Social media etiquette – can and should social media be used as a sales tool?

I watched in anticipation as a new Facebook group was set up to allow a group of business people to advertise their businesses to the other group members. This seemed to be a knee jerk reaction to the growing number of people hijacking the community Facebook group (originally set up to provide business people with a support network) with sales related messages.

Focus your social media campaigns

Focus your social media campaigns

Too many people and businesses jump into using social media because they know they should be, but have no clear plan of what they hope to achieve. In this post, I take it back to basics, looking at the 3 Ms of marketing and how you can use them to create a strategic social media marketing plan and achieve your goals.