This article was first posted on Mashable, The Social Media Guide and has been floating on the internet for about two weeks. Â In the article Ross Kimbaroysky presents a very nice overview on the basic social media sites that can be helpful to small business owners.
…  Usernames and user profiles are already showing up in search results. Do a search for your company’s name on Google right now — if you also have a Twitter account with the same name, odds are pretty good that the Twitter account will appear very high in the search results. This means that having a consistent username across the various social networks is very important. At a minimum, if you haven’t registered your company name on the major networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), you should do that today. For many small businesses, their user accounts on social networks will bethe
highest ranked pages in search results.
I reference this article not only for his comments on small business media marketing, but also  Ross also talks about consistency of your brand across these sites.
“…  Usernames and user profiles are already showing up in search results. Do a search for your company’s name on Google right now — if you also have a Twitter account with the same name, odds are pretty good that the Twitter account will appear very high in the search results. This means that having a consistent username across the various social networks is very important. At a minimum, if you haven’t registered your company name on the major networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), you should do that today. For many small businesses, their user accounts on social networks will be the highest ranked pages in search results”.
To read the full article click here and enjoy:http://mashable.com/2009/10/28/small-business-marketing/ Enjoy and prosper.
To be continued, your comments are welcomed…
Al Hanzal
