Is Social Media Still Viable to Promote Your Business

The Maker’s Quest

Is social media still a viable way to promote your business, or is the new business model to be a content creator, making products secondary?

Today, we talk about our past successes and our future strategies for getting our products out in front of people.

Show Notes

• Instagram Top 9 in the hashtags, is it still a thing
• Brian says Social Media no longer sends him much passive income
• Organic growth on social media is dead
• You have to sell your sole to the algorithm to grow
• Social media companies have lost the importance of community
• Selling on Amazon is a huge pain but can pay off
• Passive income can bring in big dollars but takes time to build up.
• Andy Birkey: "Some days you make art, some days you make rent."
• Aprentachips will teach you a lot; do it before you have responsibilities.
• SEO and blogs might make a comeback if social media totally falls apart.
• At the end of the day, it's still an outlet to get your message out in the world; you just have to keep up with the changes

Hosted by Greg Porter

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Brian Benham

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