{"id":1938,"date":"2012-08-13T12:42:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T16:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/blog\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2025-07-02T05:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:41:26","slug":"linking-social-media-to-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/blog\/linking-social-media-to-your-website.html","title":{"rendered":"Linking Social Media to Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media marketing is absolutely necessary for the survival of your business in the 21st century. Nearly 49% of shoppers have made a purchase based on a recommendation through a social media property. Directory One, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/\">Houston website design company<\/a> can help you create LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and GooglePlus accounts and also connect them to your website, as to increase traffic to and bolster the public image of your business\u2019 website.<\/p>\n<h2>Creating a Social Media Strategy<\/h2>\n<p>First, our Houston social media company can help you identify the goals for social media marketing campaign. We would also identify the social media sites would help you accomplish your goal.  For example, certain businesses are interested in demonstrating their products or services via video, in which case our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/services.htm\">web video producers<\/a> would create a YouTube account and also take care of the web video production.<\/p>\n<h2>Managing Social Media<\/h2>\n<p>The second step is training you and your staff how to manage social media accounts. Our online marketing company, Directory One, can provide your staff with the training needed to keep the public informed about what all is happening in your business, allowing you to be in control of your company\u2019s public image at all times.<\/p>\n<h2>Adding Social Media to Your Website<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, we link the social media sites to your website by establishing the hyperlinks and adding the relevant badges. If one keeps their social media accounts active and up-to-date, it can heavily increase the visibility of your website and, thus, of your business!<\/p>\n<p>Link social media to your website and catch the consumers\u2019 eye! Call <a href=\"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/\">Directory One<\/a> today at (713) 465-0051 or come <a href=\"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/contact_us.htm\">visit our office<\/a> for a free consultation concerning you business\u2019 website and social media accounts!<\/p>\n<p>Readers also enjoyed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/articles\/search-engine-ranking.html\">Want Better Search Engine Ranking? Use Social Networking to Improve your Website Marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media marketing is absolutely necessary for the survival of your business in the 21st century. Nearly 49% of shoppers have made a purchase based on a recommendation through a social media property. Directory One, a Houston website design company can help you create LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and GooglePlus accounts and also connect them to your website, as to increase traffic to and bolster the public image of your business\u2019 website. Creating a Social Media Strategy First, our Houston social media company can help you identify the goals for social media marketing campaign. We would also identify the social media sites would help you accomplish your goal. For example, certain businesses are interested in demonstrating their products or services via video, in which case our web video producers would create a YouTube account and also take care of the web video production. Managing Social Media The second step is training you and your staff how to manage social media accounts. Our online marketing company, Directory One, can provide your staff with the training needed to keep the public informed about what all is happening in your business, allowing you to be in control of your company\u2019s public image at all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18,74,17,182],"tags":[588,44,542],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet-marketing","category-link-building","category-social-media-marketing","category-social-networking","category-twitter-social-media-marketing","tag-houston-digital-marketing","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-marketing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Linking Social Media to Your Website- Directory One<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Boost engagement by linking social media to your website. 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