Want to improve your social media marketing strategy? You are not alone. Because 2022 is so close, many business owners and marketers are wondering how to increase engagement and conversions on social media.
Social media sites like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook now have over 3.96 billion users worldwide. In the coming year, we expect to see more people using these sites to connect with friends and brands.
Today, we’ll show you how to prepare your social media marketing strategy for next year. We’ll also cover some practical ideas for implementing these ideas in your small business.
Ready? Let’s go!
Brand Awareness with Live Video
Live video is one of the best ways to market on social media. 43 percent of online shoppers want more video content from trusted brands. You can engage new visitors while nurturing existing leads by scheduling educational webinars, AMA events, and product demonstrations.
It’s important to create topics that appeal to your target audience. Look at your customer personas and create a presentation for one or two. With the right video, you can attract more qualified leads to your event.
This choice could have a huge impact on overall sales. 59 percent of online shoppers get their shopping ideas from social media. Sales and website traffic are likely to follow a compelling, fun, and educational live video event.
Every live video event should end with a question and answer session to maximize user engagement. Engage with your followers and show them you care about their success.
Set goals and KPIs
Set clear marketing goals and KPIs first (KPIs). Your social media strategy relies on knowing what works and what needs tweaking. Goals and KPIs help you track your progress and make adjustments.
Consider what you want from your social media strategy. Is brand awareness your main goal? Or do you want to nurture your existing fans? Your answer may influence future campaign planning.
Your objectives may overlap. If you want to build relationships with existing followers, you may need to rethink your content strategy.
Encourage your team to track their progress each week once you’ve established strong KPIs. Now you can see if your social media campaigns are gaining followers, engagement, and sales. Without goals and analytics, you’re basically guessing, which costs time, money, and energy.
Encouraging User-Generated Content
Your social media marketing strategy can benefit from user-generated content (UGC). Like many others, we had success with UGC in 2021 and expect it to continue in 2012.
Customer-generated content is any post, comment, or image that promotes your product, service, or brand values. For example, if a friend raves about a new brand name PC, that is UGC. UGC also includes photos of people enjoying your product or wearing branded merchandise.
In most cases, you won’t know about UGC until it’s posted. If someone mentions your company, retweet or share their post with your followers. This will not only make the original poster happy, but it will also help you gain new followers.
You can also plan UGC-generating marketing events. For example, you could hold a photo contest where visitors could enter to win a gift card or deluxe product from your online store.
People are often willing to credit businesses that sell valuable goods. You can expect more engagement, social mentions, and conversions if you create an online contest for your fans that includes sharing UGC.
Join Relevant Communities
Finally, engaging with like-minded people is critical to improving your social media marketing strategy in 2022. Businesses that don’t engage with their customers on social media lose followers, sales, and engagement.
If someone comments on a blog post you shared, don’t be afraid to respond. People trust brands more when they are active in the community.
Consider how you can engage people who don’t already follow your brand. In addition to groups, LinkedIn and Facebook use hashtags to discuss specific topics. Use these groups and hashtags to boost your social media presence and community relations.
Work with Micro-Influencers
How can working with micro-influencers help you grow your social media presence? The fact that UGC is unsponsored and organic sets it apart from influencer marketing.
Influencer marketing, on the other hand, is a paid endorsement by an internet celebrity. Cash, a free product, or even an affiliate sponsorship is required. In this case, the influencer earns money for each person who buys your product or service.
You may be surprised by the power of influencer marketing for your company. Every month, 130 million Instagram users tap on sponsored posts!
The audience size distinguishes influencers from micro-influencers. Traditional influencers typically have 500,000+ followers. Micro-influencers have 5,000-500,000 followers. Micro-influencers have a niche audience, which makes them more effective for marketing.
People who discuss your industry or have a similar target audience can be approached for sponsorship. You can easily make new influencer connections across all social media platforms if they truly value your product or service.
Conclusions
This is not going away. So, now that you’re inspired, it’s time to plan your strategy for 2022. To fine-tune your strategy throughout the year, track your social media analytics, on-site referral traffic, and feedback forms.
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