Social Media Strategies

Social Media Networks has become much more than a place to meet, chat and make new friends online, they are public platforms on the web where people are totally empowered and liberated to comment, like, dislike, or recommend things.

The unrestricted freedom to communicate and share information across the globe using social media apparently changed our habits and interaction on the web, and created a new market place of opportunities for small business website owners, web authors, and developers.

If you own or manage a business website, you should not ignore or overlook the growing importance of social networking. More people are discovering new websites and blogs through their social media connections every day so you should implement a social media strategy to help promote your online business.

With a few lines of Html and Javascript codes added to the pages, your site can benefit from this prevailing trend too! Once you add a Social component to your site and start engaging in social activities, you'll be connected to an ever expanding electronic medium equip with new technologies and tools that makes it easy to merge people and business with the web.

We often use search engines to promote our sites and find things on the web, but a lot of websites don't show up in search engine results! You can generate interest, encourage interactivity and expand the parameters of your website through social networking.

If 500 people like your site and 25 dislike it, that's an indication that people are visiting and interacting with your site. Some may not find your site useful, and that's OK, but the fact is, you can increase the visibility of your website through social media.

As with all third party services provided on the web there are the pros and cons that you should be aware of before using them on your website. Most of the social media buttons are powered by Javascript codes which can create accessibility and usability problems if not implemented correctly.