This Wall Street Journal article offers examples on how business that tried social networking (SN) and search engine optimization (SEO) prospered when they combined them with old tried and true methods of generating business. SN and SEO are a great way to build a bigger fishing net, but you must throw the net out in a school of fish and personally reel it in. Good old fashioned busines sense can go a long way.
https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303436904575570842639137342.html