As A Small Business Owner Should You Mix Business and Pleasure on Social Media?

As A Small Business Owner Should You Mix Business and Pleasure on Social Media?

On Facebook, should you use your personal page to post things about your business? Should you post business things on your personal page? “Small Business Stacey” shares best practices when it comes to mixing business and personal – on social media.

Marketing in 2 Minutes or Less: As A Small Business Owner Should You Mix Business and Pleasure on Social Media

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Hey everybody. I got an interesting question this week from a new client that I brought onboard, who does coaching and her question was, should she mix business and personal when it comes to social media?

You see, she has a personal page where she posts a lot of things about her coaching services. She was wondering if she should take the time and effort to set up a business page where she’ll then be having to post in two different places. My answer was yes. You should separate business from personal when it comes to social media and here’s why.

One is that when you’re posting things about your personal life, your kids, what you’re eating, even religious or political views, that’s something that should really stay personal. Your business page should be showcasing the expertise and the solutions that you offer. You can post between both, but my recommendation is to keep them separate.

Another reason you’ll want to keep them separate is for SEO. You see, Google doesn’t recognize a personal page. It will recognize a business page and I know you want the SEO boost, so that’s another reason to have a business page.

The third reason is that with a business page, you get metrics. You don’t get those metrics on a personal page and I know that you want to know how your social media’s doing. On a business page you’ll get to see what posts are doing the best, how many likes and your growth and just so many metrics that will help your social media grow.

Those are three reasons to keep business and personal separate when it comes to your online presence on social media. What do you think? What are you doing? Do you keep them separate? Leave me a comment below. I’d love to hear from you.

This is “Small Business Stacey”, your Small Biz Marketing Specialist. Here to help you get your marketing done and become a #SmallBizMarketingWiz

About Stacey Riska

Stacey Riska, aka “Small Business Stacey” is a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about saving small business and rebuilding Main Street. She helps small and local business owners become a #SmallBizMarketingWiz by teaching them marketing strategies that get MORE: MORE leads, MORE customers/clients, MORE sales, and MORE money. Stacey is the founder of Small Biz Marketing Specialist, THE go-to place for marketing tips, techniques and strategies that get results. Stacey is also the creator of the Daily Deals for Massive Profits Training Program, an online video training program that teaches small and local business owners how to use daily deal sites like Groupon to skyrocket their business growth and get massive profits. In this program she teaches from experience, as it was the key strategy that transformed her coffee and smoothie business from being $500K in debt to a 7-figure profitable business. When not saving the small business world, she enjoys sipping red wine, eating chocolate (who doesn’t!) and spending time with her amazing husband.