Email News week posts

I commented on:

http://briantbenham.blogspot.com
http://krimsongames.blogspot.com
http://socialmediamilieu.blogspot.com

Email News Week

A monthly newsletter seems appropriate for the business. There is not much to update customers about since our website is not fully developed yet. We can always try to get more business by adding promotions to the newsletters. Every month we can talk to our customers about how to keep their homes clean and which products are working best at the moment. We can also add interior design tips and simple ways to remodel rooms with little cost. I would like to reach out community by adding events that we can all benefit from like community gardens, community walks, runs etc.

Categories

Categories I can use...

I believe we can stay by organized by differentiating from the two types of businesses. We have the drywall and painting side and then we have the cleaning side. A category for 'drywall', 'painting', and 'customer tips'. Customers can do things at home and we can help them by posting up a few tips. We can also place posts for categories of 'residential' and another for 'commercial' jobs either for the drywall or the cleaning business. I would like to have a section for a gallery showing 'before' and 'after' pictures of our jobs!

I commented on:
 Lauren Alvey Social Media Milieu
 Xuemei Zhang CSIT 155 2501 Xuemei Zhang
 eduardorandom.blogspot.com

Getting Personal

As for SoCal Services we can get as personal as publishing the 'dirty laundry' since the team is 90% family. However we choose to keep it more business than personal. We have all heard of stories involving family business gone wrong because of that fact. The Gucci family started their leather clothing line in the 15th century and unfortunately the fame has led them to lawsuits any disagreements(http://www.cnbc.com/id/40716101/page/5). The feuds if any can get pretty heated in the business and no one wants to take that heat to the dinner table after clocking out. That is why it is important to separate the family matters from business deals.

The positive side to doing business with family is that there is always an open communication line and most of us are about two minutes away from each others reach, a great convenience! It makes sence to add a little bit of each others personalities in the blog. The claening side of the business is all related except the painting services. That one is only managed by my brother Victor although our cousin-in-law has now joined the team. Writing this blog has just given me the idea to ask each crazy family member to add a little bit of their unique personality to the business blog!

Twitter search

Using the 'Advance search' in Twitter helped to find people and businesses to follow a lot easier. I used the 'any of these words' criteria to begin with and typed in words like 'remodels' and 'drywall'. I narrowed my search down to only San Diego, California because I tried to look up only by words, however, that brought up people and businesses from Texas. I searched the word remodels because I thought this would pull up people who are in need of someone to help them remodel or people who do this for a business. Not having a lot of luck with this I searched under the 'All of these words' criteria for remodels and drywall. I also tried drywall repairs, rehab homes, and painting. The word painting was too broad it pulled up people and business who enjoy painting with water colors and oil based paintings.

When I typed in 'drywall' in San Diego, CA I 'SuperPages Cali' and they are self proclaimed experts at finding deals and coupons for customer needs. It would be awesome if they could feature our company there. I searched real estate in San Diego, CA and found 'Real Estate Pro' and he is a real estate pro and internet marketer.I found 'Foreclosures' @getforeclosures and they help people find homes that are in foreclosure. They could help us to find business if the new owner is in need of drywall repairs or painting/cleaning. The last hing I found success in searching was 'home remodeling'. I found 'pool services tech' @pstpools they drain pools for people trying to get rid of them and potentially in need of additional remodeling services we can assist with!

Benefits of Tumblr & Instagram

I looked up one business on Tumblr which is called Precise Drywall Inc.. They specialize in construction, drywall, moisture reads etc. Tumblr seems to work as a call of action to their website.By scrolling down their page I see they have posts that include links to other companies as well. They feature Man in Services which is a plumbing, a/c, etc. company. Their website has a good example of B2B networking that seems to be working for them.

Magic Touch Cleaning has a limited Instagram account. They have only 5 photos and the most recent one was taken a year ago. The first picture shows a man vacuuming up a carpet and the caption reads "this is us cleaning your house." They also have one picture that is laid out as before and after Magic Touch of a outdoor mat. They have a picture of a clean stove. The before/after shot would have been nice to see with the stove because usually those stoves are the ones that carry the most (cooking)grease. It looks like they do not spend too much time on their Instagram show casing their work. It would be nice to see this profile more developed.

This is a screen shot of the posts I have scheduled for my page. The first one is a general question that really has nothing to do with the business just an interest question. This is sort of a test to see if my scheduled time will engage my followers and how many of them are commenting or liking. Spring time is coming so I decided to set a reminder and get into my followers heads by asking their opinion on their favorite products. The last post is a question that can get most of my followers involved if they answer it and hopefully they feel comfortable enough to share thoughts with other people commenting or liking the posts. I feel like the posts are more dedicated to the consumers and less focusing on the business.