No matter what industry you are in or what products/services you offer, social media can help you grow your business. Not being present today on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn is like being invisible. But keep in mind to choose the right social media platform that suits your business the best.
There are no quick tricks to help you succeed in social media marketing without any real effort or investment. However, there are methods that can help you place good content even better. Successful social media marketing can not only bring you profit but can also enable your business to grow and develop faster.
#1 Post Unique Content
Stay true to yourself and your business by promoting your products/services with unique and informative content. It’s not just a matter of releasing content, but of making it the content that will best suit your audience. Don’t forget you are posting on social media, so let people get to know some interesting things about your business, like your story, your goals, your company culture, etc.
#2 Be Consistent
Consistency on social media will help you generate business and build your brand. Some minimum number of posts that would be recommended is 1 post per week, while 3 posts would be ideal. Of course, here we are talking about posts that have quality and meaningful content and associated visuals (images, videos). Anyone can post 10 posts every day, but if quality is lacking, what’s the point?
#3 Engage
Engagement on social media can help provide a wider reach for your product/service and therefore be visible to more people who are expanding beyond your usual customer base. It also helps to keep in touch with consumers and know their needs and requirements, and in return, it helps you to progress your business in the right direction.
#4 Expand your Reach with Boosted Posts
To generate more reach and make your content be visible to even more people, you could use Facebook’s Boost Post feature. Boost posts offer an easy way of advertising on Facebook without using the Ads Manager platform. You simply pick a post from your page’s timeline and click on the Boost Post button. This feature gives your business an option to promote organic social content to reach and engage audiences outside of your existing followers.
#5 Target Specific Audiences with Paid Advertising
In paid advertising, you can use audience targeting to show your ads to your ideal customer. You can always manage your audiences to update target groups and optimize your efforts. Facebook provides almost endless possibilities for precise targeting. Once you dig into it, you’ll find that you can indeed reach your target group.
Conclusion
Social media marketing that really brings results always means creating valuable content that is emphasized on all platforms because it generally brings much greater engagement. When customers interact with your posts or send you a message on social media, you are given the opportunity to meet your customers and build a relationship with them. Answer their questions and do your best to provide excellent customer service.
Every business today can take advantage of these social media platforms to increase its brand presence, present its products/services, and extract the best from this digital world we live in today.
Interested in running a social media campaign for your business? Get in touch with our team today at info@adcelerate.co.nz or 0800 237 665.
