The Effects Of Social Media Marketing
The Effects Of Social Media Marketing
The emergence of social media technology has brought with it great change. Information distribution, consumer behavior, and personal and corporate transparency – whether welcomed or unwelcomed – have all changed. The desire of individuals to express opinion has not. Neither has the natural desire to congregate, converse and to socialize.
Social media solutions that allow companies to use technology in innovative ways to ignite and cultivate conversations. A social media marketing campaign should be structured carefully to assist all kinds of marketing needs.
Some of the best sources for social media marketing are
Blogs
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10 Best Practices of Social Media Marketing
The emergence of social media technology has brought with it great change. Information distribution, consumer behavior, and personal and corporate transparency – whether welcomed or unwelcomed – have all changed. The desire of individuals to express opinion has not. Neither has the natural desire to congregate, converse and to socialize.
Social media solutions that allow companies to use technology in innovative ways to ignite and cultivate conversations. A social media marketing campaign should be structured carefully to assist all kinds of marketing needs.
Some of the best sources for social media marketing are
Blogs
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Empower members to self-publish articles, and allow others to post comments
Discussions
Foster member interaction via threaded discussions, giving users the option to review and respond
Commenting
Invite people to post and view comments related to your featured content
Polls
Pose key multiple choice questions and allow members to vote and view results
Live and Event Chat
Enable real-time private or group chats, or conduct a live, moderated chat around a featured guest or event
Ratings and Reviews
Allow members to become critics by rating and reviewing content, products or services
Resource Manager
Share, edit and store documents and multimedia of all types in one central location
User Profiles
Create personal profiles and search for other members who share common interests
Member Directory management
Search for and find people, and view their profiles and friend lists
Friend Lists
Build social networks of existing connections and forge new ones
Private Messaging
Send private messages to other members from within your profile.
We’ve recently been working with We Want It All, a women’s talk show based in Miami Beach that is getting a lot of attention. Because there are many people involved and some were relatively new to the social scene I had decided to put together a list – really more of a framework if I think about it – of best practices for success in social media marketing.
OK. Ready? Here it goes…
1. Always respond. To the good and the bad. Let your audience know that you’re there with them. Let them feel like they have a direct line to the show hosts.
2. Listen Intently. This is a huge mistake most people make. They want to push their own agenda and it doesn’t work. This audience is the key to success, and they’re telling you exactly what they want. “Give the people what they want!”
3. Be consistent. So many who have failed did so because they didn’t adhere to this rule. Update consistently and produce fresh content on a schedule. People come back when they know they could be missing something. Humans are creatures of habit. Help your audience create a habit out of you.
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4. Content is King. Today, he/she who has the gold does not make the rules. They simply have more money to create more content! Status updates, photos, blog posts, events, episodes, shout outs, discussion boards, press releases and articles (like how to guides). All of it is content, and you should always be adding more.
5. Create Value in Everything. This especially applies to rules two and four. Always be sure what you’re posting has some type of appeal to your audience. Find out what they want and tailor your content accordingly. When people find value in what you’re saying they post comments, share it and make it viral, and that’s the goal!
6. Make it special. Create incentives for people to join your network and tune into the shows. Make them feel like they’re a part of something exclusive and fun, even though anyone can join.
7. Stand out. The average Facebook user is connected to 80 fan pages, and Facebook has over 30 billion pieces of new content posted EACH MONTH. You’re competing for attention, how are you going to get it?
8. Create Evangelists. Get your audience to promote your brand. Truly understanding your audience will allow you to appeal to them so well that they will take ownership of your brand (think Apple fans) and sell your brand for you. Nothing sells products faster than your own customers (through comments, testimonies, sharing content, etc.)
9. Measure results. Look at your inputs and correlate them with the outputs. In other words, see if what you’re doing is working, and identify which things generate the biggest buzz.
10. Have (a lot) of fun and love what you do. It may not always be smooth sailing, but when you’re audience sees the genuine passion for what you’re doing you can be sure they’ll listen up.
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