Lunes, Hulyo 16, 2012

Website and Social Media: The Coffee and Cream Duo



       The breakthrough of technology has taken the world in a sweeping embrace. Not one soul of the new generation does not have an affair with Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. The full-blown influence of social media has seduced companies the globe over to join the social media umbrella. From simple online shops, multi-million companies including the medical community use social media in reaching out to their respective clientele.

       From the commonplace contents, graphics and elements, evolving websites have become more playful thus more appealing to the audience. A psychologist website may consist of several medical terms foreign to the man on the street. There is also chance for therapist website designs to be oh-so-boring because it is packed with technical terms and bland elements. Over time however, these therapy websites have come to learn the ropes to dressing themselves with sugar and cream so to speak. In place of more technical terms, common words are used without sacrificing creativity. From drab basic colors, therapy websites pepper their web designs with gradients and hues that are friendly to the eyes.

       Nevertheless, the extra-mile efforts to powder the websites pretty certainly end up in the waste bin if netizens are more attracted to social networking sites. Fortunately, it is universally understood that websites remain the smartest channel in promoting businesses since it is the company’s personal identification on the internet. Creating company pages on Facebook may announce the business whereabouts, but there lie several restrictions in customizing tabs and cover photos. On the contrary, websites can be fully customized from header, footer, content, down to the littlest detail.

       Websites and social media basically go together. Websites actually need social media power for marketing strategies. Google has started including social profiles on the SERP (Search Engine Results Page), enabling the searcher to access the website just by typing its name, and find out if it has a Twitter account, for example, as everything appears on the results page. This is not only true for Google, but for other major search engines as well.

       Social media was made mainly to serve as a communication channel and is now widely used as a medium to promote one’s website. The large influence of social media prompted websites to integrate social sharing buttons [social media plug-ins] instead. These were added to their websites for better users output. According to the Philadelphia based marketing company Monetate, about 40 – 60% of customers or consumers prefer social login from Facebook or Twitter instead of Guest Login accounts. This could be attributed to the circumstance that social media plug-ins are easier to identify and remember.

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