WNiF Magazine - Spring 2012 Edition | Page 46

Social Media versus Email: A look at commitment by Jason Moore The combination of social media and email is an effective way to build both audiences. S ocial media and email marketing: both are mediums through which you talk to people, people who are interested in what you have to say. We know about facebook and email, and about how important it is to is use all forms of communication to spread the word about your business, to the people who will listen. But are all listeners created equal? Committal and Non-Committal Relationships But I have like 8 billion friends! I’m sure you’ve all heard someone say ‘I have 100,000 followers on Twitter’ or ‘I have 100,000 friends on facebook’. But you know they don’t really have 100,000 actual friends, let alone know all of those people. Chances are they are only really friends with a small fraction of those people. The same is true for businesses and the people who follow them through their social media outlets. 46 WHAT’S NEW IN FITNESS - SPRING 2012