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Technology - Coggle Diagram
Technology
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social Media
Types and Purpose
Facebook — a social networking site that allows you to have conversations with customers, post photos and videos, promote special offers, and more
Twitter — a 'micro-blogging' service that allows you to send and receive short messages from customers and potential customers
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blogs — internet sites that contain a series of entries or 'posts' about topics of interest to the author, much like an online 'diary'
coupon sites — websites that offer discount coupons for goods, services and events
online photo-sharing services — websites that allow users to store, organise and share their photo collections
location-based marketing sites — websites that deliver targeted marketing messages to customers in particular locations, through mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets
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Benefits
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ability to target particular groups — many forms of social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) allow businesses to target specific groups, often in particular locations
free or low-cost — many forms of social media are free for business, and paid options are usually low-cost
personal — social media allow you to communicate on a personal basis with individual customers and groups
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easy — you don't need high-level skills or computer equipment to participate in social media. The average person with a standard computer should have no difficulty.
Drawbacks
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the rapid spread of the wrong kind of information about your business (e.g. incorrect information accidentally posted by you, negative reviews posted by others)
legal problems if you don't follow privacy legislation and the laws regarding spam, copyright and other online issues.
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