We have heard a lot about social media sites. Most of the people use it for communicating with one another. However, recently it is also in use for business promotion. Moreover, in this page, we will discuss building communities. We will also discuss the various ways in which you can build traffic to your blog site. Social media sharing is no doubt easy, but a little bit of effort is required on your part. You need to do more than just little sharing of the blog posts on the social media. You will get to know about some useful tactics from this blog that will help you in marketing on social media.
Almost every month you will see that new social networks are coming up. There are both large social media network platforms and niche for social networks. You have lots of opportunities to promote your blogs on these social media sites. Moreover, if possible, you can use all of them to promote yourself. Practically, this is almost next to impossible. Moreover, the use of multiple accounts also becomes a major problem with no interaction or very less interaction with the audience. Lack of time, management, etc. become the biggest problem to handle all the social media profiles. So, it is better that you choose a couple of them or even one among them and give your best effort in promoting your business or service.
It is important to identify the target readers
You can use either one or two social media networks or a couple of them. However, which site should let you go for depends on the readers you target. It is essential that you first identify the readers and then choose the social media networks, rather than doing just the opposite.
Need to determine the potential of the social networks you target
There are some social media networks that we all are accustomed to, and the list includes Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn. As compared to the new sites, you will see maximum people using these popular platforms. So, it is essential that you target such a networking site which is preferred by a large group of people or at least the group of people you target for your blogs.
The results usually vary depending on the readers. Always remember if your blog is geared around professional matters, then business and professional readers from Google+ and LinkedIn can add to potential traffic. If the group of reader you target is more visual, then you can focus on Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram. You can add more followers on Instagram to ensure that the process of promotion is speeded up.
Automatic sharing of contents
Marketing on social media can be time-consuming, and we have already discussed the online community building process above. It is not a child’s play to develop these communities. In fact, even after building them, it is quite difficult to channelize your blogs through them. However, you do not need to worry because there are various tools available for this job. Automation can be said to be your friend in this regard. It can help you to share your blog posts on the social media sites.
Buffer
This is a free social sharing tool, and you can use it to schedule around ten posts in the queue for posting on various social networking sites. If you go with the free version of Buffer, which is indeed the best option if you are a newbie, then make sure that you create a social profile on each of the available networking options. There are some company pages like that of LinkedIn that needs premium version.
Use of hashtags
The use of appropriate hashtags is important when you share updated on the Buffer as well as on social media. These will also require for the content to work on social networks. You can use the free as well as premium hashtag services to know about the trending tags that can drive the maximum traffic to your site.
Sharing button is a must
Make sure that your blog is accompanied by a sharing button so that it can be shared by the readers on other social media platforms easily. If the share button is hard to find, then users will only stay away from sharing the post. Usually, Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and LinkedIn are the standard social sharing buttons given near the blogs. If you prefer any other social networking sites, then you can give that option too. However, remember too many cooks spoil the brother. Similarly, too many sharing buttons will demotivate the readers from sharing the post at all. So, maximum add up to only three sharing media.
Sharing snippets of your blogs without actual promotion
Well, you will be amazed to know that you can use a strategy to promote your content without actually promoting it at all. Many times, people do not seem to like when a profile shares just the link back and titles to their blogs. So, to enhance the appeal, you need to share contents that are meant for the “social media only.”
Share tips and stats related to your service and business
Sometimes you will see posts that cannot be termed as blogs but contain stats and tips of a particular factor. You can add further value to your social media updates with the sharing of this valuable advice and information.
Hope, the above points will help you in promoting your online business. If you are a startup company, then using the points above in an efficient manner will enable you to get instant results. Make sure that you hire the service of an expert if you are not well-versed with the online marketing criteria.
Walter Moore has worked as a social media strategist in the SEO industry for seven years. He has written numerous articles and blog posts on topics related to social media marketing, including gaining visibility by leveraging followers for Instagram.