Posts Tagged ‘engagement’

Focus Your Attention and Build Engagement on Twitter with ConversationList

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

(There’s so much social media advice out there that it can be overwhelming. Tuesday Tweaks are the antidote… simple, step-by-step actions for improving your social media performance. On Tuesdays, but not every Tuesday.)

Conversationlist for twitterMany thought leaders agree that “engagement” is an important aspect of any Social Media business plan, but I continue to see many natural health and wellness businesses struggling to engage people online.

Conversationlist is a free tool that helps you build engagement on Twitter.

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Social Media for Sales: Feed the Soil (The Organic Approach)

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Why Social Media Helps Sales (But Only Sometimes)

Social Media supports the matrix of your sales cycle

Experienced sales people tend to agree that “sales” is a cycle, not a one-shot deal. The exchange of money for goods or services is usually the result of many factors. And it doesn’t end when money changes hands. If you want repeat sales, the cycle must continue.

In agriculture, the argument for Organic has always been “feed the soil.” By feeding the soil, you build a sustainable foundation that provides many healthy returns, with fewer required inputs. In a successful Organic system, bumper crops are the natural outcome of wise soil management.

You can use Social Media to help build a Brand Environment that produces healthy sales as the natural outcome. Or you can focus on quick chemical fixes… at the cost of sustainability.

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