Sunday, October 27, 2013

Social Media Marketing Tactics That Are Still Effective

By Meagan Smith


At one point in time, many businesses viewed the world of social media as a playing ground for kids. Those days are long gone. In today's society, social media sites provide a valuable tool for marketing and branding any business. With such a level of importance placed on these sites, it is equally important to make your social media marketing plan an effective one. In this article we will give you a few tips for starting out right.

For example if you are looking to promote a blog on social networks and you are looking to engage your followers don't be afraid to ask your followers what topics they would like to read about according to your niche of course. Remember that you are using social networks to create and communicate with other light minded people.

You can also add social buttons to your website not only to increase exposure to your site or brand but to maybe find new followers and friends to connect with. Sharing buttons on your sites is crucial to reaching social networks on a wider scale using valuable content.

Adding different features on your social sites, such as a comments section and a voting/ratings section, will really help you come across as sociable. Doing this will help to create a sense of belonging for your readers, increasing their sense of loyalty.

We always recommend you focus your hard work and energy on the big social networks that are the most popular ones across the internet. Sites like Facebook, Twitter & YouTube are a great way to find new people to connect with and share your knowledge and experience. Most people are looking for answers and if they can find them in you they will follow you.

We strongly recommend that you start using social networks if you are not already doing it. If you are already in Twitter, Facebook & YouTube try to get your social links everywhere so people can find you. You can put it on all your sites and blogs as well as in your videos, articles and anything else you do. This will ensure that when people connect with you on any of the social networks they already stumble upon some of your content.




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