Chambers of Commerce on Social Media is a great new report from nuAlerts! Read it and attend the webinar.

Chambers are the voice of the local business. But as businesses jump online and leverage new media, Chambers need to embrace emerging media in order to remain connected with their constituents. However, there can be serious issues in using new media including Facebook and board rooms are buzzing with heated conversations around this subject. 

nuAlerts decided to invest in a research project to find out how pervasive Chambers are on social media. The results are in - and quite surprising. 

Read the report to see how many Chambers are on social media, the benchmarks for followers, likes and more! 

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Chambers of Commerce continue to setup their member communities on nuAlerts in order to offer members greater marketing exposure and access to the best of breed social media tools!

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What affiliate marketing does is allow third party companies to act as middlemen between another company’s product or service and its potential customers. They do this by advertising on behalf of that company’s product by directly or indirectly pushing it on their own website. In exchange they receive a commission or flat fee for any transaction made.

First let’s look at how this helps the consumer. It does so by providing more ways for people to discover products and services that are relevant to their needs and wants. If they visit a website to get purchase soccer equipment, that website can also list other sports equipment, say baseball. The customer’s child or another family member might also be involved in baseball and has now found a source to purchase equipment.

In that example the consumer was helped because they have now found a one-stop website for purchasing sports equipment – they are happy! They had a problem, which was the need for sports equipment. They visited a website for one need and satisfied multiple needs.For the website owner, they were able to sell additional products without purchasing inventory, make additional revenue and they have a happy customer.

Another example would have a person visiting a website because they wanted to use the site’s service. The service may be a forum, a social network, a gambling site, or pretty much anything else. They will then be offered links to products associated with that service. In the gambling example they will likely see links to poker accessories that they can order online. Again, this can easily be seen as a benefit as it brings the e-commerce world closer together.

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Guest Post by 360 Web Studios.  

Since social media is, well, a social medium, it’s important that users understand the proper ways to behave online. No, just because you’re behind a computer monitor in your mom’s basement doesn’t mean all social etiquette goes out the window. It’s quite the opposite—following proper social media etiquette is a key to being successful online (and to making sure you don’t make a complete idiot out of yourself.)

1. Give More than You Receive- If you want to receive attention from others online, you have to be willing to give it first. It’s the old “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” routine. You can’t bust onto a social media site with a sense of entitlement thinking you should be a top user immediately. You have to earn respect from others. How do you do this? By giving more than you receive.

2. Don’t be a Keyboard Gangsta- Probably the worst thing about the Internet is the keyboard gangstas. You’ve surely run across at least one of these in your lifetime. They sit at their keyboard talking trash to everyone they encounter. They say things online that they would never have the nerve to say to a real person’s face. Don’t try to ruin everyone else’s online experience because you don’t have any friends in real life.

3. Add Value to the Site- At the end of the day, the thing that will earn you great connections with others is if you add value to the community. This means not submitting content that nobody cares about and not constantly promoting your brand. Before you ever submit anything to a social media site, ask yourself “Does this article really add value to the community?” If not, reconsider submitting it.

4. Don’t Sabotage Other’s Efforts- This is self-explanatory. Drop all of your e-beefs and hatred. Don’t try to bury others just for the sake of getting ahead. Making enemies on social media sites will get you nowhere fast, and you really do reap what you sow.

5. Remember that Cheaters Never Win- Instead of trying to game the system, why don’t you focus on building a successful social media presence the right way. Sure, you might be able to get some amazing results by cheating, but eventually, you will get caught. And once everyone sees you for the cheater you are, you can’t un-ring that bell.

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