Does Facebook Offer Valuable Facetime With Customers?

If people buy from people they know and like, then how do you get your ideal customer to know and like YOU?

Will Using Social Networking Connect You With More Better Customers?

Social networking tools are the next big thing.  The race is on as the market figures out which tools are best for what.  MySpace was one of the better known sites for the younger set, but since the rise of spam and the news that they’ve identified and pulled 29,000 sexual predators — well that’s changing.

The adult, business and career minded professionals have been using LinkedIn, where you can play the 6-degrees of separation using your contact lists and connections to create new connections and get warm introductions to people you want to meet and get to know to build your business. 

Facebook has been the domain of the college-set, until it opened itself up to the non-college market and has grown by 106%  Business bloggers have started jumping into the pool and playing around with the features.

At first glance it’s looking like a cyber-blob of cross-networking because most social networking sites drive traffic to each other.

So now we’re looking for ideas on how businesses can use these tools to get to know and keep their ideal customers.  Send them on in…

Here are some of my thoughts:

1. Create a group and invite customers to join and exchange thoughts, ideas, experiences.

2. Post videos and get employees involved in giving customers a peek inside your organization.

Your thoughts?