Key Social Media Networks for Home & Commercial Builders


Facebook Page: 5-7 Posts per week.

A Facebook page allows your business to have a professional presence on the largest social media site in the world.

Twitter: 10 tweets per week.

Twitter is an online social networking service and micro blogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters known as tweets. Businesses can use Twitter to share news, advice, answer questions, promote and listen.

Blog: 1 blog per week (recommended)

A blog is a wonderful way for your business to pubish news about your company, highlight products/services, educate your followers, build SEO and connect with potential customers.

LinkedIn Company Page: 2 posts per week.

A LinkedIn Company Page allows all your employees to be seen in one place. You can highlight products/services, showcase pertinent business facts, build followers, obtain recommendations and provide updates.

Google+: 1 post per week.

Google+ is pretty new and not the most widely used social media network, however, it has powerful SEO. A Google+ account will help your business stand out on Google Maps.

YouTube Channel: Monitor weekly.

A video sharing website on which businesses can upload, share and view videos. Once a business has videos uploaded they can share the videos via email, social media QR codes, your website and in person.

Google Places: Monitor weekly.

Google Places allows business owners to update and manage their pysical business location information. This information can be used to update your business listing so that it appears correctly within Google Maps. This local listing will enhance your website’s SEO.

Pinterest: 5 Pins and Repins per week.

Pinterest is a social media website that allows users to organize and share images and videos from around the web.

Bing business: Monitor weekly.

Claiming your business listing on Bing can help increase visibility (SEO) and influence customers to visit your business.

Yahoo! Local: Monitor weekly.

An online local business listing that gives businesses the ability to provide detailed business information to millions of potential customers on Yahoo! Local.