{"id":78379,"date":"2020-10-29t13:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-29t17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=78379"},"modified":"2024-11-25t15:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25t20:33:47","slug":"social-media-dos-and-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2020\/10\/29\/social-media-dos-and-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"five social media do\u2019s and don\u2019ts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by marc rosenberg<\/i>
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the rosenberg practice management library<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

a few years ago, i was listening to the radio. the reporter was sharing the story of two young guys in manhattan who decided to open a pizza restaurant.<\/p>\n

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now, as you know, pizza restaurants are ubiquitous in manhattan. these guys thought they would be a bit different from other pizza purveyors and promote their business entirely on social media. much to their delight, their posts got a phenomenal number of likes and comments. but to their disappointment, few people actually came to their restaurant to buy pizza. yes, you guessed it, they went out of business within a year.
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\nmoral of the pizza story: there is a world of difference between operating a pizza restaurant and running a cpa firm. but one similarity is germane to our discussion: hits and likes on social media often don\u2019t translate to increased revenue.<\/p>\n

social media is a discipline 4 activity<\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>as we have said repeatedly, discipline 4 activities are by far the least effective of the four marketing disciplines for bringing in business. the best results are obtained by activities that put you in front of clients, prospects and referral sources, face to face, with an opportunity to build a relationship and, eventually, ask for the order. social media is probably the poster child for overhyped, cutting-edge marketing practices that yield low results. this doesn\u2019t mean that you should eliminate social media from your marketing plan. we are simply suggesting that you use it for the purpose for which it is intended, to complement and support your discipline 1, 2 and 3 activities. be active in social media but don\u2019t spend an excessive amount of time and money on it because it will not generate much return on your marketing dollars.<\/p>\n

on the upside, social media is a marketing activity that is low cost (except for the salary of the people maintaining your social media presence) and communicates precise messages to a large number of prospects. daily tweets, linkedin posts and weekly blogs are examples of how cpa firms use social media to build their brands.<\/p>\n

a survey by accounting today asked cpa firms: \u201cis your firm involved in social media and what types?\u201d<\/p>\n