You probably think of Facebook and Twitter as ways to exchange interesting information with your friends, but they can also be a huge profit center for businesses. On the other hand, improperly used social media sites quickly eat up your time. Here are some tips and ideas to help you make the most of your social media site.

Add a “Retweet” button to the top of each blog post. By placing the button at the top of posts, it will be easier for people to share the content with others on Twitter. Not to even mention that more and more people will see your material as it’s shared across the web.

If you’re opening up some social sites, don’t forget to invite every friend, relative and acquaintance to come join you. Contrary to popular belief, your network does not have to be comprised solely of customers and people within your niche. You can invite a wide range of people to join your network.

You should put a ‘like’ box on Facebook on the top of your blog page. People will find it easier to like your page and give you more of a fan base. When you have this box on your blog, it makes it easy for your visitors to show their appreciation without being distracted from your page. This makes it easy and more likely that your visitors will do this and you will see more traffic because of ity.

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Use incentives to encourage people to follow you through social media. Offer customers something exclusive that is unavailable elsewhere. Offer unique items through contests. Or you can add in a special discount for followers for a limited time. Or, you can simply make exclusive announcements via social media.

Plan your high-level social media strategy wisely and carefully. If you do not have a clear strategy and bounce from one social site to another, you can end up wasting time and money. Get together a strategy that outlined your plan of attack and go forth accordingly.

To maximize your site, allow comments and ratings. When you add these popular functions, you empower your users to help choose your content and direct your efforts. They will appreciate the opportunity to participate actively.

Frequently update your information and posts on your social networking website. Social network users look for updates very often, and if your site does not provide new content, you could lose customers and damage your reputation. Dedicate a few days out of the week for updates.

Answer questions or comments that people post. Take the time to look for these each time you visit your site.

Consistently keep an attitude of humility in all your social media content. If you sound like you’re arrogant, you’ll end up with a bad reputation and your offensive posts repeated all over the Internet. It is important to not lose site of the fact that it is your customers that ultimately drive your business and make it successful or not. Your success depends on them.

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The benefits of social media sites can be tremendous. The pool of users registered to such sites is ever-growing, and if you market through them effectively, a vast potential audience is yours for the taking. Now you should have some more ideas on how you can successfully implement social media marketing. It’s time to put these ideas into action on your favorite social media service.