Today, it’s my pleasure to announce a contest!  In a nutshell, the winner will receive a free one-hour consultation on rocking out with social media.  All that’s required is a quick entry on the form below by Monday, May 4th at Midnight EST! After that, we’re going to close up submissions and pick the winner!

Here’s some things we’ll be covering:

• Website Optimization Strategies – How to make your new users ’sticky’
• Lead Generation Techniques – How to capture leads from people you’ve never met before
• The Top Rated Tools For Making Social Media Marketing A Breeze – Access and demos on the top tools in the social media industry
• One On One analysis – Expert guidance on making your social media marketing a success

All you have to do is enter your name and email address below.  You’re going to be getting our special report “The Top 10 Free Ways To Generate Leads From Your Website” in addition to the entry for free consulting!

Companies of all sizes are jumping onto the social media bandwagon.  Their building Facebook pages and creating Twitter accounts.  You think the time is right for your business to take the plunge.

Is it the right thing to do?  Is social media right for your business model?

There are three basic questions we ask before we determine whether social media is right for your organization:

• Is your target market using it?
• Are people talking about your business online?
• Is it possible to have someone in your organization run your campaigns?

If the answer to any of these questions is no, then social media isn’t a good fit.  It’s probably better to run pay per click campaigns or do intensive search engine optimization on your website.

If the answer to all three questions is yes, you are uniquely positioned to run social media campaigns to further your brand and your client interactions.

The point of social media is to target areas that your customers are already going.  If it’s Facebook and Twitter (currently the big two networks), you’re best bet is to jump in.  If you operate a business to business sort of service, LinkedIn is a good place to start.

The bottom line is your goal should be to develop and build relationships using social media.  It isn’t a magic bullet.  It simply provides a means to getting in front of your target audience.

As I’ve said before – the people you want to be in front of aren’t reading the newspaper.  It’s your job to get back in front of them…