{"id":51,"date":"2011-08-25T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madprogrammer76.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/25\/what-can-social-media-do-for-you"},"modified":"2011-08-25T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T10:57:00","slug":"what-can-social-media-do-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/what-can-social-media-do-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can Social Media Do For You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"background-color:#fefdfa;color:#333333;font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;\"><b>Keep Your Website Content Fresh<\/b><br \/>Social media in the form of blogging is a great way to keep your website fresh with new content. \u00a0Blogging can be in the form of video (podcast), text, audio or images. \u00a0It is always good to keep fresh relevant content to entice your audience to come back. \u00a0If your audience notices that your content is stale and unchanging, they simply will not come back. \u00a0Blogging will also keep you sharp and current, because you are thinking; this in turn will help you generate new ideas.<br \/><b><br \/><\/b><br \/><b>Drive People To Your Site<\/b><br \/>Using Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and other live feed sites, will help you drive traffic to your on-line presence. \u00a0These sites tell your audience when something new is happening within your company, community and when you publish new content on your website. \u00a0Twitter keeps you focused on your message to your audience due to its 140 character limit.<br \/><b><br \/><\/b><br \/><b>Market Research<\/b><br \/>Using social media, you can collect information about what people are talking about ( trending ). \u00a0You can watch, ask questions and monitor trends. \u00a0 Twitter allows you to search for trends, get live data, create lists and organize. \u00a0 Using sites like Hootsuite and TweetDeck, you can monitor more than one social media outlet. \u00a0By organizing your live feeds, you can keep your more relevant data at the forefront.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much more to Social Media, but it is mostly in how you use it. \u00a0It can distract just as easy as be a positive tool. \u00a0You must decide what you need at the end of the day and keep your focus. \u00a0Do not allow yourself to get sucked into social media overload and addictions. \u00a0By keeping your focus, you can empower your web presence and drive people to your office, storefront and website.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep Your Website Content FreshSocial media in the form of blogging is a great way to keep your website fresh with new content. \u00a0Blogging can be in the form of video (podcast), text, audio or images. \u00a0It is always good to keep fresh relevant content to entice your audience to come back. \u00a0If your audience &hellip; 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