TOP 5 Social Media Sites you need

Every business needs a way to communicate with its customers. In these "modern" times one of the best ways to communicate with your customers is through social media sites.
Therefore I created a list of best sites that you can promote your business on.

1. Twitter
 
The number 1 spot goes to Twitter – as if that was a surprise.  Twitter lets your build your brand, communicate with customers, share content and more – in 140 characters or less! It is concise, easy to use, and great for building a loyal readership and driving traffic to your site.

2. Facebook

Number two is definitely Facebook. On Facebook you can create your business page which is great for promoting your brand and letting it grow.  The ‘milestones’ feature for example, allows you to update your company history. Facebook advertising is just another way you can get more out of your business page.

3. Youtube

In order to get ahead in your 2013 marketing efforts, companies should be using video. Uploading your own "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" message or latest advertising videos to Youtube shows your brands off and gets it out there! All this serves to improve your company's visibility and drive traffic to your site. 

4. Google+

Google+ is not the most popular social network out there. But that doesn't mean you should ignore it. Search engines are placing more and more relevance to high quality content and authorship. Google+ account for your business helps you in creating good blogs about your business. It also means that your photos will appear alongside your posts in search engines. It has been shown that click-through rate is much higher on these article than on the others.

5. Pinterest

Last but not the least is the fastest growing social networking site in 2012. You could really benefit from sharing your content here. You need to have strong visual content which you can "pin" here - be it images, infographics, videos - whatever works best for your company.