Using Facebook and Twitter to promote Montgomery County-Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA
June 7, 2010
The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development (MCDED) is now using popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to get the word out about economic development news and events in Montgomery County-Blacksburg-Christiansburg, Virginia. The YesMontgomeryVA Facebook and Twitter pages feature community economic development news and announcements as well as upcoming business events and community festivals. In just over two months, YesMontgomeryVA has 14 “followers” on Twitter and 94 people “like” it on Facebook.
With its increasing influence among the general population, social media has grown past its reputation as entertainment for college students to become a valuable way to communicate and exchange information. For instance, Facebook has more than 400 million active users with 50% percent of them logging in every day to view and or share information (see more statistics). This is an amazing statistic considering that the total population of the United States is only 300 million.
Show your support for Montgomery County-Blacksburg-Christiansburg economic development, click on the links below to “follow” or "like" us today!
