how do you handle social media for multiple stores?

Discussion in 'eCommerce' started by dscurlock, Dec 10, 2012.

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    Do you just have one twitter/faceback/other account for all stores...
    lets say you have 10 stores, do you create 10 twitter/facebook accounts?

    what do you guys do in this case?

    Thanks
     
    dscurlock, Dec 10, 2012 IP
  2. WeLoveServers

    WeLoveServers Greenhorn

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    #2
    You can create one central Facebook/Twitter account for the company in charge of all these D/B/A's.
     
    WeLoveServers, Dec 10, 2012 IP
  3. dscurlock

    dscurlock Prominent Member

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    #3
    that sounds more reasonable then having countless number of twitter/facebook, and other accounts, this
    way, no matter which domain I have, then I can just post on twitter/facebook...sounds good, thanks....




     
    dscurlock, Dec 10, 2012 IP
  4. WeLoveServers

    WeLoveServers Greenhorn

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    Always happy to help.
     
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    Depends if you want that the tax office knows how many shops you have :)
     
    buythiscomputer, Dec 11, 2012 IP
  6. dscurlock

    dscurlock Prominent Member

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    that has nothing to do with it...if these card cards, paypal, etc if they send a tax form off to the IRS,
    then that is all they would need to know how much money you are making, and to send you a tax bill...
    and if they do not do this now, one day the govt will require them too, our govt wants every little dime they can
    take so they can continue to abuse spending tax payers money, but that is another story for another day...
    that in itself does present some issues, lets say you made $1,000 via paypal, so paypal reports you made $1,000
    all of that $1,000 may not be profit, it could be advertising, product costs, affiliate fees, other costs, etc...
    so you really may not have made $1,000 in profit...but if paypal reports you made $1,000 then the irs
    would tax you on that $1,000 as if it was 100% income...but I am not sure how cc/paypal does
    concerning taxes, so i am not sure if they report any of this right now...

    I think some states even charge you a fee (tax) now if you setup a site, which i think is absurd...

     
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    dscurlock, Dec 11, 2012 IP
  7. kgeorgiev

    kgeorgiev Member

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    I find it quite irritating to see multiple FB pages of a brand. One official page of the brand is enough, I mean, you don't create a website for every single store you own, right? :)
     
    kgeorgiev, Jan 29, 2013 IP
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    sasanko Active Member

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    If you have the resources I think separate accounts for separate website is the best option. A facebook user interested in your shoe store wouldn't want to read latest news on your key chain store.
     
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    kgeorgiev Member

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    Yes, if you sell different things in the different stores. But if the stores are all the same - no need for more than 1 website or fanpage.
     
    kgeorgiev, Jan 29, 2013 IP
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    kajakske Well-Known Member

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    The problem with having 1 fb page for all your stores is localization.
    For example, if one store is located at the other side of the country, and it's keeping a sale day, you probably want to announce this on facebook. However, when you do, the fans of the other 9 stores get a post that is totally irrelevant for them.

    If you have 1 main brand, and then 10 localized stores I would create 11 pages, post brand related posts to the brand page, and local posts on the local store pages.
    Disadvantage to this is lower number of fans
    Positive is more targeted fans
     
    kajakske, Jan 30, 2013 IP