The Three Stages of Social Media Excellence

Stage one – The Setup 

Social Media Profiles 

• Thoroughly fill out the profiles of your social medias. Include:Company name
• Company Tagline
• Company Colour Scheme
• Contact Information – a call to action button
• Your biography
• Make sure you add a profile picture

Contacts 

• Search for likeminded people to connect withFacebook – like pages
• Twitter – Create lists of connections
• LinkedIn – Find Entrepreneurs
• Google+ - Create circles

Building relationships 

• Build a good group of connections byChat with followers – keep them interested in your social media
• Comment on blogs – commenting on other blogs will gain you more followers.
• Interact in groups – the more you interact, the more interest you gain
• Share content – sharing other people’s content encourages others to share yours

Step 2 - Strategies  

• Create Quality ContentUse snappy headlines
• Compelling images that relate to the content
• Short paragraphs – keep the reader interested
• Call to action – make it easy for people to contact you
• Share via your social networking accountsMake content easy to share – include the easy to share buttons for instance the share button on Facebook, the G+ button on google plus, the Retweet button on twitter
• Ask questions – ask questions that your readers will participate in
• Spark Discussions – discuss relevant topics on your social media pages.
• Continually find groups, pages, blogs and shares the best and most relevant content from well-respected blogs in your areaGoogle Alerts
• Social Mention
• Subscribe to blogs
• Tag blogger in posts
• Comment on posts when sharing

Step 3 – Schedule 

• Choose how often you post on/to each social mediaUse scheduling programs like Hootsuite – allowing you to keep regular schedule posts so you don’t miss the allocated time.
• Schedule posts in advance – this allows your readers to know when you will be posting and to better engage your reader during the workweek.
• Share more than you promoteShare content from the blogs/group you follow – share others content as well as your own content
• 10:1 ratio on promotion posts – for every ten posts your share make one promotional post
• Periodically post a call to action/contact usOn occasion link your post/article to your social media’s landing page to convert your followers into customers.

Different Social Media Platforms 

Facebook 

A ubiquitous, global social network used by over 128 billion users to share photographs, videos, links and instant message

Pros – Most likely network to contain the largest number of your connections/friends. Includes most of the features its competitors that can all be found in place.

Cons – Everyone use it, including people you know. Because of this it lacks and exclusive appeal. Flooded with brands  and advertisements.

Twitter 

271 million active users post links, images, and 6 second videos in 140 characters or less.

Pros – Instant news source and easy access to public icons.

Cons – High volume of content at a fast pace. Word limit on posts

Instagram 

Primarily a mobile app that over 200 million users share images and short videos

Pros – scroll with ease without being bombarded with text, eye catching photographs and useful infographs.

Cons – less one to one engagement than other social medias

Pinterest 

70 million users, 8-% of them are women use online collaging to share inspiration and bookmarking links

Pros – Great for creating online boards to find ideas around many topics

Cons – hardly any social interactions with others. Topics tends to revolve around certain categories for instance weddings.

Google Plus 

Created to complete with Facebook, Google Plus has 300 million users and most of them do not even know they are on it.

Pros – Circles are a great feature as well as communities and video hangouts.

Cons – very quiet network and difficult to figure out compared to other networks

LinkedIn 

Used by 300 million users to share their experiences and resumes amongst other business professionals

Pros – used to share experiences and resumes amongst other business professionals

Cons – business/career based. Some of the best features are limited to the paid subscriptions.

Snapchat 

Mobile app for sharing pictures between friends, snapchat is rapidly growing

Pros – young and hip, doesn’t store images automatically so doesn’t use memory on devices.

Cons – privacy concerns, spamming issues and limited functionality.

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