Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Go Where The Customers Are: Social Media Marketing Tips

By Nova Elton


Using social media marketing tools can be a great way to promote your business. You don't want to waste valuable time trying to figure out the social media sites though, or trying to market your product effectively. In this article, we will discuss some tried and true time saving tips for social media marketing.

Monitor your competitors on social media sites. Spend a little time looking at what your top five competitors are doing out there in the social media world. Look at which social sites they are most active on, what kind of content they are publish, how many fans they have and how they promote their site and what they have to offer.

Start a conversation with your customers. What a lot of companies don't realize is that after a customer is done giving feedback, they are actually trying to communicate. Respond to any of your customers' reviews and have a conversation with them. Be excited to learn about their needs, expectations, and how you can make your company even better.

To succeed in the social media marketing game, you need to act like you're successful until you actually are successful. Learn the techniques your competitors are using. Imitate these techniques and observe the results to learn which social media marketing techniques are most effective for your business. Look at how they've designed and filled their profiles and read through their regular posts.

If your blog has grown popular, put up some stats showing your visitors how many others follow your content. Demonstrating your growth through showing the number of Facebook "likes" you've received, Twitter followers you've accumulated or any awards your site or blog has received is a great way to prove your "social worth." Being a good listener is critical to success at social media marketing. Your customers and your followers want to feel as though they are being heard. When people comment on your posts or write to your social media profiles, always try to respond and let them know that you received the message and they were heard.

If you are considering social media marketing, the first thing you should do is sign up with as many social media websites as possible with your preferred account names. These account names should include your business names. This is particularly important for websites like Twitter where your account name is your displayed name. As time goes on, it will become more and more difficult for you to get the account name that you want. Reserve those names now.

Create more than one profile on a same site. You could for instance have a page on a social networking site for your business as well as a profile page for a fictional character you use as a mascot. You might be able to reach out to a slightly different target audience with each page.

As you can see, social media marketing can be a great way to make more money and draw in new customers for your business. Keep the advice you've read here, in mind, to help you expand your social media marketing ventures and come out with a successful business plan.




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