First, I’d like to apologize for how long it has taken me to respond!

You are right, I did over simplify my ‘translation’ but I was trying to make the point that social media is incredibility important for any business today and that business owners need to find the time for social media if they want to stay competitive.

I have to disagree with the ‘sparing of 5 minutes a day’ though, I believe a *minimum* of 15 minutes a day is much more realistic for a successful online presence.

Question #4 How much does this cost? & Question #5 How much time does it take to do all this?

Because this form of marketing is new to so many businesses, I believe it is incredibly important for professionals who specialize in Social Media to be as transparent as possible when it comes to fees and spend a great deal of time in education.

It seems these 2 questions are eluding to the the much argued about ‘Social Media ROI’ which Lisa May Huby wrote a great blog post about http://lisamayhuby.com/2010/01/social-media-roi-are-you-freakin%E2%80%99-kidding-me/

In the words of Erik Qualman, author of the book Socialnomics “What’s the ROI on your phone?”

Question #6 If you had to choose one social media to use, which one would it be?

This is a hard question to answer, it really depends on the company! If I was selling the latest craze in stuffed animals I don’t think I would be targeting ‘LinkedIn’. If I was a corporate headhunter then I wouldn’t be targeting ‘MySpace’.

Thanks for your comments! I really appreciated them!

Make it a great day!

Amy

Those are three of the most common things – But I have a few more, that I’ll let you expand on if you’d like

4. How much will this cost?

5. How much time does it take to do all this?

6. If you had to choose one social media to use, which one would it be?

Now, touching on your second point –

“I just don’t have time”

I would have to disagree with the translation – It’s not that they don’t want to grow their business, personally I work with people daily who would love to have a successful business, rich with clients. But they honestly feel they don’t have the time to do anything else

Already wearing all the hats in the company, with addition of trying carefully to balance life with work – Time is lean.

When I hear “I just don’t have time” I think of it more this way

“I need to be shown why this is worth even a second of my time to spend on. If I’m shown that it’s profitable, engaging and fun, I might be able to spare that 5 minutes in the morning. I need to be educated.” Alright it’s a lot from one sentence.

Have an inspired day,

Josh Muirhead.