Charlotte Business Professionals

With the rise of tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter; it seems there are more ways than ever to promote your business.

However, how do you know what tools are appropriate for your type of business?

And for those that use these tools to promote your business, how do you use them?

What type of business do you have?

Hello Ted -

I'm actually a consultant for small business owners, however, with this new "social economy," I'm always looking to learn from others who have been able to use new technologies to grow their businesses.

In this case, I'm looking to learn how other businesses have made use of these new social media tools to grow and promote their businesses.

For instance, we've started using Twitter to connect to thought-leaders in different areas of entrepreneurship, marketing, social media, etc. and then using the audience that follows us to pass-along articles and information we think are impactful to those that follow us as well as hold discussions about a range of topics. We also have started to use Facebook to build a small "community" of business owners where we share information and insights, post and discuss videos, and sometimes even trade leads and ideas for new opportunities.

Anyone else?