Friday 24 February 2017

5 Laws of Social Media Marketing



5 Laws of Social Media Marketing

The Grip of your content and social media marketing can help you elevate your audience and customer base in a very dramatic manner. But if you’re not having any previous experience or insight about it then it can be really challenging for you to boost up your marketing with the help of social media.
It’s really important for you to understand the basic fundamentals of social media marketing as these are the key points for you to start and understand what social media marketing exactly is. 





1. The Law of Listening

The law of listening works immensely as it gives your target audience an inverse effect, for example, the less you talk the more you’ll get to listen. Success with social media and content marketing requires more listening and less talking. This is most important thing for your target audience. Join discussions listen to their needs and interact with them so that you can create a better understanding level with them.

2. The Law of Focus

Focus is the most primary thing one should always follow. It’s always better to specialise in something than to be a wanderer who is still looking for his abilities. A highly focused social media and content marketing strategy is very helpful to build a strong brand strategy as compared to a broad brand strategy. This always have better chances of success.   

3. The Law of Quality
Quality is always on the top instead of quantity. It’s better to have a good amount of online connections who read, follow, share and talk about your brand, strategy and content instead of having numerous connections which never read, share or talk about your brand’s strategy and content. So, keep good quality of connections.

4. The Law of Patience
You need a lot of patience for social media marketing. If you’re looking for overnight success then don’t go for social media marketing as it takes time and efforts to get your target audience. Patience is the only thing you need for social media marketing.


5. The Law of Acknowledgment
Appreciation is the only thing which everyone wants at the end of the day. Building good relations with your audience is quite simple. On Social Media you can do this by acknowledging them. So, always acknowledge every person who reaches to you. 
 


Monday 13 February 2017

Save Time on Social Media Marketing

Save Time on Social Media Marketing 
 
In the era of digitalization, one of the most attractive aspects of social media for many small businesses and the reason is it’s free. Well burning up your half a day and thinking entire day that what to promote, why to promote and how to promote your new Facebook page and after sometime you start feeling that it’s not free as it consumes the major amount of your time. While many social media tactics can benefit your marketing and business-building efforts it’s essential that you find ways to get the most from the time you invest as well as the money you invest in marketing.
To save time on social media for your small business, here are five ways to get yourself organized.
1.    Set up a schedule
Despite what you might think—or have read or heard—you do not have to add a new post to every social network every day. This can eat up a lot of time from your daily schedule and leave you feeling just plain overwhelmed. The important thing is that when you do post, make sure it is valuable content that will generate a good response from your fans and followers.
Figure out what is going to work best for you. Know what time of the day/week you can expect to get more interaction from your target audience. If you know that the majority of them are only online in the evenings, then make sure you are posting in that window. Otherwise, your fans will likely miss your latest update because they’re at work.
It is okay to post every other day or even once a week. When you start to get a feel for what your fans want and when, you will have a clear picture of when you should be concentrating on social media.
2. Create a content stockpile
As a part of your social media schedule, set up a time during the week where you or a chosen employee sit down and brainstorm content ideas for blog posts, status updates, tweets, etc. This will eliminate any stress of having to come up with something on the spot from one week to the next. Then, when the time comes to update your posts, you can just select something from the pile and post.
2.    Link your networks
When you are doing things on your own, it can be hard to find the time to post to multiple accounts. You can link each of your profiles so that when you post on one account, say your Facebook page, then it is also sent out to the others and vice versa. Tools like Buffer, Tweet deck and even Facebook Scheduled Posts can make this happen in the background for you.
3.    Use social networks for customer service
Many small businesses are starting to take advantage of social media as a way to provide better customer service. You can quickly and easily respond to any issues or comments that customers leave on social networks rather than having to wade through e-mails or have customers waiting to speak to someone on the phone.
You can do this by offering a specified time of the day for any customer service issues, letting the customers know when that is. This can be done easily on your Twitter or Facebook accounts.
Anything you can do that benefits your customers will make social media return even greater.
5. Get automated. One bonus of having a content stockpile is that you can use tools like Socialoomph, Buffer and Timely for Twitter to schedule its release automatically. This doesn’t mean you can put all of your social media posts on auto-pilot though, because that just defeats the purpose.