cre8you Online Blog

Social Media knowledge and resources for small business in regional Australia.

“WHAT AM I GOING TO SAY?”

Jakki Goodall - Monday, October 31, 2011


  READ FULL ARTICLE



One wall, two ears

Jakki Goodall - Wednesday, October 19, 2011

One of the biggest mistakes that business owners seem to make when starting to use social media is they start to create content that is all about them. They place content onto their wall that is about their business and their products. It just seems like the logical thing, right? Wrong...It's about learning how to listen.


Yep, fundamentally, the most important thing to do is to respond to people on your wall, because it increases the engagement and that is one of the key factors Facebook looks at when they decide what content gets through. So you should respond first and talk about yourself later.


But I know I can hear you saying...”then what the heck should I talk about if I’m not going to be talking about my business and products?” It becomes a chicken or the egg thing!!!


Try this..... go to your wall and ask your customers “just wondering what cool stuff you guys got up to this weekend?” Be careful though it may take a while for people to believe that you really care about the answer. If you have already set yourself up as a faceless business this post won’t help you. Instead you will need to put in a bit more effort.  I know it sucks right (when life isn’t about you).


You’ll need to do some research on a couple of key people in your audience. Find the ones that looooooove to chat....then have a one on one interaction with them. Within this conversation again remember....It’s not about you. Get to know something about them and start on conversation around a topic that you would BOTH be interested in....try it and see what results you get. Then let me know...

  READ FULL ARTICLE


How to leverage your existing promotional graphics via Facebook

Jakki Goodall - Monday, October 03, 2011
.. and why not....you have already invested the time and money into producing it? This way it keeps both your offline customers and your online fans informed of up coming specials/promotions.. The trick is to make it a conversation not a post. I suggest you look at the products in your promotion and make a suggestion that creates conversation. 

Below is an example of text you could use.

EXAMPLE: 

"I saw this same bowl in a friend's place <hyperlink friend> the other day and asked her where she got it from, she said Bali and went on to explain how difficult it was to get it back in the country. She almost died when I said we import and stock them in our local store just down the road...... Got me thinking of so many other importing horror stories I have heard of over the years.....would love you to share one.

Remember facebook is not a marketer's platform; facebook is a social Media platform, so make it social: including a friend or fan, transfer the information as a conversation, experience or thought ...and don't sell.

Do you know how to upload your promotional graphics onto your page?  READ FULL ARTICLE


How Much Cleavage is Acceptable?

Lisa Wain - Thursday, January 27, 2011

When I joined ‘The facebook’ over 4 years ago I took the name literally and immediately added my face to my profile. Since then I have never changed my profile picture. This was not because I was lazy or technically challenged, it actually took a lot of discipline NOT to jump on board the many ‘change your profile pic to support such and such’ campaigns, it was because I wanted to see how long it would be before I really HAD to change my profile picture.

  READ FULL ARTICLE



Keeping afloat after the floods

Jakki Goodall - Monday, January 24, 2011

It is always a hard thing to know, as a trainer, if the knowledge that you are sharing with your participants is what they wanted when they signed up for your course or workshop. So it is  reassuring when you receive feedback acknowledging that this has been achieved. 

  READ FULL ARTICLE



The Internet Revolution – Where Is It Taking Us?

Jakki Goodall - Wednesday, November 10, 2010

“Australian business is heading to a technology crunch. Business is evolving and if you can’t keep up, you’ll be left behind ...” Well, no. In reality, Australia’s workforce is rapidly ageing and there are simply not enough young people coming through the business ranks quickly enough. It’s not going to be you that will be left behind by the tech crunch ... it’s going to be your business.  It’s this modern digital divide – a new-fashioned generation gap currently demonstrated by the take up of social media - which is posing a threat to business as Australia’s population ages.  READ FULL ARTICLE



Social Media Revolution

Lisa Wain - Wednesday, June 23, 2010

cre8you is delivering a program that helps small business to get online.  This program will introduce you to popular social media sights and show you how you can use these free tools to get your business online.  The following YouTube video is a great introduction to why social media is so important to small business.  READ FULL ARTICLE



Social Media ROI

Lisa Wain - Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Here is another great YouTube video by Socialnomics highlighting the great return on investment that can be gained by using social media in your business.  cre8you's Bush Business Online Program will take you through some basic steps on how to get started so be sure to check it out.

  READ FULL ARTICLE