How Social Media can Improve Lead Generation

Feb 9
08:36

2011

Matt Hallaran

Matt Hallaran

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The question on everybody’s mind is: how can we gain organic leads? The answer? Look into the trend. Where is the population of the internet concentrated? And what are the social media tools that are succeeding in the industry?

At the end of 2010,How Social Media can Improve Lead Generation Articles we learned that search was here to stay, and that SEO strategies were beginning to evolve. No longer are we going to rely on top spots on search engines and hope that potential leads find our sites. We have got to join the conversations, mingle in the fun, and speak the language that everyone is learning.

Easily, we can say that everybody is on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and MySpace. With over 100 million users to their database, these are the social media tools you can use to help improve your leads.

One of the top predictions for 2011 is the use of Twitter’s Link Graph and the relevance it can provide for your sites. Where people are exchanging information, social media thus becomes closely tied with search. If you focus on Twitter alone, we have seen it in past events that news has travelled faster on Twitter than on actual news websites. Therefore, the use of social media will circulate your site and help you gain the audience you so badly need.

With a few compelling messages and a link to add, you can target the market that you need. With social media at the forefront, you want to give users a glimpse into the information they can find when they come to your website. Whether you are hooked up to a blog, or providing a service that can promise the best results; social media can help draw in a good percentage of your leads.

Make sure to keep your messages short and sweet, converse with the market, and welcome every single person to check out the service you provide. Social media is changing the way we do lead generation.