Whats appropriate and not appropriate for social media and business Week #1

When in a business whether at home or in an actual office setting, it's important to get noticed and to have a successful business. When getting noticed social media is a good way to go, along with TV commercials, billboards and other such items. When using social media though, you shouldn't just jump in with every social media service you can find as some social media websites are geared towards personal use over more business like use. Some websites like Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest and maybe even YouTube seem to work best for business.

Take twitter for example, although its only allowed 140 letters per post whether you openly tweet the company or directly message them, should they follow you back of course, or longer it you have twit longer which allows you to post more then 140 letters in your message, it can still be a handy tool to respond to your customers quickly. I read once about a lady who was in need of service but through calling couldn't quite get what she needed. So she ranted on twitter and not only did someone running the company twitter see this right away, they had either been linked or showed the tweet or something like that, they had a repair person out to her house within the hour.

Facebook is also a good use for a business. Most business will give you a deal if you like them on Facebook and its a good way to get pictures and info about your product or other business out. YouTube can be a good source as well. It's a good spot to put out short little videos either about your product or what you do.

There are however some social media sites that would not be a great idea to use. These sites can include, in my opinion, places like Tumblr, Blogger might be another and tiny chat. Blogger is mainly used to discuss one thing, sometimes in great detail. While this may be a ok think for business, its not necessarily the best way to reach customers in an effective and positive way. Tiny Chat isn't very helpful at all, though it may be like Skype in the sense that you can video chat while also using text, you don't have to download any programs. While this may seem good not all businesses are computer related so for a business like carpeting or painting or even something dealing in wood work, it's just not ideal. Lastly Tumblr is also a bad idea for businesses as well. Tumblr is like a site mainly geared towards sharing things you like or love. Not a good idea if your a business trying to contact your customers.