Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Modern Trends In Modern Social Media Marketing Strategy

By James Spann


Marketing in social media entails gaining and sustaining the attention of users of a product or service. It involves the creation of content that is attractive to users of the various sites. Success is determined by how much the users are compelled to share the content with other people within their network. A good social media marketing strategy saves organizations a lot of marketing capital as it is a relatively economical way of fostering brand awareness. Apart from being cheap, it is an option that has the ability to reach a large number of persons.

To effectively use the social media, one needs to create a business profile on the social site. This is in turn used to create a large online community or network of followers. The main sites used for advertisement include twitter, Google plus and Facebook. Every time the company updates information regarding their services or products the same is seen with the followers who may comment, tweet or share the information with their friends. The sites are an important tool of creating loyalty as well.

Companies should also focus on emerging trends in social media to get to know the interest of browsers and take of advantage by providing the required products. Companies can also join professional business networking sites where they can interact with other companies to exchange ideas on advertisement methods. An example of such a site is LinkedIn which allows companies to create professional profiles and interact with other businesses. It also enables them to acquire business partners and generate leads in sales.

Running a blog on the internet is one of the most effective ways of sharing information regarding a particular service or product. Links to the blogs should be shared on the social sites so that users can get detailed information on their products of interest. When frequently updated blogs are an effective way of keeping the customer constantly informed. The main disadvantage is that it entrusts important company information to the employees.

Product promotion activities can be effectively conducted on social media. One brilliant strategy is to engage users in winning competitions for their products. The aim of such contest is to promote virality or sharing of information about the product. For instance, one condition for winning may be that one gets the most likes for a given post in Facebook. Discounts are also a great way to interact with the online community.

The need for message adaptation is crucial when delivering a business across multiple networks. For instance what might be acceptable on twitter may be taken as spam on Facebook and Google plus. Therefore, messages need to be customized to the suitability of a given site. Writing a message in different ways keeps the users from getting bored with reading the same message every time.

Audio-visual advertisement has been found to be better than written information. Most sites allow companies to create and post pictures and videos of their products and even regular events that take place in the office. This makes it easier for human resource departments to get new people for recruitment. Videos can also be used to explain the processes a raw material is taken through before it becomes a finished product. This is much more worthwhile than a long written article explaining the same.

Social media marketing strategy is not governed by hard and fast rules. On the contrary, one can get as creative as they want as long as they maintain contact with their customers. Feedback from customers should be taken seriously and used to improve service delivery. Newer methods of doing businesses are set to revolutionize the ways of doing business in the near future.




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