A website for dancers, dance teachers and others interested in dance
If you plan on using Facebook to market your dance studio (or yourself), you’ll need to decide if you want to do a group or a fan page. What are the advantages and disadvantages to these? Find out on this great page that gives you a simple chart to compare the two. You can weigh the differences and decide what works better for your particular situation.
(And come join the new 4dancers fan page if you haven’t already!)
Whether you are a freelance dancer using social media sites like Twitter to promote yourself or you are a dance studio owner with a Facebook account, you’ll want to be sure you know how to protect yourself against the “bad guys” out there. Do you know what to look for in terms of safety?
While this Microsoft page is designed for parents, it offers some great tips for using social media wisely. If you are fairly new to all of this, be sure you know how to avoid issues down the line. Social media is terrific, but it has its downfalls if you don’t know what you are dealing with. Remember…knowledge is power!
If you are thinking about using Twitter to promote yourself of your dance studio but aren’t sure you would know what to do, here is a great resource for beginners…
PC Magazine posted the “Top Ten Twitter Tips For Beginners” and it is a great primer on how to get up and running once you have created your account. Unlike Facebook and LinkedIn which are fairly “plug and play,” there is a bit to know about Twitter and it pays to be able to use it wisely. I get a ton of traffic from there on this blog every day. You can too–but you have to spend a little bit of time learning how to manage your content on there. It’s worth doing.
If you are on LinkedIn and are hoping to learn some tips and tricks to help you use it more efficiently, check out the LinkedIn Blog. Stay up to date on the latest features and make sure you are learning about those things that will help make your life easier as a dance studio owner, teacher or dance professional.
If you like Twitter, you are going to love Twibes! Twibes are groups of people with a common interest, and they can serve as great networking tools. There is a special one for those who love dance so that you can keep up on the latest without sifting through unrelated tweets on other subjects. You can even create your own if you like.