Having a good content strategy is a vital key to any successful social media strategy. You may be connecting with the right people in the right places with the right message, but if you don’t have content they’re interested in, you’ll eventually fail (at least in engagement). No one communicates in a positive way with brands on social media just because they’re there. Nor do people care about your marketing messaging. They want to know what’s in it for them, and that’s usually great content.
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The Wrong Way to Social Network
Social networking (using the social web) is about connecting with people — asking questions, having conversations — basically the same things you would do if you were talking in-person. Yet many companies still treat social media like traditional media — as a way to distribute marketing and advertising messages. While social media does provide a cost-effective way to reach a targeted audience for marketing, the real opportunity is in making personal and human connections with that audience. Here are some of the most commonly repeated mistakes I see when it comes to social networking and using the social web:
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Improve Your Tweets Using HootSuite’s Twitter Stats
An important part of any strategy is measurement — so you know what’s working and what’s not and where to improve. Using Twitter to have conversations and provide useful information to your intended audience can be a valuable part of your online strategy. But how do you know what your audience likes or dislikes? Taking a look at your Twitter stats using HootSuite can give you some good insight to improve your tweets.
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