Social Media in 2009 everyone was just getting there feet wet in the game. Now in 2010 all the social medias has flourished and expanded into the corporate world and all kinds of businesses. Now it is becoming a big deal where social media campaign are going up everyday. Here is a checklist that will get your campaign started: Determine your goals/objectives now. Determine the media mix and customers/influencer's to reach. Set a Budget. Produce engaging content. Determine a measurement strategy.



Energy drink fans looking to get their hands on an icy cold, refreshing Krystal Blitz Energy Drink are in luck this week thanks to a social media. The weeklong initiative requires guests to stay tuned to Krystal’s Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube pages to discover specific web addresses that contain a coupon for a free Krystal Blitz. Each page had a free coupon that would draw more attention. Once the page disappears/reloads the coupon would go away, which would make the users stay tuned. In this way it is forcing the user to go through the site.

Twitter Emerging as Online Video Power Broker [STATS]

On this site they did a short Twitter poll. Most of the people are using Twitter are not just out there to connect with friends, they are looking for interesting things to discuss and that interest them. They said Twitter is “more tuned to my tastes,” in the words of one user. This media doesn't allow you to have large amounts of content instead you are to retweet information and links. Twitter is a huge referral source for online video. Video (video) blogging pioneer Steve Garfield, who literally wrote the book on web video, told us, “Twitter is my #1 recomendation engine for finding videos.” All though this site says there are plenty of videos on Twitter, I don't ever come across them unless someone says I have a great video that is on this topic we are discussing and post it. It's mostly links to other sites, sometimes they are blogs.

As Social Media Takes Off, Most Marketers Get it Wrong

http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/as-social-media-takes-off-most-marketers-get-it-wrong/

I thought that this article was interesting to read. So marketers are having a problem with social media? I see social media helping out companies connect with their user audience. Users are rapidly growing with social media networking, which is good for all businesses.



"If we had 78 million potential customers sitting in our lobby each month, would our answer be to hang an ad in the lobby? If we had 1 billion potential customers walking around outside our offices, many of whom wanted to talk about what we do, would we drop press releases out the window? (I suspect some CMOs would, actually, as Pavlovian conditioning is very strong…)

Social media’s future is bright. These statistics are pretty compelling. What marketers have to figure out is how to engage with this opportunity, in addition to advertise to it. It’s affordable. It’s just really strange at first. Hopefully these 50%-plus annual growth rates will convince more folks to try…"

Is Twitter good for you?

http://www.seoconsult.co.uk/SEOBlog/twitter-and-search-engine-optimisation/is-twitter-good-for-you.html

In some ways I think twitter is good for all businesses that want more traffic to come to there sites or locations. It helps users interact with them by posting links and for a business they can keep people attentive with latest updates on the company.
For your company it could mean that, while a Twitter campaign could well be a huge success as part of your SEO, it could also be a waste of time. If you are interested in a Twitter campaign then you should definitely do some research first and check out other companies that have done the same and see where they are standing on this network. Advice from an SEO expert can help you to determine whether the audience on Twitter actually suits your business, and you can talk to us at SEO Consult.