How A Chiropractic Business Can Benefit From Social Media
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Like other small business professionals, many chiropractors are interested in social media. Social media can help you to build relationships with colleagues, and to promote your chiropractic business. And there are certainly plenty of social media "experts" who would be more than happy to advise you (for a fee, of course). But before you get swept away by the hype, read this article to learn the basics about the 3 biggest social media sites.
Facebook
Facebook was preceded in popularity by two other social media sites, Friendster and MySpace. Both of these sites are still around, as are countless less-popular imitators. If you're in a rock band, it's worth your time to create a MySpace profile. If not, I think you're better off focusing on Facebook. With over 500 million active users, it's the big kahuna of social networking sites.
You'll get a personal profile when you join Facebook. But you'll also want to create a Facebook page for your chiropractic business. Then you can post content to your page, such as notifications of upcoming events. These updates will show up on the home page of anyone who has clicked the "Like" button on your page.
LinkedIn Marketing
LinkedIn is basically a grown-up, buttoned-down version of Facebook. It's a good place to build relationships with other professionals who could be useful allies. In addition to talking with other chiropractors, for example, you could scope out local medical doctors as part of your referral-building efforts.
Marketing on Twitter
If you've never used Twitter before, it's a bit like a cross between blogging and text messaging. You can send a short message to a specific person, or you can send it to everyone who has chosen to follow your Twitter account. Twitter can be a good way to drive traffic to your chiropractic business website. For example, you can use Twitter to notify your followers whenever you have written a new blog post. It is also possible to have your tweets automatically published on Facebook and LinkedIn as well.
Take the Next Step
There are literally hundreds of social media sites, but Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter have a lion's share of the traffic. Instead of trying to maintain a presence on scores of social media sites, I believe you will get better results by focusing on using just a few sites to market your chiropractic business.
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