{"id":25065,"date":"2017-05-17T10:09:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T14:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/?p=25065"},"modified":"2020-09-21T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T15:05:24","slug":"4typesofsoicalmedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2017\/05\/4typesofsoicalmedia\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Types of Social Media that can Help Your Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>4 Types of Social Media that can Help Your Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social Media is a platform that all business should take advantage of these days. Whether it be through LinkedIn,\u00a0 Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. the point being made is if a business is not online it could be left behind. By not exploring your company&#8217;s options through social media your company is left to a limited market of word of mouth. Leaving no way of getting your company&#8217;s values and ideas straight to the customer.<\/p>\n<p>One example of this would be let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re a pizza shop with great pizza that also has a gluten free option. If you create a Facebook page about your great pizza shop with gluten free option a whole customer base that is gluten free will open up when looking online. So below is a breakdown of 4 social media sites to help your business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook: <\/strong>Good place to put a description of your business and let customers know about any upcoming closing hours for holidays or technical difficulties. Facebook is also useful for customers to write reviews on your company and give feedback to you and potential customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LinkedIn: <\/strong>This is more of a business to business type of social media where you can link up and look at other businesses and other business can do the same for you. This is a good way to meet other business like your own and connect with other business for potential collaborations or deals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> Twitter is a great way to promote deals or upcoming events for your company. Using Twitter to show specials of the day or updates on your company&#8217;s latest projects gives consumers and other business a chance to look at your day to day progress and work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> Instagram is a great place to post images of what&#8217;s going on with your company.\u00a0This is also a great place for customers to post images of the service that your company has provided for them. Allowing potential customers to actually see all the great work your company has been doing.<\/p>\n<p>For more ways to improve your company&#8217;s marketing online and on social media check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.braatheenterprises.com\/\"><strong>\u00a0Braathe Enterprises<\/strong><\/a><strong><u>.<\/u><\/strong> If you need more advice on social media and other fundamental elements to build a successful business, contact us at <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#105;&#x6e;f&#111;&#x40;&#98;&#x72;a&#x61;&#x74;&#104;&#x65;e&#x6e;t&#101;&#x72;&#112;&#x72;i&#115;&#x65;&#115;&#x2e;c&#111;&#x6d;\">i&#110;&#x66;&#x6f;&#64;&#98;&#114;&#x61;&#x61;t&#104;&#x65;&#x65;n&#116;&#101;&#x72;&#x70;r&#105;&#x73;&#x65;s&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Types of Social Media that can Help Your Company Social Media is a platform that all business should take advantage of these days. 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