| You can get a ton of new clients from | | | | party!! |
| Word-of-Mouth Advertising. Well, the new lingo is | | | | Youtube: Video is powerful! Even if you just do a |
| "Word-of-Mouse!" Traditional advertising can be | | | | few videos here, they can be a huge asset for |
| very expensive and have dismal results. Social | | | | your business, here's why: Google LOVES video: |
| Media on the other hand, can be extremely | | | | (they ought to, they bought YouTube) so when |
| powerful...and it's free! | | | | your client does a Google search for private party |
| Are you using Social Media to promote your | | | | bartender and you have done a quick 2 minute |
| Bartending Business? | | | | video describing your services, etc you are going |
| The Top Business books of 2009 are all Internet | | | | to show up on that first page of results! |
| and Social Media related. The first step is to make | | | | Facebook: Facebook may have started out as a |
| sure you have a blog or website. Once you have | | | | social networking group for college students, but |
| your online presence, you can send traffic from | | | | as the largest social networking sites ever, and |
| the networking sites to your website! | | | | also one of the most heavily trafficked sites on |
| How to get started: | | | | the planet, the average age of a Facebook user is |
| There are hundreds of social networking sites you | | | | now about 35. Use Facebook to connect with |
| can choose from on the web. But you don't need | | | | friends and family, but there should be links to |
| to sign up for more than a small handful because | | | | your website as well as a FAN PAGE for your |
| most will never give you the results you want | | | | business! (It gets great SEO) |
| (The 80/20 Rule!) There are 4 Essential players in | | | | Twitter: Twitter is my favorite! And for most it is |
| the Social Networking game that you have to be | | | | the hardest to understand! BUT it happens to be |
| involved in. In this article we will briefly introduce | | | | the fastest growing Social Networking platform |
| them to you as I recommend you sign up for | | | | right now with a grow of over 800% in just a |
| each. In the following weeks I will go into much | | | | few months of 2009. In a nutshell, it is like |
| more depth discussing how you can use each of | | | | mass-text messaging to all of your friends and |
| these tools to your benefit. | | | | followers. It is WAY MORE than "What am I |
| LinkedIn.com: Simply put, linkedIn is a powerful | | | | doing?" it is a communication tool that is in |
| networking platform for business professionals. It | | | | real-time! |
| is your resume on steroids. Your strategy with | | | | You don't have to spend a lot of money to make |
| LinkedIn is to create a professional, quality looking | | | | your brand shows up on demand using paid |
| page and then start to connect with others in | | | | advertising. You can simply combine the right |
| your area. Remember what I have always said, | | | | FREE tools and used them up easily. |
| people always know someone who is having a | | | | |