Social Networking for Business - is it worth it? 15th March 2011 10:36 AM
ahem.. social networking is work.. honest 
PostsBest Way to get clients 14th March 2011 2:03 PM “Ok so if you were a new business how would you do this as some methods cost money ”Depends on the business surely? eg a sandwich shop would be better off with local flyers, an online business would be better off spending any budget on an optimised website. Any new business on/off line or both requires funding of some sort. To think otherwise is to invite disaster. Members Help 14th March 2011 1:33 PM “I needed some hosting for something but they literally have no budget” As oriview says, plenty of free providers around. Just remember you get what you pay for  If it's a registered Charity, then we give free Lifetime Listings, which can act as a webpage for them. Just tell them to contact us or PM me. What is your favorite operating system? 14th March 2011 1:29 PM lol good answer. Did my MCSE 2003 and use Redhat for our servers. Says it all  What Is Link Building? - some imp information 14th March 2011 1:24 PM “Start by buying about 10 domains for your B sites and link into the main site then start promoting each one of the B sites individually from the A list, usually blogs, directories, articles etc etc” Isn't this what Google was trying to address on its latest update? ie all these automated scraper sites, which are just for the purpose of providing a link back to a main site? Otherwise how could you maintain and update so many sites/domains? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick? Best Way to get clients 14th March 2011 1:16 PM Online all the way, old school sales approach doesn't work for us, pavement pounding, cold calling etc. Passive conversions via general online marketing, and active conversions via adwords. “I've spent a very small amount on Google AdWords, I'm not convinced it generates any sales though.” Trust me it works. You need to have a good experiment with it, but it's worth the investment in time. Chinese Social Network causing a stir! 14th March 2011 11:40 AM Great story from Businessweek: Since 2009, China has blocked Facebook, the world's largest online social media network. This year, Renren, one of China's largest social networks, plans to raise $500 million on the New York Stock Exchange. So a Chinese social network can tap U.S. capital markets, but American social networks can't tap Chinese consumer markets. Does that sound fair? China's Facebook Syndrome - BusinessWeek So online and offline trade still aren't seen as equals! Social Networking for Business - is it worth it? 14th March 2011 11:26 AM It's interesting seeing on various forums and blogs the amount of time business owners put into to developing Facebook fan pages, tweeting etc and the amount of stressing that goes on when these don't return obvious results. Are we all getting too hung up certain aspects of social networking, and is it becoming an increasing burden on your daily time management? Or do you think you have the balance about right and are happy with the results social networking brings? annoying neighbours / neighbours from hell 14th March 2011 10:10 AM “Think we have all had this type of nieghbour at one stage or another.” It really is unbelievable, you hear so many stories of neighbours from hell, it seems every streets got at least one! These people just have too much time on their hands, shame they couldn't be more productive with it! Then you see things like the news footage of Japan and it puts it all into perspective.  Members Help 14th March 2011 10:04 AM Your answer is a bit on the woolly side? Plus you can pick domains up for pennies these days, so confused about what it is you are trying to do? |