The age of social media

(WTNH) -- We're living in a social media age from Facebook to YouTube to LinkedIn, but how can a small business leverage these multiple platforms?

Social media guru Erik Granato, co-founder of Talking Finger , is sharing some need-to-know tips for entrepreneurs.

4 Tips for Using Social Media to Grow Your Small Business

• Develop a social media strategy.
• Integrate traditional marketing with social media marketing.
• Actively engage in social media.
• Dedicate time each day to implement and evaluate the strategy.

Talking Finger is a leading social media strategy, graphic design, profile creation and development, and media integration. It provides strategic consulting on social media platforms including: Facebook , Google+, Twitter , YouTube , LinkedIn, Yelp, FourSquare, Pinterest, blogs and more.

Granato empowers businesses to harness the power of social media; connecting the millions of users to the business to drive brand awareness and foster brand loyalty.

Granato has 20 years of advertising and marketing experience.