Do you Facebook, Twitter your optical business? Do you want to? Do you need to? The answer is probably is yes you do at least to some extent. Social media is becoming more and more important especially if you want to attract new, younger patients to your optical practice or tell them about your eyecare products and services.
We have talked about this quite a lot recently, Transitions is offering help with setting up a Facebook page for your optical business for example - Putting Your Eyecare Practice on Facebook . Cathy wrote about the social media marketing experiences of an optometrist who is using Facebook and Twitter etc. for his business - “Optically-Socially Media-EyeZ”.
Another great place to get more information and learn about social media is from International Vision Expo, this organization recently launched its social networking campaign to keep you connected all year round and if you plan on going to Vision Expo West this October you can attend the Social Networking 101 course – “What the Tweet is Facebook?” and Cracking The Social Networking Code To Generate New Business to learn about social media and how to use it.
You can become a Vision Expo fan and enter the 1000th Fan Contest - “One person will win a trip for 2 to West 2009! The contest began when we hit our 750th fan and ends when we reach 1000 fans. We are 70 fans away. To enter, must post on our wall why they “have” to be at Expo”
Here is more information about the courses:
-o Social Networking 101: What the Tweet is Facebook? - Learn the absolute basics of Facebook and Twitter, including what these applications are, how to create a profile, and most importantly, how to use them. This Social Networking 101 course will allow you to understand the fundamental usage of these mediums personally and professionally.
o Cracking The Social Networking Code To Generate New Business – Learn how to harness emerging social networking technologies like Linkedin and Facebook to build business and solidify customer relationships. Emphasis will be on practical to-do’s, examples and rules of the road, as well as fundamental search techniques for identifying target prospects, creating lasting relationships and building professional alliances that will help the practice grow.
The answer to Do You Facebook, Twitter your optical business can easily become a most definite, Yes, I do Facebook, Twitter and more!
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Yes, yes, yes. Get the word out. Social Media is where it is at.
Hell ya we believe!!!!
We drank the Kool-Aid a long time ago
The answer is not probably yes-it is YES!! ALL businesses need websites, blogging, Linkedin (the chamber of Commerce of the internet) FaceBook, Twitter etc. Your customers are on these. How else do you expect to grow your busines….especailly with today’s youth. Most of your adults are online. Many of you are not. As a pre in NY I have a couple of clients that do not have FAX machines in their business!!! OMG!!
In fact ,ANY networking that you can do will pay off in the long run. Today-even your local Chambers of Commerce are busier than ever. They realize that their business neighbor is also a potential customer…& their customers too that they refer to you. Get out there. The shopping malls are history…kids are not going to them . Now is your chance to grab that piece of the pie-or tomnorrow’;s Progressive wearer with the money!! And that is thrtu the internet or with EVENTS in your place of business that separate you from the pack. You have to be different!!