Are you caught in a constant struggle to keep your social media current, engaging and relevant?
Does it feel like keeping up with the ever-evolving world of social media is impossible?
The good news is that it doesn’t have to difficult. In fact, there are simple ways to quickly and easily improve your social media results.
A few weeks ago, I put together a post that has become one of the top trafficked articles on my blog. “11 Quick Tips to Boost Social Media Results” has received close to 4000 shares across Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and StumbleUpon.
To show you how easy it can be to boost your social media results, I decided to create a visual of my eleven tips.
Click here to enlarge this infographic and see below for the embed code.
Takeaway
While there are plenty of social media strategies or success tips that you can follow, I would encourage you to choose just a few to implement immediately.
Which of these eleven tips can help you build a sustainable social media strategy that is consistent and easy to maintain?
11 Tips to Improve Social Media Results
- Stay Relevant – Post relevant, insightful, and informative content on a regular basis. What’s new in your industry?
Keep your finger on the pulse of what’s hot and share that along with your thoughts around the topic. Create a conversation through compelling content!
- Be Valuable – Mаkе ѕurе that the content we talked about above рrоvіdеѕ real vаluе tо уоur readers.
Understand their needs and share solutions, tips, advice and guidance that allows them to make educated decisions.
- Build Credibility – Ensure that уоur information is verifiable, reliable аnd a direct reflection of your products аnd services.
There is never a time when inaccurate or misleading marketing is acceptable.
- Share Tweetables – Make your posts and tweets shareable. The more pertinent, insightful, and targeted your content, the more likely your followers and fans are to share it.
- Listen Up – Create a simple way to listen to what is being said across your social media channels. No one wants to be talked “at.” They want to be talked “with.”
Listen and then engage in conversations important to those that follow you.
- Get Social – Social media is a two-way conversation. If you are going to make the most of your time on social media, you must be interactive.
Ask questions, share your thoughts, and offer feedback that shows you are truly interested in the conversations happening around you or your business.
- Build Relationships – Take your conversations one step further and begin to build relationships. It is poor social etiquette both offline and online to simply blast out a message.
Don’t put up a brick wall of content between you and your followers. Ensure that you are accessible and quick to respond.
- Start Talking – Get out and engage! Visit Google+ profiles, Facebook pages and Twitter followers to begin to build awareness around your personal brand.
Disclaimer: This is not about being spammy. It is an opportunity to offer valuable insight and build a solid reputation in the online space.
- Set Goals – Define what your goals are and then put them in writing. Determine who you are trying to reach, what makes you unique, and what results your are looking to achieve.
Do this now before you begin throwing content out there without a plan.
- Strategy Wins – Identify a system or tool that will allow you to stay consistent.
Whether it is a third-party management tool like Sprout Social or a social media content calendar, put it in place to manage your time and content.
- Embrace Success – Let go of the “shoulda, woulda, gotta’s” when it comes to social media, and just focus on what works best for you. Focus and consistency will allow you to quickly embrace social media success!
Read the original article and all eleven tips to quickly boost your social media results!
Benaya Paul says
May 13, 2014 at 2:03 amReally nice content, thanks for sharing…
Neil Ferree says
May 11, 2014 at 3:08 pmAll 11 Tips are Spot on Rebekah. I am partial to 6-7-8.
#6 Get Social – Social media is a two-way conversation. If you are going to make the most of your time on social media, you must be interactive.
Ask questions, share your thoughts, and offer feedback that shows you are truly interested in the conversations happening around you or your business.
#7 Build Relationships – Take your conversations one step further and begin to build relationships. It is poor social etiquette both offline and online to simply blast out a message.
Don’t put up a brick wall of content between you and your followers. Ensure that you are accessible and quick to respond.
#8 Start Talking – Get out and engage! Visit Google+ profiles, Facebook pages and Twitter followers to begin to build awareness around your personal brand.
I recently discovered a neat tactic using to Topsy to help this along.
Bill Gassett says
May 11, 2014 at 2:21 pmRebekah you are always providing valuable information whether you are just starting out with social media or are a veteran. Keep up the outstanding work!
Stephen Anderson says
February 21, 2014 at 9:40 pmThis par t of your post spoke to me very clearly, “If you are going to make the most of your time on social media, you must be interactive.” To me that means I need to pay better attention to comments on my blog, if someone is taking the time to leave a comment on something I have written, I think it is good to reply back to them. Thank you for the reminder.
Lynne says
February 17, 2014 at 11:32 pmThanks for sharing your tips in social media strategies. I particularly adhere to staying relevant, building credibility, building relationships and setting goals. For me these are the most important and should be given much attention.
Monna Ellithorpe says
February 10, 2014 at 12:00 pmHi Rebekah,
What a wonderful post today. We are all told this when we start online; build relationships, network but many do not follow through (ashamed but myself included in the past) but I am here to agree with you completely, it makes all the difference in the world.
Keep up the good work. Have a great day. Monna
Rachel Lavern says
February 10, 2014 at 12:20 amHi Rebekah,
I see two ideas in your post that I am going to implement this week: (1) Share Tweetables and (2)stop talking ‘at’ people but with them. My Twitter posts are almost always too long for anyone to RT and I tend to throw information at them rather than really engaging.
Thanks for the direction.
William Amis says
February 9, 2014 at 5:12 pmI watched and learned to see if it works and it does!
Of course we believe having a large social platform is the thing. Yet, having usable content on your voice (Blog) location without all the sales pitches says and shows allot. You have more interactions and thus more people will share your great articles with their followers.
Once you have been doing this for a while then you approach each person only after you learned something that bonds you two together. Everyone can find on thing that is in common with each person they meet. Just take your time and stop with rushing around.
When you get to know people from a common passion you both are just naturally going to enhance lives. You will find new things to talk about just by meeting new people.
Thank you again for bringing us closure to being ourselves and not just sales robots.
Kyle Nelson says
February 9, 2014 at 9:12 amHey Rebekah. I think being social is a very important tip for “Social” Media! having a personality and being conversational with people shows you are a welcoming person and friendly which in my opinion it is a great way to build credibility.
Leslie Denning says
February 8, 2014 at 2:53 pmGreat infographic, Rebekah. The hermit in me rebels at social media and frequently finds something to do. However, I’m glad to find some help here. I’ve been so busy revamping my blog and setting up my business site, but I’m nearly done and need to get myself out there on a more consistent basis. Thanks so much.
All the best,
Leslie
Mimi says
February 7, 2014 at 1:25 pmExtremely helpful post. Love the infographic. Bookmarked it for later and have joined your mailing list.
Kumar Gauraw says
February 5, 2014 at 9:45 pmWow! Awesome infographic with simple and concise tips on social media improvements, Rebekah! This is definitely pointing again to the fact that we don’t have to panic about being everywhere and struggle. Instead, keep focus on value and be authentic. Things will happen!
Thank you for sharing.
Regards,
Kumar
Marquita Herald says
February 4, 2014 at 12:44 pmI agree with others, these are great tips Rebekah. I use most of them but one I’ve been meaning to try for the longest time is Tweetbles. I know how to do it I just always seem to forget about it, but I appreciate the reminder and will definitely have to add it to the task list. Thanks!
Davis says
February 4, 2014 at 5:38 amGreat tips. These are important ways to get the desired audience. Very helpful ways, and effective too, thanks for sharing this.
Sandra Sallin says
February 3, 2014 at 10:51 pmSo nothing to it. Easy. 🙂 Great tips and a great list. Thanks.
Holly says
February 3, 2014 at 11:35 amSomething I need to ‘do’ is what you are teaching here… I don’t spend the time on Social media doing what gets me the best results!! Thanks for the kick in the butt!!
Rebekah Radice says
February 3, 2014 at 3:55 pmWe all need a kick in the pants every once in a while, right Holly? 🙂 Glad to hear it was a help to you!