6 ways to Promote your business on social media.

In recent times, the use of social media cannot be over emphasized because it has gone beyond mere social interaction and an activity for leisure. Some of them include Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and lots more. With social media, messages are sent to consumers instantly and responses are gotten swiftly while other parties can also repost each other’s work on their individual social media pages. Starting social media marketing can be challenging but with these few tips it shouldn't be stressful for you.

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1. Choose the right platform.

    There are so many social media channels on the web to share your content and expose yourself to potential customers but it is advisable you make research so as to know the right ones your potential customers use often. You should consider your customers and the type of business you want to advertise so you know the right channel that fits your product and helps you reach a wider audience. For instance, if you are into the clothing business you should consider instagram. Check out my post on how to build your clothing business in 90 days.

2. Build a reputable status on your page.

    As a business enterprise, you don’t need to connect with a lot of people instead connecting with the right people should be the sole aim and target. Building a relationship with the right people will expose you to more opportunity and business engagements.

 Your audience should be able to trust you before contacting you to engage in any business transaction with them so you need to present your brand in such a way that it represents you in a credible way. Designing professional logos, building websites and blogs can also portray your business in an attractive and professional way.

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3. Make Extra money.

   Promoting your business on your social media can also help you to make extra money online if you know the right features to you use. websites like  Shorte.st enables you to make money online by sharing your facebook link or your website link and make money while  you can use the money to get extra products and make more sales. You can register here and earn enough money to boost your business.


4. Create a posting Schedule.

   Random posting of frequent contents can lead to poor evaluation of your business to customers. You should create a posting calendar so you can always post the right contents that can engage your audience and most importantly to avoid unnecessary repetition of posts. Creating a posting schedule will also help you track your post engagements and enable you use the necessary hash tags that can help you reach a wider audience.

5. Share Video and Interactive posts.

   Uploading video contents on your social media page can help you boost your post and also increase your publicity because people tend to engage in videos when scrolling through their news feed. Sharing video contents would also enable you say much instead of writing a long post that might be boring to your followers. Interactive posts also build the relationship between you and your customers because they can always ask questions and you would also know the issue they are facing with your business if any.

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6. Regulate your promotion.

   Some social media channels like facebook , instagram , twitter all have features for promotion of your contents which would enable you reach a large number of people depending on the amount you paid. Promotion is very good and quite encouraging but you should endeavor not to sell too hard by promoting your contents every day. 

You could adopt the “seven in one” rule by posting seven content based topics before promoting any of your post again. Your content based topics could be events, interviews, news updates and much more as long as it's interactive and relates to your business. You don’t have to stop mentioning your brand entirely but not to the extreme.

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6. Address issues quickly.

   Very often you receive positive comments and reviews about your business but once in a while there might be a complaint about your product. You should endeavor to tackle the issue wisely and avoid it from escalating so that it doesn't ruin the image of your brand. Monitoring the pages where your brand name is been mentioned is a good habit as you tend to attend to issues quickly and also monitor your progress. Please share, leave a comment and subscribe to our blog via email.