buzz Assistant in your future?
     
  5. Promoting yourself without providing value
    The fact that you signed up for an account does not give you the right to promote yourself constantly.  And it is a sure way to get people to run away.
     
  6. Not using the tools to link to other sites and articles
    Similar to not connection to people, if you only link to your website or blog and never bookmark or link to other interesting resources, you will never gain the respect of your audience.  Nor should you.
     
  7. Not intentionally building a target network
    Don’t pick the biggest network or the one that your brother said you should.  Find out where your current customers go and your target audience hangs out online.  Intentionally build value and influence in the right communities, even if they are smaller.

If you are a business person trying to get into this social media thing, I fully expect that you have made all of these mistakes.  I promise you that if you get these things turned around, your popularity and influence will rise online, as will your pocketbook eventually. 

And if you need it, get help.  It is affordable and helps you build an audience for the future.

- Thank You!

Posted by Ron McDaniel | Filed Under Blog 

Comments

2 Responses to “Social Media - Virtual Buzz Assistant Required”

  1. Paula Quick on June 25th, 2008 5:18 am

    Thanks for these wonderful tips. I especially appreciated the one about not signing up for too many tools. Better to focus on a selected few than being on every network out there. Your tips also reminded me of something heard at a BNI meeting today — establish visability, credility then profitability — on that order. Thanks again for the great tips!

    Sincerely,

    Paula

  2. Tom At The Home Business Archive on June 30th, 2008 3:59 pm

    Excellent points.Social news sites can bring a lot of traffic to your site, only if you are active and participate by posting quality content from different sources on the internet.By only posting your own blog posts you are spamming the social sites and are getting banned.

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