Are you keeping up with your competition? Social media marketing (SMM) is making strong inroads among organizations and business owners. Today 97% of consumers research products, services and local business's using online media prior to purchasing. The mistaken belief is that, these technologies are used only by young people, but in fact nearly All of the purchasing public use and rely on them. Social Media Marketing is key to getting and staying in front of your target market and monitoring your online reputation. <br /><br />Marketing of goods and services has made the shift from the former "one-way" broadcast to a "multi-point" conversation, adding confidence and integrity. These former "one-way" broadcasts were through marketing channels like TV, radio and newspapers. Today with social media, these "multi-point" conversations take place through marketing channels such as Facebook and Twitter, which have more than 700 million members combined. In other words 1 out of every 12 persons on earth is on Facebook alone, and the fastest growing new users of Facebook are over 55. We witnessed evidence of this shift in 2010 when Facebook received more hits than Google. Let's not forget the #2 largest search engine YouTube, which gets 300 million visitors a month. Social media marketing is all about interaction our learning to contribute, share and give value to others in a variety of different and complementary ways. <br /><br />Social media marketing is not a fad, it is the way business is conducted today. <br /><br />Because more and more customers are forsaking conventional media in favor of the Internet, businesses need to execute a new marketing strategy that involves social media marketing. <br />Social media marketing is continually evolving so you need a knowledgeable expert to help plan and execute online and mobile marketing strategies with zero effort on your part. <br />Contact us today for a no-obligation consultation. <br />Serving Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Prineville, Madras and all of Central Oregon