Social Media and Your Business. Are You Keeping Up?

Social Media continues to evolve.  It seems to be changing every month with new platforms, new trends, and applications.  So you have your business on Facebook and Twitter and you think you are doing just fine in the world of social media.  But are you really?  Here are a few facts with business and social media.  As Facebook becomes more of a "We want your money" operation, more and more people are drifting away to find the free platforms for their business to reach their masses.  If you want the goodies now on Facebook, you are finding you have to cough up some dough to get it.  Facebook's recent audience network launch program means for the business, the days of something for nothing is over. 


What is becoming more popular for target marketing is video and images.  Many of the Fortune 500 companies are moving in this direction for advertising and marketing.  Images tell a lot and young shoppers especially are using this to their advantage and in their shopping habits.  Pinterest and Instagram  are picking up not only more users but advertisers as well as they pull away from traditional desktop platforms.  Mobility, video, and photo images is 3 key words you as a business need to grasp and embrace for marketing and advertising.  Video and still images have helped push Instagram, Pinterest, and Vine to new heights.  Another popular tool for the young 15 to 25 crowd is Snapchat.  While advertisers and still trying to figure out how to capture this new hot platform,  Snapchat has become very trendy to this key target market. 


While I am not saying you should not still keep a solid market plan in place for Facebook and Twitter, businesses need to be open to new platforms and monitor social media trends to capture that market share.  keep up regular engagement conversations with your customers and stay connected.  Remember, spending your marketing dollars in an empty room is not only fruitless, it is silly.  Capture your market share and stay abreast of technology changes.  Be a leader in the social media circle. Reach your goals.