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How can a blog help my business ?

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There are a lot of new terms out there, like Social Media, tweeting,  and blogging.  Well, in our next series of blogs we are going to be exploring these new terms and what they mean. Today, we are going to start with what is a blog and what can it do for me?  A blog  can have many purposes, but its primary purpose in working with Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Linked In) for your business is to help direct traffic from search engines to your website and facebook page.  Search Engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo catalog all the words on the internet. So if I have ten blogs that reference Tech Solutions Roanoke Va, that is going to help Spencer Technology Solutions get closer to the top of the search results when someone looks up that phrase on a search engine.  Using a blog is all about key words and phrases and using them correctly in your blog to help push traffic to your website.  In essence it is comparative to putting a bigger ad in the yellow pages from days gone by.   The more blogs you have the bigger your yellow pages ad. 

Now while that is main purpose that most business owners want from their blog, it is not all that a blog is useful for.  A blog is also useful for archiving information for your company.   You are creating your own library of information for others to view.  You can list any information that you want to help others know more about your business.   Think of it as your own series of articles in the paper, or in a magazine.   You can print whatever you wish for your reading audience.  A blog is an information outlet, as well as a marketing tool.  Why not let Spencer Technology Solutions set up a blog for your business today?  Call us at 540-815-9397 for more details.

Social Media – How can it work for me?

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Spencer Technology Solutions, Roanoke’s premier IT Consulting Firm wants to help you put Social Media to work for you. We are your go to Social Media consultants in Roanoke VA.  Remember the Yellow Pages, and how you used to flip through the book to find what you were looking for?  Remember how some businesses would pay more for larger ads to catch your eye?  Well today’s fast paced world uses Social Media as a means of “flipping through the yellow pages”.  What is Social Media ? It is the newest buzz word in the business and technology industry.  How Social Media work for your business in the Roanoke Valley ?  Social Media encompasses Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, and of course blogging – like you are reading now.   Social Media allows you to promote your business with blog articles, videos, photo albums on your facebook page and much more.  

If someone wants to know about a local business in their area, they are going to google it, or use some other search engine on the internet to find what they are looking for.  Well Social Media is how you increase your company’s search engine optimization (SEO), or presence on the internet.  You make it easier for new customers to find you and read more about your business. 

Now just think, I had to say all of that just to tell you that Social Media is the modern day Yellow Pages.  Call Spencer Technology Solutions today at 540-815-9397 for your Social Media consultation.  Let us help you put the Yellow Pages to work for you today.

Social Media – What is it? How can it work for me?

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We have all heard the term “Social Media.” It is the newest buzz word in the business and technology industry.  But what is Social Media, and how can it work for your business in the Roanoke Valley ?  Social Media encompasses Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, and of course blogging – like you are reading now.  Other sites like LinkedIn and MySpace are considered Social Media as well.  You say this is all well and good for playing games and having fun talking to friends, but how is this helping my business.  Afterall, didn’t we just discuss how employees are goofing off in the workplace by playing on Facebook?

Remember when you were a kid, and you wanted to know where the best shoe store was, or the best ice cream parlor ? How did you find out? Well, you got out the old yellow pages, and you looked at the ads until you found what you were looking for.  Now think of Facebook and its counterparts as the modern day yellow pages.  If someone wants to know about a local business in their area, they are going to google it, or use some other search engine on the internet to find what they are looking for.  Well Social Media is how you increase your company’s search engine optimization (SEO), or presence on the internet.  You make it easier for new customers to find you and read more about your business. 

Now just think, I had to say all of that just to tell you that Social Media is the modern day Yellow Pages.  Call Spencer Technology Solutions today at 540-815-9397 for your Social Media consultation.  Let us help you put the Yellow Pages to work for you today.