Chances are, you’ve been on social media today. Many social networking sites are now an essential part of our daily lives. We use social media to connect with friends and family, find information and entertainment, build our professional network, engage with our favorite brands, and purchase products and services.
If your business is on social media, you should have a strategy to guide your efforts. Otherwise, there's no organized approach to meeting your goals. Creating a social media strategy unique to your business goals will help you maximize your time and focus your efforts on what matters most.
Growing your audience on social media can be an uphill battle. Between ever-changing algorithms and an intense amount of competition, it feels nearly impossible to reach your target audience.
So where should you be spending your time - on organic social media content and engagement or paid social media advertising?
With more than 1 billion active monthly users, Instagram isn’t just a photo-sharing app anymore. It’s a place for people to connect, share stories, be creative, and discover new ideas and brands.
Once, I was sitting in on a marketing class, listening to a professor give a lecture on social media and the impact it has on society and the business world. About 40 minutes into the lecture, an older student raised his hand and said, "Everyone knows that social media is just for millennials. How can it possibly be useful for businesses?"
The professor, who was in his early 60s, replied, "Is it? Then why do I have ads popping up on my news feed targeted at old balding men like me?"
Welcome to our June edition of the Social Media Snapshot! Every month we try to catch you up with a brief overview of what's been happening in the social media world as it pertains to businesses. This month, we're taking a look at what happened in June, including:
Welcome to our May edition of the Social Media Snapshot! Every month we try to catch you up with a brief overview of what's been happening in the social media world as it pertains to businesses. This month, we're taking a look at new social media monetization options and social media platform updates that happened in May.
According to HubSpot's 2020 "Not Another State of Marketing Report", Facebook Ads produce the greatest ROI over Google Paid Search and Instagram for more than one in three marketers. In 2020, over three million businesses utilized Facebook ads, but you can bet that many struggled to get their ads approved.
Welcome to our April edition of the Social Media Snapshot! Every month we try to catch you up with a brief overview of what's been happening in the social media world as it pertains to businesses. This month, we're taking a look at all of the updates and new tools that various social media platforms have released- some of which we are very excited about!
Welcome to our March edition of the Social Media Snapshot! Every month we try to catch you up with a brief overview of what's been happening in the social media world as it pertains to businesses. This month, we're taking a look at new features on various social media platforms and why Clubhouse may just be a passing social media fad.
