Don’t Be Afraid! Busting The 5 Business Fears Of Social Media
October 25, 2012 4:30 pm 3 Comments
Social Media is EVERYWHERE!
What is your greatest fear? Is it spiders, scary clowns, or perhaps like me, you fear public restrooms! If you are a business owner, you might fear drowning in the social media sea weighted down by all of the latest technology tools.
Social media marketing and all the new tools that we are expected to master can seem like something out of a creepy Tim Burton movie. You open a closet door and fall into a giant Facebook hole. The floor is covered in Yelp ads and flashes of LinkedIn discussions dart across the room before you see the giant Google plus logo sprawled out on the floor. There is a small blue bird sitting in the corner laughing out loud as he watches cat videos on Youtube. You hear a heart beating faster and then heavy breathing. You realize it is you, running after a social media train that you can never catch. And then you wake up, sweating. Okay, thanks for letting me share my nightmare with you.
I will be taking on one fear each day, that we hear from clients when it comes to using social media for marketing their businesses, so that by Halloween night, you should be able to sleep like a baby holding a scary Chuckie Doll!
SOCIAL MEDIA FEAR #1
Someone is going to post a negative comment on my blog or social sites.
Someone Is Writing Bad Things In Our Web!
Okay, so this one is scary, but just like having a spider in your bed, isn’t it better to SEE the spider so you can spray it with an entire bottle of hairspray, than to slide under those covers and realize those hairy legs don’t belong to your spouse?
If someone writes a negative comment or review about your business on your blog, your Facebook page, your Yelp or Foursquare account, you can address the problem, offer a solution and hopefully get the person to end up singing your praises. If you don’t have a platform for customers to vent or provide feedback, they will find somewhere else to vent and your bottle of hairspray will be as useless as spray hair gel (trust me…it doesn’t even slow them down).
So turn your fear on this one into ways to provide exceptional service and stomp it off your list. Tomorrow we take on personal information being shared on business pages! AHHHHHHHH. Sleep well.
Don’t Let Social Media Make You CRAZY!
I am the President and Chief Hooligan at SynapseConnecting, where we help to manage the madness called social media marketing. I’d love to hear from you and know what keeps you up at night (aside from the Burrito that ate Juarez)! What challenges or fears do you have when it comes to managing your social media marketing plan?
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3 Comments
I’m always afraid that I’m missing something because I manage 2 websites, 2 Facebook pages, 2 Twitter feeds , 2 Pinterest Boards. I’d like to find a way to be more efficient and make sure things don’t slip through the cracks! Heard you speak at the Macaroni Kid Meet Up and am learning COZI…using your philosophy of learning one new app per month…I’ve had COZI for a longgggg time and never took the time!!
Julie, do you use a tool like Hootsuite to manage all of those? I’m sure like our teams, you can start feeling schizophrenic managing multiple personas. Hootsuite is a lifesaver as well as the tips I shared in the next post on how to schedule your week.
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Julie–are you using Hootsuite? It is the magic tool that helps me keep tabs on 28 Facebook Pages, 6 LinkedIn pages, Google plus profiles and more! If you are looking for a great tool–check it out here: http://hootsuite.com/p_9549?d=upgrade