Friday 30 January 2015

So you are a small business owner - How's your social media going?

 

 #londonbizparty | #GAsocialmediaproject | #irishbizparty


A free and fun way to grow your London-based small business on Twitter.com

 
Grow your London-based small business online on Twitter with GA Repair Services, in the image: business woman holding a growing tree in soil
Let's grow our small businesses together on Twitter.com

 

Welcome dear fellow small business owner in London,


You have invested lots of energy into advertising and getting your clients on-board. Now you are getting recognised for the quality services you provide locally in your area of expertise. It's high time to get your business online and reach an audience with an unslakable thirst to drink in your every word.

So... How's your social media marketing going?


Maybe you already have a professionally designed website, but you might think it to yourself: "I will only deal with online marketing, SEO, web-design and online presence later on."

So you set up your social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook, maybe you even go further to create a Linked-In Company page, a Google+ business page, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube and you already got lost... So many social media platforms. Do you feel that you are unable to keep up with all what's going on? Probably...

Then you get over your first shock and get ready to give it your best shot, you log in on Twitter.com. After finely designing your page headers, you upload your business logo, paste in your marketing message in the relevant bio sections and you are all set for your first engaging social media post. Wasn't it easy so far? No, it was not that easy.

Then you publish your first 10 posts. And what happens? Nothing. So you try another way. You posted your next 20 posts by now. And what's happened? Nothing.

Hardly you received any new followers.  No engagements, apart from some of your peers retweeting your messages to support you. Other than that it seems no one cares. And the bitter fact is that no one really cares.

Why no one wants to follow me? Is my business interesting enough?


Of course, you are interesting, but you don't have much experience in how Twitter really works. It's not all about the quantity. You don't need to buy fake followers.  You don't have to pay for useless Re tweets and Favourites. Instead, try to engage in meaningful conversations with your fellow small business owners.

What can you do to engage your Twitter Followers?

Get online next Thursday evening and introduce your business using #londonbizparty
Get online next Thursday evening and introduce your business using #londonbizparty


#irishbizparty - Free Online Marketing Support for Small Businesses


Have you heard of the @irishbizparty social media project?

#Irishbizparty was created by Samantha Kelly on a Wednesday evening. Sam was having a particularly demanding week so she decided that she would try to create a bit of positivity and thought that surely she was not the only one coming across the same difficulties in Twitter marketing.
 
She simply asked the question on Twitter if there were any small businesses who needed help promoting themselves and asked them to tweet what they did using the hashtag #irishbizparty and she told them to tell her what they do and that she would retweet it for them.

Sam got a lot of replies and this continued for a while until it started to get really busy.

The results were amazing and soon there were over thirty businesses all active and the great thing was they all followed each other and re-tweeted each other’s business!

So that is really how it started and she decided to do it every Wednesday night after that.

It has since grown rapidly into hundreds and #irishbizparty trends regularly on Wednesdays and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon!

#londonbizparty & the #GAsocialmediaproject


We, at GA Repair London decided to take on the challenge and create a magical stir online the same way, of course, with the support of the original creator of this fantastic online business networking opportunity.

How do I get involved in #GAsocialmediaproject ?



The #GAsocialmediaproject is GA Repair's own online marketing project which aims to help other small businesses in London, particularly in the Wembley and Haringey, North London areas with easy online networking and free social media advertising opportunities.

The project is all about helping SMEs who have limited budget for online advertising and are struggling with social media management. All you have to do is to follow our advice and guides, then retweet our posts hash-tagged with #GAsocialmediaproject so other small businesses can do the same and we can grow our online community together.


#LondonBizParty #smallbiz #networking #London
Follow @LondonBizParty on Twitter.com

How do I get involved in #londonbizparty ?


Now here's @LondonBizParty

Just search for the hashtag #londonbizparty on Twitter and take part in the conversation by using that hashtag in your tweets. We are most active every Thursday evening from 9-11pm.

The attending businesses spend the evening networking in their pyjamas get to reach a national (and often an international) audience and grow their twitter following and brand awareness. Just follow the hashtag to see all of the networking taking place.


How can you join? What can you do?


Simple. Come back every Wednesday. Read what we have tried and what we suggest. Get in touch, ask, comment, like, share, re-tweet or fave, so simply join the conversation.

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