Comments on: Ready to Engage With Social Media? Ask a Few Simple Questions. http://bcadgroup.com/2009/06/05/ready-to-enage-with-social-media-ask-a-few-simple-questions/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:07:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chad Rothschil http://bcadgroup.com/2009/06/05/ready-to-enage-with-social-media-ask-a-few-simple-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-3644 Chad Rothschil Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:12:15 +0000 http://bcadgroup.com/?p=2506#comment-3644 I think you need to really evaluate why you are doing this... 1. Are you doing this just because it is the new rave? 2. If you do decide to get in the conversation, do you have a plan? Many people I speak to do not get Social Media. They think it is a platform to solicit business, not a platform to "engage" (like you said above) their customers and prospects. Add value information, create a community and invest in the relationships. I have several articles to help you through this process. Chad Rothschild www.chadrothschild.com I think you need to really evaluate why you are doing this…

1. Are you doing this just because it is the new rave?
2. If you do decide to get in the conversation, do you have a plan?

Many people I speak to do not get Social Media. They think it is a platform to solicit business, not a platform to “engage” (like you said above) their customers and prospects.

Add value information, create a community and invest in the relationships.

I have several articles to help you through this process.

Chad Rothschild
http://www.chadrothschild.com

]]> By: Tim Lloyd http://bcadgroup.com/2009/06/05/ready-to-enage-with-social-media-ask-a-few-simple-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-3591 Tim Lloyd Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:24:01 +0000 http://bcadgroup.com/?p=2506#comment-3591 Great post, thank you. I would concur particularly with the second point: any social media presence needs to be proportional to the time a business will have available to keep it up-to-date and of value to customers and other stakeholders. Dusty, out of date profiles and communities are worse than nothing at all. Great post, thank you.
I would concur particularly with the second point: any social media presence needs to be proportional to the time a business will have available to keep it up-to-date and of value to customers and other stakeholders.
Dusty, out of date profiles and communities are worse than nothing at all.

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