Social Media’s Influence on Your Content Marketing Strategy
Content marketing is hot and it is definitely something that you need to be concerned with right now. That is, if you have any hope of making your business a raging success. With that in mind, you need to establish where social media fits into your content marketing strategy.
The influence of social media on your content marketing strategy
There are a few elements that contribute to the role that social media plays in your content marketing strategy, which will really bring your business to the next level. They are:
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The top social media channels should be taken seriously: It is very important that you recognize the value that the top (or most popular) social media channels play in your content marketing strategy and how those channels contribute to your business’s success. It is also very important for you to understand clearly that those social media channels are not just for personal use but can be used very effectively for business as well.
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“Social” is a critical part of the success of your content marketing strategy: The social aspect of your strategy will make the difference between success and failure. You understand that social media (if you use it correctly) works because it is about human/emotional interactions between human beings. With that in mind, you should try to take full advantage of that aspect and develop and nurture those relationships to their greatest extent.
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The power of social media can take your content marketing strategy farther than you ever imagined: There is tremendous power in social media. If you realize that, you can leverage it so that you get amazing results for your business. It is your responsibility to do what you can to make that happen.
The role of social media
Social media has a definite, critical role in your content marketing strategy. In fact, it is one of the building blogs of your entire campaign. There are many different aspects of your content marketing strategy that involve social media and it is very important that you thoroughly understand how to use it most effectively. It will help you when it comes to creating content as well as deciding exactly how to present your content for the biggest bang! If you aren’t certain about how to go about doing that, you can get some help from available tools, which have proven to be extremely effective. Those tools will do a variety of valuable things, including helping you to analyze your target audiences (broken down be various demographics), deciding exactly what type of content will be the most effective and them most popular, tracking and analyzing your competitors through their social media content, and examining your competitors profiles in order to obtain valuable information that you can use to help your own content marketing strategy.
It will be well worth your while to take advantage of those tools (at least the ones that make sense for your particular business). Many of them are free so you won’t have to worry about eating away at your budget.
Integrating your social media channels into your content marketing strategy
First and foremost, it is important for you to understand that your content marketing strategy is actually one solid unit. Many people naturally thing of their content marketing strategy as having two distinct parts that can function independently of each other. That is not a really effective way to approach it. Instead, you should think of your strategy as two connected parts that function in synergy. When you work your social media platforms, you need to pay attention to all of them at once. That is the only way that it will work properly.
Making your content sing
Patience is a virtue and, in this case, it is more important than ever. You should be aware that your social media efforts will absolutely pay off; however, it will take some time. On average, you won’t start to see any real results before six months have passed. Of course, there are always exceptions to that but it could easily take that long. Once you do start to see results, you will feel that your efforts were definitely worth it. Using your preferred social media channels will help you to enhance and turn up the volume on your content and really work your content marketing strategy effectively.
Conclusion
When it comes to your choice to use social media platforms to influence your content marketing strategy, it is very important for you to understand that they are not separate entities. They are both part of the same functioning unit and they are both working together toward the same perfect end. If you work hard and put in the effort, there is no telling how far you can go and how successful your business will be. However, it is important to understand that you can’t take any shortcuts to get there. Before you know it, your brand and your products and/or services will be on everyone’s lips and on everyone’s minds.
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Discussion: How is Your Content Marketing Strategy Influenced by Social Media?
It’s critical to establish that Marketing needs to lead, while Customer Service needs to follow. Content market should be proactive with usage, consumption ideas and social sharing, while CS needs to generate the FAQs, How To’s, and popular “recipes” for the brand.
By Lary Smith
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Discussion: How is Your Content Marketing Strategy Influenced by Social Media?
A content marketing strategy does depend on the platform you’re using. You won’t have same content on Twitter as you would for Instagram. And on top of that, you have to make sure you can provide the content for the specific platform because every platform is not the same.
By Sean Gallahar
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Discussion: How is Your Content Marketing Strategy Influenced by Social Media?
I would just be note that likes, tweets, friends and followers isn’t an end itself. I think it was Gallup that put out a survey saying the majority of people don’t make their purchasing decisions based on social media
By Meshack V.
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Discussion: How is Your Content Marketing Strategy Influenced by Social Media?
In this day and age a company must have an online presence and social media allows you to connect with more people in a quicker time span than anything before. However it must be used wisely I have seen companies who have some what boasted about the twitter followers but you can have all the followers you want if they aren’t your target audience then its kind of redundant.
The people who retweet, favourite and see your posts need to be people who have a good chance of turning from onlookers to customers.
By Sam Trickett
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Group: The Content Wrangler Community
Discussion: How is Your Content Marketing Strategy Influenced by Social Media?
Thanks for sharing, Carolyn. I agree with the recommendation of the synergistic approach.
Does anyone want to share examples of content marketing strategies that they saw working well with (or not) with social media marketing? I have worked as a social media coordinator and am familiar with how the process was set up in that situation, but I’d love to learn from everyone else’s experiences.
By Maureen ODonnell
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Discussion: How is Your Content Marketing Strategy Influenced by Social Media?
Hi, Maureen, I can give you an example of how it hasn’t worked all that well. I’m a full-time Technical Writer, but in several side businesses, one of which is a copy writing business and another is a motorcycle touring company, I’ve used Facebook and Twitter consistently (for years) to little effect. While I’ve managed to rack up lots of followers and established a pleasing relationship with my community, the campaigns that I’ve tried with social media have done literally nothing to generate direct business for me. Projects have only come to me by solid, feet-on-the-ground practices: community outreach, public speaking, Chamber of Commerce mixers, trade shows, and the like. While I understand the necessity of using social media to promote one’s brand, it doesn’t necessarily work for every business (unless all you want are “likes” and fun conversations with others). All this being said, it’s entirely possible that I didn’t vary my practices enough or stick with it long enough.
By Elizabeth H. Florio-Casey