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If potential customers land on your Facebook page are they going to be impressed or are they going to turn away?
November 25, 2020
Today we'll answer the common question "How to get new customers with social media" - The first step to any successful online campaign is consistency and regular updates/posts. Social media is all about building customer trust, generating awareness and generating sales.
If potential customers land on your Facebook page are they going to be impressed or are they going to turn away? Having regular, rich content will build trust and professionalism for your company/brand. We recommend building a theme with your content. Ensure that all of the pictures have a similar style/approach. This will allow for brand consistency and authenticity. Also, ensure that you are using between 2 and 5 hashtags per post - Facebook does not like it when you use too many or none at all, so 2 - 5 is the sweet spot!
All things considered, everything listed in this article is only the start of social media marketing. A lot of time, experience and dedication is involved to deliver your desired result. Because of this, many businesses (small and large), tend to outsource all social media marketing efforts to a third party marketing agency. Get in touch and we can help you with your social media (click here).
Here are a few crucial time-related tips weâd recommend following when trying to utilise social media as an effective advertising platform...
To comprehend the best time to post on social media you have to put yourself in your followerâs shoes. You have to determine the most likely times your audience is going to be active on social media. To give you an idea, 70% of people regularly use social media In their relaxing time (7 PM onwards).
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We strongly advise that every month you spend 2-3 days planning and scheduling posts for the month ahead in advance.
As Iâm sure youâre aware, and we are culprits of this too, your own social media accounts and pushing out regular posts can often slip your mind, or you just wonât have the time to get a post out at the time youâd like. This is why scheduling is remarkably important. If you schedule all your posts for the month, you know that no matter where you are, or what youâre doing, youâre still going to appear as active and connected with your audience. But it is key that you still apply the points explained previously with the times that you schedule them, so it appears very natural to your potential customers and audience.
Need help finding the best way to schedule your social media content? Give us a call or send us an email: +44 1225 375001 / hello@createtheweb.co.uk.
As helpful as it would be, posting regular sales pushes on social media does not get you results. As a matter of fact, it reduces reach and interactions. You have to remember that people use social media in their downtime. You have to have a good balance between sales-type posts and general posts about things your audience can relate to.
If you plan on posting once every day, one to two sales pushes per week would be plenty. If you were to post slightly less than this, simply use your own knowledge to determine how many sales pushes you should do, it's key to not have too little and not too much. People will get frustrated and disregard all of your posts if there are too many sales-related posts.
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Events, updates and promotions are one of the most immeasurable things you can post to social media. You have to remember that itâs something different and off of the ordinary, people find this interesting and are more willing to interact and look at your post.
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90% of your posts are going to be general content. Try to create all of your captions as if youâre addressing one individual who you know very well. When someone reads a caption and it seems very connected to them personally, they feel more trusted. Use words such as âyouâ and âtogetherâ. This applies to sales posts too - Iâm sure youâre aware that a personal connection when selling something is most optimal as the customer is going to feel comfortable and trusting.
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If you have the resources to post videos regularly make sure you do! Videos are much more enticing and people pay more attention to a short video opposed to an image with a caption. That being said, ensure that are separated with photos from time to time.
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We understand that this might seem like a lot to take in. Believe us, this is only the start! đŤ Social media is difficult, complicated and time-consuming to deliver a return on investment for your time. Because of this, many businesses (small and large), tend to outsource all social media marketing efforts to a third party marketing agency.
Outsourcing is a fantastic idea, it allows you to focus on what you are good at and leave this social media efforts to a trained and experienced team. Social media is forever changing, and itâs only getting more difficult to stand out from the crowd. Outsourcing allows for your business to grow awareness, sales and t importantly customer trust. Customer trust leads to âunspokenâ sales. A sale is more likely to convert if you have content, activity and social proof to back up your sales efforts. If you donât have any proof and/or trust, youâre more than likely going to lose a potential sale before they even enquire.
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We regularly work with small and large businesses on various sized social media marketing campaigns. Send us a message, even if we donât work together iâm sure youâll take something useful from our conversations!
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