Are you engaging how you should?

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Engagement is one of the main steps towards social media marketing success. After getting your content posted, make sure you follow up and connect with your audience. Daily engagements, even if only 5 minutes, will help you stay seen. So reach out, answer your comments, add to your stories, delete spam, comment on others’ feeds in a meaningful way and engage!

Planning your social media marketing for the upcoming holidays

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Are you already planning for the holidays? Now’s the time to get organized and make the most of the shopping season and to E N G A G E your audience!

How about incorporating a social media contest into your end of the year marketing strategy?

Here are some tips for you:

Run a seasonal giveaway. Focusing on a holiday theme and using a seasonal hashtag will expand your reach to potential new followers. Don’t forget to ask your audience to tag a contact or two and have them like your page as well!

Collaborate with a complementary brand - partner with a fellow business owner or a brand that has complementary products/services. Together, you can build prize packages that will attract a bigger audience.

Remember to clarify rules and eligibility requirements, cutoff dates and winner announcements.

Let us know how it goes! Tag us if you’d like us to share your IG giveaway with our audience!

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Always add a Call to Action (CTA) to your posts!

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Here’s your social media marketing tip for today: always include a call to action (CTA) in your bios and your captions. What are you asking your audience to do with the information you are giving them?

Are you asking them to click on a link? Register for an event? Answer a question? Voice a concern? Support a local business? Always include a CTA and you will see engagement of all of your posts noticeably increase!

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