Social search is not going away. It is important for small businesses to get involved with the major social media sites especially now that social search is a part of the search results pages for people who belong to your social circles.
I believe small businesses should have several social profiles. One that is personal for the actually owners or CEO’s. One that represents the business (that can one day be sold with the business) – yes great social networks are worth big, big bucks! And savvy small businesses will educate and leverage their employee’s to participate in work social accounts.
The social sites I’d focus on are:
Then get a G-mail account and set-up your Google Profile and connect your social networks to it. I’d also use Google Reader to follow current industry news for your business. (Feel free to use the above links to connect me to your new social accounts)
This is so big, I had no ideal about it what a fantastic tool for small busineses to gain visibllity and good branding if well used
Thanks for posting Matt