Politics and social media may have once seemed to be unrelated terms, but they now go practically hand in hand. Social media platforms obviously provide a space for people to communicate with other like-minded individuals about elections, issues and politicians, but how are those politicians leveraging this new frontier?
For the month of March, social discourse is dominated by thoughts of brackets, pools and whose college team is going to come out on top. As a small business, you probably won’t be running an ad during the yet-to-be-decided championship match. So what can March Madness mean for your digital marketing?
In last week’s post, we broke down the demographics of some of the most popular social media platforms so you could determine the best place for your brand to be in the social sphere. But now that you know where to be, do you know what to post? What about when?
For brands, social media is increasingly a way to reach out to individual consumers, but if you’re not reaching out to the right people in the right ways, you could be missing out on valuable revenue and relationships.
Everything that you read, watch or listen to online is some form of content. In everyday life, content entertains and educates us, but to a company, content is a way to engage, attract and keep customers coming to your website or your business.
Video content is obviously powerful, and vlogging just as much so, but why is that? Here is how vlogging can help your business:
With more and more people dedicating a portion of their day to online activity, digital marketing can be a great way to reach your target audience in an effective manner. There are many things that you need to consider if you want to develop an effective digital-marketing strategy.
In today’s increasingly anti-corporate, media-saturated, ad-fatigued environment, it’s difficult for many brands to get their messages out to their audience. Traditional channels don’t seem to be working – at least not as well as they used to. What’s more, public sensitivity to issues involving race, sex, etc are making many brand messages “problematic” for general consumption.
While Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter may be the social media pinnacles all modern businesses have a presence on, you shouldn’t forget about a few of the more alternative social media sites. These alternatives may actually prove to be more effective as part of your larger marketing strategy.
As Facebook changes the News Feed, the reality is that small businesses and non-profits that rely on the platform for traffic, are going to get hurt. In their effort to put the social back in social media, the space for Pages is about to get even more limited. Therefore, you must address these four things now: