Comments on: S.T.E.P. Your Way To Social Media Success http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/ Giving students, teachers, and parents an edge in dance education Tue, 22 May 2012 20:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: inspire http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-4334 inspire Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:18:08 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-4334 Thanks for the great tips! Its more helpful. Thanks for the great tips! Its more helpful.

]]> By: Suzanne Gerety http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Suzanne Gerety Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:05:11 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1992 Hi Steve, Thanks for the comment. I agree whole-heartedly, Facebook is great for growing your business. The ability to target by specific demographic criteria makes it very easy to locate potential students. The ease of creating, activating, starting and pausing ads makes it possible for small businesses like dance studios to experiment with low-cost paid advertising. My feeling is that once a dance studio has taken the time to learn the basics of social networking, engaging with their target audience, sharing great content, demonstrating their expertise and truly having a conversation I think it makes great sense to test some low-cost advertising options such as Facebook ads as you mentioned. Thanks again for taking the time to comment. Suzanne Hi Steve,

Thanks for the comment. I agree whole-heartedly, Facebook is great for growing your business. The ability to target by specific demographic criteria makes it very easy to locate potential students. The ease of creating, activating, starting and pausing ads makes it possible for small businesses like dance studios to experiment with low-cost paid advertising.

My feeling is that once a dance studio has taken the time to learn the basics of social networking, engaging with their target audience, sharing great content, demonstrating their expertise and truly having a conversation I think it makes great sense to test some low-cost advertising options such as Facebook ads as you mentioned.

Thanks again for taking the time to comment.

Suzanne

]]> By: Steve http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 Steve Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:42:14 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1982 Facebook is great for growing your business also, you can use facebook ads to target very specific groups of face book users. If you are a studio owner and want to advertise ONLY to potential prospects by city, age and some key words like 'dance' or 'dancing' or 'dancer' you can run ads geared toward the student. Then you can do the same to run ads geared toward the parents who will be paying. This is just one way to get new students to you studio. I specialize in all forms of social media and in particular direct response email marketing. Steve http://dancestudioprofit.com Facebook is great for growing your business also, you can use facebook ads to target very specific groups of face book users. If you are a studio owner and want to advertise ONLY to potential prospects by city, age and some key words like ‘dance’ or ‘dancing’ or ‘dancer’ you can run ads geared toward the student. Then you can do the same to run ads geared toward the parents who will be paying. This is just one way to get new students to you studio. I specialize in all forms of social media and in particular direct response email marketing.
Steve
http://dancestudioprofit.com

]]> By: Suzanne Gerety http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1909 Suzanne Gerety Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:53:58 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1909 Hi Rachel, Thanks for your comments. Yes, the ease in which adding video, pictures, and updates via social media make it possible for even the most busy studio owner or teacher to connect with their students. Keep up the great work! Hi Rachel,
Thanks for your comments. Yes, the ease in which adding video, pictures, and updates via social media make it possible for even the most busy studio owner or teacher to connect with their students. Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Suzanne Gerety http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Suzanne Gerety Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:39:32 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1908 Thanks Nana! Yes, if you have a difficult to update website, the ease of a Facebook page is key to keeping your students and parents and potential students up to date and informed. I think you will see the text messaging alerts and updates becoming popular for dance studios as well. Keep up the great work. Thanks Nana! Yes, if you have a difficult to update website, the ease of a Facebook page is key to keeping your students and parents and potential students up to date and informed. I think you will see the text messaging alerts and updates becoming popular for dance studios as well. Keep up the great work.

]]> By: Rachel Korchin http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1907 Rachel Korchin Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:16:58 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1907 Suzanne, I really enjoyed your post! In today's world of online everything, social media is a huge factor. Whether it may be for a market or for something different, it is always a good idea to get word out for your studio and really make an effort, especially when there are tons of young dancers all over networks such as Facebook. Your S.T.E.P.s cover basically everything and the added tips give someone who may not be sure if they want to do it an added push to do so. I am a strong believer in social media, and we even have a whole section of my "online media" class to cover it because it has become such a strong power. Social media is a definite way to get the word out there for a studio, especially with possibilities for adding pictures, video and music. Thank you for the great post! -Rachel Suzanne,

I really enjoyed your post! In today’s world of online everything, social media is a huge factor. Whether it may be for a market or for something different, it is always a good idea to get word out for your studio and really make an effort, especially when there are tons of young dancers all over networks such as Facebook. Your S.T.E.P.s cover basically everything and the added tips give someone who may not be sure if they want to do it an added push to do so. I am a strong believer in social media, and we even have a whole section of my “online media” class to cover it because it has become such a strong power. Social media is a definite way to get the word out there for a studio, especially with possibilities for adding pictures, video and music. Thank you for the great post!

-Rachel

]]> By: Julie http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1906 Julie Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:28:42 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1906 I love being able to connect with other studio owners via social media! Great point about the 'busy mom' demo. I love being able to connect with other studio owners via social media! Great point about the ‘busy mom’ demo.

]]> By: Kathryn http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Kathryn Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:34:46 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1902 I love love love social media. I can't always go to conventions to learn and share success and failures but connecting with people like Suzanne and Nicole (as well as numerous others) online brings a continuous stream of ideas to help improve my business :) I love love love social media. I can’t always go to conventions to learn and share success and failures but connecting with people like Suzanne and Nicole (as well as numerous others) online brings a continuous stream of ideas to help improve my business :)

]]> By: Nana http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1901 Nana Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:03:36 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1901 Love the info Suzanne. I always love your email newsletters too from your site. Having just bought my dance studio from my teacher, I don't want to 'rock the boat' too hard in my beginning year. I have a new website that is hard to get updated from my provider, but Facebook and Twitter are great vehicles for the older girls and the parents of the younger ones.I like the idea of networking with phones too. I hadn't thought of that. Great ideas Suzanne! Love the info Suzanne. I always love your email newsletters too from your site. Having just bought my dance studio from my teacher, I don’t want to ‘rock the boat’ too hard in my beginning year. I have a new website that is hard to get updated from my provider, but Facebook and Twitter are great vehicles for the older girls and the parents of the younger ones.I like the idea of networking with phones too. I hadn’t thought of that. Great ideas Suzanne!

]]> By: Suzanne Gerety http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Suzanne Gerety Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:27:48 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1900 Thanks Catherine...yes, your point is so true about the large reach for social media. It's so great to have immediate access to every corner of the world. Love that. Thanks Catherine…yes, your point is so true about the large reach for social media. It’s so great to have immediate access to every corner of the world. Love that.

]]> By: Suzanne Gerety http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1899 Suzanne Gerety Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:25:11 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1899 So true Vivette - posting updates on the Fan page is such a great way to do this. We are slowly trying to get all of our parents and students over to our fan page just for the practical purpose of immediate updates! Keep up the great work. So true Vivette – posting updates on the Fan page is such a great way to do this. We are slowly trying to get all of our parents and students over to our fan page just for the practical purpose of immediate updates! Keep up the great work.

]]> By: Lindsay Fultz http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 Lindsay Fultz Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:48:08 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1898 Excellent post Suzanne! You embody all that is good in social media and are proof that actively engaging and nurturing your online community can be mutually beneficial. I love it. I'm subscribing to this blog feed. Excellent post Suzanne! You embody all that is good in social media and are proof that actively engaging and nurturing your online community can be mutually beneficial. I love it. I’m subscribing to this blog feed.

]]> By: Catherine http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 Catherine Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:18:49 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1895 Suzanne--terrific post! Social media is a huge thing now, and I personally connect with a large number of people on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. I love it! Suzanne–terrific post! Social media is a huge thing now, and I personally connect with a large number of people on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. I love it!

]]> By: Maria Hanley http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Maria Hanley Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:26:33 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1892 I love all of these tips! They are all so true. I have connected with so many talented people through social media. Thanks for the post, Suzanne! I love all of these tips! They are all so true. I have connected with so many talented people through social media. Thanks for the post, Suzanne!

]]> By: Stacey Hylen http://danceadvantage.net/2010/02/10/social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Stacey Hylen Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:10:00 +0000 http://danceadvantage.net/?p=4669#comment-1891 Great post Suzanne. You have made it so simple! I love it and it is so easy to remember and look at how my own social media efforts are measuring up. Great post Suzanne. You have made it so simple! I love it and it is so easy to remember and look at how my own social media efforts are measuring up.

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