Serious Entrepreneurs Mind Their Social Manners

By: Art Basmajian

Using social media is an excellent way to promote business for free; and you, the serious entrepreneur who have been doing online marketing for quite some time, are probably learning this.

And that’s because you’ve now been branded as a SPAMMER!One of the blessings of Web 2.0 is online social networking. A lot of people use these to remain in constant communication with friends, to meet new acquaintances, and develop connections that are work-related; however, people are always looking abuse this wonderful service. And this is especially true with social networking online.An Internet property is simply a web page; and any web page that allows social interaction is considered social media. Web 2.0 is another name for sites that allow people to contribute material to it.

A blog is web 2.0 (for the blogger), Facebook and MySpace are web 2.0, Flickr and Twitter are web 2.0, and social bookmarking sites are all web 2.0.

As internet marketing evolved, people figured out that they were able to promote their businesses for free using all these types of properties and thought, “WowFree Cool!”

Problem is that it’s not cool!

Social media, loosely defined, allows you to use a piece of Internet property for yourself and to advertise your business – to a certain extent. Etiquette, of course, should tell you when to stop, especially when you’re already pissing off certain kinds of people that have a lot of power online. If you cross this line, you’re jeopardizing your reputation as a serious and reputable Internet entrepreneur.

Take a look at it this way:

It’s the weekend – time to forget about work, catch up with old friends, make some new friends possibly. So you go to a party. You’re having a great time. Then someone comes up to you, introduces himself, and immediately tries selling you on some business opportunity.

Isn’t that such a big turn-off? This scenario actually happens when people start using social media sites in the wrong way.

To be a really serious businessman, you need to understand that social media is for making friends and not money. Like conducting businesses face to face, this is how online marketing should be done. There is a specific place and time for business. Social networking is one way of making connections and learning something about your potential business contacts.

Nobody likes to be force-fed. Building lasting relationships takes time and requires a mutual respect, and so does building a loyal following for your business.

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