Saturday, February 12, 2011

Build Relationships Through Digital Media

Everyone's into Facebook and Twitter these days, adding friends, liking this and that, and so on. Most businesses even use these social media sites to marketing their business and you have to admit that they are indeed very valuable when it comes to driving traffic to your site. Well, if the marketing strategy is correctly done, the marketing approach through these social giants could turn in positive results.

Then again, they're not the only ones that could provide you the success in marketing your business. There are other methods wherein you can expand you business ventures. Among these is blogging. If you'll notice, there are a number of business sites from large companies which feature blogs. The purpose of these blogs is to not just serve as an information hub but as a means to build relationship with customers.

Blogs are considered among the most innovative type of digital media. And the web is swarming with resources on how you can create an effective blog. But if you're to create a corporate blog, it's best to take things slowly and seriously. That's because corporate blogs have to be, first and foremost, professional in design and in the content.

When it comes to design, a corporate blog has to exhibit a simple yet professional-looking design. Now with the content, it has to be conversational, like you're talking to your customer in person in a professional manner. Whatever is written on the blog will reflect the company's image. Writing a blog entry that's full of promotional messages will appear to customers as an ad and they'd simply leave your blog and worse they might never come back again. Keep in mind that modern consumers are very busy. They don't have time to read your words of promotion. The secret is to post a compelling and instructive entry. A good example of corporate blog is the one of Wal-Mart's. The company's blog has simply become a community for its customers, which is a good thing because not only are they becoming interactive, it also makes Wal-Mart's site a heavily visited site. And remember the more traffic, the higher the possibility of getting a deal.

So, push back the idea of the traditional method of getting a large poster printing just to show off your business. You can go online and use digital media like blogs to not only exhibit your business but also create a relationship with your customers.

Marion, works in an outsourcing company in the Philippines, specifically in the Bicol region where people are culturally rich and intellectually clever.


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