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title: Floor Covering News Social Media Guide for Business 2011
description: "Floor Covering News issued its 2011 Guide to using Social Media in Business, including \"Social media is a legitimate tool for business\"."
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# [Floor Covering News Social Media Guide for Business 2011](https://www.simplemarketingnow.com/blog/social-flooring-index-blog/bid/107467/floor-covering-news-social-media-guide-for-business-2011)

 Written by [Christine B. Whittemore](https://www.simplemarketingnow.com/blog/social-flooring-index-blog/author/christine-b-whittemore) | November 23, 2011

[*Floor Covering News*](http://www.fcnews.net/) has just issued its 2nd annual ***Guide to using Social Media in Business***.

[I wrote about the first edition in Floor Covering News Social Media Guide 2010.]

I am particularly excited about the 2011 Guide because I was invited to contribute... an article titled "**Social media is a legitimate tool for business**".

Furthermore, several social media practitioners - listed in the [Social Flooring Index](http://simplemarketingnow.com/blog/social-flooring-index-blog/bid/105025/Social-Flooring-Index-Flooring-Blogs-November-2011) - and friends contributed.  More specifically,

- **Bill Buyok** from [Avente Tile](http://www.aventetile.com/) described his experience with the [Avente Tile Talk Blog](http://tiletalk.blogspot.com/) in "*Build your small business with a blog*" on page 12.

- **Paul Anater** from [Kitchen and Residential Design](http://www.kitchenandresidentialdesign.com/) wrote about "*How to drive business through Twitter*" on page 10.

- **Renee LeCroy** from Don's Carpet One and [YourFifthWall.com](http://yourfifthwall.com/) explained how she uses YouTube in "*Powerful and free: Why flooring retailers shouldn't ignore YouTube"* on page 14. [Here's the link to the [Woman in Flooring blog interview I did with Renee](http://flooringtheconsumer.blogspot.com/2011/01/renee-lecroy-dons-carpet-one-vp-sales.html).]

- **Sima Dahl** from Parlay Communications offered LinkedIn advice in "*5 steps to market yourself on LinkedIn*" on page 20.

- **Lauren Rhodes-Braden** from [Floor Trader of Gulfport & Gautier, Miss and Mobile, AL](http://www.myfloortrader.com/), discussed how she uses Facebook in "*Making your Facebook work for you*" on page 8.

- **Irene Williams** from [QRHere](http://www.qrhere.biz/QRHere.html) offered advice on mobile technology in "*The market is going mobile and so should you*" on page 13.

You can access the digital edition of *FCNews' Social Media Guide for Business 2011* by **clicking on this link**.

If you attend the Surfaces 2012 Workshop on ***Social Media: How To For Business*** on January 23, 2012 from 9am to noon, we will have copies of the Guide to share thanks to our workshp sponsor, Floor Covering News!

I'd love to hear what you enjoyed most about the FCNews Social Media Guide for Business 2011. What do you see implementing for your business?

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