Daniel’s Internet Marketing and Piano Blog

Using Web 2.0 – Social Media February 8, 2009

With Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn becoming ever more popular, one must begin to start utilizing them in their everyday life.  In addition, they can become of a part of your marketing.  By having these types of pages, you can really build relationships with prospects & leads, and even potential employers.

With Facebook, one can network with all their friends, or fans.  Join groups with similar interests and discuss.  One great feature I like is the ability to change your status.  With a status change, one can easily send out a quick advertisement of whatever it is they like.  With pages of great material for your business, you can keep people updated with everything going on with your company, that is if you want it public.

Personally, as a conductor/pianist/Internet Marketer, I use Facebook to connect with friends mostly, however, I am building other connections as well.  I made many friends at conducting workshops I have attended, and hope to keep in touch with them with the use of this tool as well.  Everyone always gets their first conducting gig, not by getting hired, but by substituting in for someone they know.  Perhaps they may need me, for a gig they can’t do, then I’ll have it made.  You can friend me too, just click here

LinkedIn, I’m not so familiar with, but it’s a professional networking site.  As a pianist/conductor, most of my field, is usually further behind, if not last, when it comes to the Internet learning curve, so I doubt that I will soon see my favorite conductors and other professionals anytime soon, but once I start getting in to the workplace myself, I can build connections and bring them on board.  Then, when I apply for new jobs, I can just send people to my LinkedIn profile, and they can see everyone I’ve worked with him, and all the AMAZING THINGS they think of me, with their recommendations all in one place.

Last but not least is Twitter.  I recently signed up for an account, and was a little skeptical, until I followed some of my Internet Marketing Idles, and I was AMAZED!  The whole idea is that people that you value, will follow YOU!  I am no Internet Marketing or SEO guru, but after following Andy Jenkins, the CEO of Stompernet, he now follows ME!  To think that I can instantly communicate with these super busy people, simply with the power of tweets amazes me.  Plus, I decided to follow legendary copywriter Joe Sugarman, and now he follows me too.  I can communicate with these amazing people now!  That’s what it’s all about.  Now if your organization has this too, people can instantly communicate with you also, and FOLLOW what you’re doing.

Talk about keeping your fans up to date with everything that’s going on in your organization.  Yay!

NOTE:  Be sure to follow me on Twitter