Do social networking websites work? I think so!

There are many ways to market your business – it seems there is something new every week...

Here is a little example, from my own recent history that I think shows it’s always worth ensuring the ‘basics’ are covered.

On July 23rd the team at The Vineking tweeted about a rum tasting event/masterclass – and I have to be honest I didn’t notice it!

I see lots and lots of posts and tend to read the ones that catch my eye (so I don’t know why this one didn’t!).

Anyway, about a week ago my wife was looking on facebook and noticed that I was a fan of The Vineking; now as she is also a fan of The Vineking she decided to have a quick look.

The long story short is that she did notice the rum masterclass (I do love her) and sent me a note to see if I had seen it and was asking why I hadn’t mentioned it!

To be clear I will admit that I didn’t notice the original tweet but since then my wife and friends have seen it and have mentioned it to me... the moral of this note is that sometimes it’s not the people that we know or that ‘follow’ us; it’s those that are they connected to .

I have 147 contacts on Facebook, one of my good friends has 641! With the average number of friends on facebook being 130 and there being 500 million facebook users (half of which log on every day) – isn’t social networking something you should consider?

*Stats from Facebook